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Imagination Library volunteer group reports nearly 10,000 children enrolled in Adams County program
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Westminster Rotary Foundation volunteers said the Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate that covers Adams County has grown to roughly 9,981 active enrollees and receives a dollar-for-dollar state match; organizers described outreach efforts and survey results showing increases in family reading behaviors.
Gary Cooper, director of the Imagination Library committee for the Westminster Rotary Foundation, gave an update on Oct. 20 to Northglenn City Council about the Dolly Parton Imagination Library affiliate that now serves Adams County.
Cooper said the local affiliate covers all of Adams County by state authorization and reported 9,981 children currently enrolled and 11,110 graduates touched by the program. “Right now, we've got 10,000 for all intents and purposes, but our goal is to have every 1 of the 38,800 enrolled as soon as we can get there,” Cooper said, referring to the county population under age 5.
Cooper described the program’s mechanics and funding. He said the program mails an age-appropriate hard-copy book each month to enrolled children until they turn 5. “The books cost us about $15 a year for all 12 months of the books, and the state matches the other $15,” Cooper said, describing Colorado’s matching-funds statute enacted in 2020…
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