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Book Club 18h
“If I'm remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books.” reminder that Dolly’s Imagination Library has donated over 300 million books, she was a childhood literacy champion and undoubtedly created millions of readers🦋💖✨
1016 upvotes, 3 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Book Club. "“If I'm remembered 100 years from now, I hope it will be not for looks but for books.” reminder that Dolly’s Imagination Library has donated over 300 million books, she was a childhood literacy champion and undoubtedly created millions of readers🦋💖✨"
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Anonymous 13h

awww usually this community is a little low in upvotes and i just posted this to remind a few readers, im so glad it’s reached hundreds. as someone from tennessee, we’ve always known what a gem dolly was and its so so so refreshing to see her be so loudly recognized not only for her incredible career but for her philanthropy and humanity by the entire world 😭❤️🥹

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Anonymous 5h

Born and raised in a rural Appalachian Tennessee town, grew up getting books from Dolly’s Imagination Library and I still have most if not all that my sister and I were given. I learned to read early because of her, and I continue to read because she made me enjoy it. I know a lot of kids where I lived grew up dirt poor and those were some of their first books they actually owned and didn’t borrow. Dolly means so much to me 🫶

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 46m

you get it😭😭 i literally can’t even type out how much she’s done for eastern Tennessee without getting emotional; i had a cousin receive one of her scholarships, my siblings and i were recipients of her Imagination Library books, i’ve had multiple family members employed at Dollywood over the years. like on top of having an INCREDIBLE career, she gave back to her people more than anyone realized, so seeing her be remembered for her heart is so ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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