Do you remember the part in Elf Where the nun cries, “But children love books!” Since the father of Be in Real Life, Walter delivers the ruthless news that the orphanage has missed his payments and now has to return the children’s books? It is so absurd heartless (seriously who hires books to children, knowing that most of these pages will be fingerprints and fitting brands until the third day?) To really fuck this Walter is very on the naughty list. Now Indiana can pull a surprisingly similar cascade. The proposed budget of the country is ready to reduce the funding of the Dolly Parton Motor Library, a program that sends free books to children.
Since 1995, Dolly’s imagination library has sent over 200 million books to children. Jointly funded by state and local organizations, the initiative – one of the many community efforts in the Parton Community – sends monthly books to more than 15,000 children to St. Joseph, Elkhart and the noble cities in Indiana. Thehe Tribune South Bend It attributes the program to the catapult of Indiana’s national children’s literacy from the 19th to the impressive 6th place. Even the former Republican governor Eric Holcomb praised the program in an outgoing choice in Indy StarWriting in January that adopting the Indiana program is something to celebrate. Seeing such a bilateral love for education, you may believe that the future of the program is safe. WHELP !!
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Proposals to reduce its funding appeared after Republican governor Mike Brown took office. For every stranger with Brown’s largest hits, here’s a taste. He called the constitutional right to the interracial marriage in 2022, received a huge sum of money from the NRA and he was one of 38 Republican senators who voted against the law of contraception in 2024 during his Governor campaign last fall . The team even got to the point that he has released attacks with ads involving digitally changed pictures of his opponent-because the first of The family “values as misinformation?
Now Brown, who has not yet offered a solid explanation for an attempt to grate such an influential program, has suddenly announced that his wife will work with the Parton team to keep the library with the imagination alive. Although the gesture may sound good, critics call it exactly what seems like a fot, dressed as a solution. In the end, the program did not need to save until the Brown administration removed the image carpet under it. Democratic state reputation, Maurean Bauer, takes the question, describing the funding, reduced as a “service” and the promise of this Democrats of the Chamber will insist on restoring it.
In the meantime, Parton – God bless her endlessly to give her heart – does not allow the political circus to darken her mission. Instead of weighing Indiana’s internal disputes at this exact moment, she does what she does best. One day after the announcement of potential cuts, her team gave up on Instagram, encouraging parents to sign their children for the program.
“By funding provided by @dollyparton and partners of the local community … #imaginationlibrary is dedicated to inspiring the love of reading by giving free books to children.” The parents flooded the comment section with emotion. “Unfortunately, Indiana Governor Mike Brown has a proposal that will be cut off from state funding. I will be sad if that passes and children lose their books, “said one user. Another shared: “This is an incredible program С I loved to receive a book every month. We loved to read them together and she loves books ⇒ Library for thank you to the vaga. ”
In a statement shared with Rolling stoneJeff Koniers, Vice -President and President of the Dollywood Foundation – which runs the library with imagination and programs such as Buddy, My People Fund and various scholarship initiatives funded by one of the many Parton programs – said he said, that governor Brown a legislative power in Indiana will continue this vital investment by restoring The state funding match for local library imagination programs. The beauty of the library with imagination is that it unites us all – regardless of politics – because every child deserves the chance to dream of great and succeed. “
So, here we are looking at a favorite and wild successful program – the one that sends free books to children – become a political pawn. It’s not just an insult; She is lazy. What could be more than the support of an initiative that handed the parents a rescue line and helped thousands of children discover the magic of words?
Before you leave, click here to see all the time of Dolly Parton’s fabulous red carpet and the fashion on stage stole the show.
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