Using Skype on Jan. 23, 2017, Rotarian and Team Chair of the New Generations Committee, Lisa Brown, introduced Angie Harris from the Dollywood Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Dolly Parton, with headquarters in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Angie has more than 20 years of experience working with multicultural populations. She has served with the Peace Corps in Korea and Nepal. Angie has an interest in English as a Second Language and literacy.
Angie explained the background and the work of the Dollywood Foundation that is the organizational body that oversees the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a free children’s book distribution program. Dolly Parton started this program in 1996 in her home area – Sevier County, Tennessee. The program arranges for children up to the age of five to receive free monthly books that are age-appropriate. Presently the program has expanded over the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Belize.
Rotarian Ed Keith thanked Angie.
