Dawn Tåke 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 23, 2023
Jessamyn

One of the things I have been happiest to do as ALA's Vermont Chapter Councilor is to vote to give Dolly Parton an honorary lifetime membership.

We voted on this in January. For some ALA reason the press release came out Thursday. Please enjoy this READ poster with national treasure, Dolly Parton.

https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/04/dolly-parton-awarded-honorary-membership-american-library-association

Dolly Parton Awarded Honorary Membership in the American Library Association

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) is set to confer an honorary lifetime membership upon award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton for her longstanding support and commitment to inspiring a love of books and reading. Recommended by the ALA Executive Board and elected by the ALA Council, honorary membership is the highest honor given by the Association and conferred upon a living person whose outstanding contributions have made a lasting impact on librarianship, libraries, and the communities they serve.

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Show threadTobyApr 23, 2023

@jessamyn Dolly Parton founded an organization that will send books to children. For free. Just because she wants them to read.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

Show threadJessamynApr 23, 2023
@xenotrope I am a huge fan of that project; it is worth understanding that her program does logistics, administration, and a bunch of other stuff, but there are local partners who are responsible for paying for the books. Doesn't mean it's any less wonderful, but it just means a lot of other people also deserve credit and I think there are many people who don't understand exactly how it works.
Show threadTobyApr 23, 2023

@jessamyn I don't understand how a lot of things work, but I know Dolly Parton finances a bunch of aid programs. She helps young kids get books, her Dollywood employment program helps pay for schooling regardless of one's tenure or position, and she partially financed one of the COVID vaccine research projects.

She could be a billionaire if she wanted to be... but she keeps spending too much money trying to help people.

Don't be like Elon. Be like Dolly.

Show threadJessamynApr 23, 2023
@xenotrope Yep, just an all around great person.
Show threadFallsMom 🌻Apr 23, 2023
@jessamyn TN should put a statue of Dolly in Statuary Hall! ALA PR pretty slow, what is their problem in getting out *good news!*
Show threadJessamynApr 23, 2023
@FallsMom my guess is it took ALA a long time to not only notify Dolly Parton but figure out how to do a photo shoot for the Read poster and then get it into production and available at stores. But yes, just happy to see it all finally come to fruition.
Show threadsandywb14Apr 23, 2023
@jessamyn She’s a gem!
Show threadRev.Hans Apr 23, 2023
@jessamyn Excuse me for interrupting on your (US) political issues with my Canadian opinions, but... It's my opinion that you'd all be a lot happier and safer and well-off if you simply made Dolly your Queen. With all the powers you currently divide between your Senate and House and President tucked safely under her wing. (Not sure I got your legislature named properly, but I think you get my drift.)
#dollypartonforqueen
Show threadEllaApr 23, 2023
@jessamyn Dolly deserves all the things