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Department of Elementary and Special Education donates $5,000.00
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| Governor Bredesen with dignitaries to include President McPhee, Dean Bonner and Chair of the Elementary and Special Education Department Dr. Connie Jones. |
In June 2004, Governor Phil Bredesen created the non-partisan, not-for-profit Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation® (GBBF) to serve as a catalyst and tangible resource to Tennesseans establishing and sustaining countywide Imagination Libraries.
Initially charged with conducting the Imagination Library statewide rollout, raising statewide funds, and training volunteers, Foundation staff now serves Imagination Library organizers by providing fundraising, public relations, and program support.
Since the Foundation’s launch, Tennessee’s Imagination Library has grown by leaps and bounds:
- 93% of Tennessee’s 95 counties are providing a new, age-appropriate, hardcover book each month to their children from birth to age five at no cost to the family, regardless of income.
- More than 118,000 Tennessee children will receive books in May, 2006.
- More than 97% of Tennessee’s 375,000 children under age five now have access to the Imagination Library.
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