Spencer Clack Chapter NSDAR donates to Imagination Library

SEVIERVILLE — The members of the Spencer Clack Chapter, NSDAR recently voted to make a significant donation from their general funds to the Imagination Library in memory of Dolly Parton.Dolly Parton was a champion for education and literacy for youth not just in Sevier County, but around the world.The mission of the Daughters of the American Revoution is to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. And reading is fundamental to all three tenets. Dolly's Imagination Library books, gifted to children from birth to 5 years old, initate the development of communication and love of learning and reading.After Dolly's passing DAR members across the state of Tennessee were encouraged to make a donation to The Dollywood Foundation for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. And Spencer Clack Chapter, which is based in Sevier County wanted to do that and do it big. Members agreed to donate $2,500 to continue funding the literacy program.

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