On June 14, First Lady Crissy Haslam helped celebrate Delta Dental of Tennessee’s Smile Power Week by reading with children at Nashville Public Library’s Looby Branch about the importance of oral health. After being introduced by Delta Dental of...
Governor and First Lady Haslam Celebrate Verizon Foundation’s Commitment to Tennessee’s Imagination Library for Children in Foster Care
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam today joined the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) to celebrate its partnership with the Verizon Foundation and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) to ensure every child in...
Williamson Medical Center to Enroll Newborn Babies in Tennessee’s Imagination Library Program
Last week, Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and the Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee celebrated the launch of a new birthing hospital partnership with Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, to begin enrolling newborn...
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital to Enroll Newborn Babies in Tennessee’s Imagination Library Program
Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and Rutherford Books from Birth’s local sustaining partner, United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, celebrated the launch of a new birthing hospital partnership with Saint Thomas Rutherford...
Enterprise Holdings of Tennessee Received Jack Taylor Founding Values Award and Makes $20K Gift to Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation
First Lady Crissy Haslam joined Theresa Carl, president of Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF), on January 31st to accept a $20,000 gift from Enterprise Holdings of Tennessee to support Tennessee’s statewide Imagination Library program. The contribution was...
Delta Dental of Tennessee and Governor’s Books from Birth Partner to Award Bigger Smiles Grant to TN’s Imagination Library
Delta Dental of Tennessee has partnered once again with Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation and Tennessee’s Imagination Library to award 19 Bigger Smiles grants to Imagination Library programs in selected counties across the state. The Bigger Smiles...
Statewide Partners Dinner: Storytelling with Dr. Sobol & University School Kindergarten Class
The Governor's Books from Birth Statewide Partners Dinner was held this week with a focus on the theme of storytelling. Dr. Joseph Sobol, Director of the ETSU Graduate Program of Storytelling, performed the Imagination Library book, The First Strawberries by...
How Tennesseans #GotCaughtReading: A Re-cap of IL Week 2016 Social Media Challenge
In celebration of Tennessee’s Imagination Library Week 2016, Sept. 18 to 24, GBBF launched the #GotCaughtReading statewide social media challenge. Gov. Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam kicked off the challenge on Monday, Sept. 19 and “Got Caught...
Sullivan County Hospital to Enroll Newborn Babies into Tennessee’s Imagination Library Program
Sullivan County Imagination Library announces its birthing hospital partnership with Indian Path Medical Center to begin enrolling newborn babies into Tennessee’s Imagination Library program. Through this partnership, each family of a newborn child will be given the...
First Lady Haslam Celebrates New TN Imagination Library Partnerships at Two Green County Birthing Hospitals
Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam and the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF)celebrated the launch of newborn enrollment partnerships with Takoma Regional Hospital and Laughlin Memorial Hospital in Greene County on...