Local Coffee County Imagination Library (IL) leaders, representatives from Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF), and Tennova Healthcare – Harton CEO Rich Ellis and hospital staff celebrated the 5-year anniversary of the Imagination Library enrollment...
Healthy Smiles and Early Reading
This week is Delta Dental of Tennessee's Smile Power Week! Governor's Books from Birth Foundation's partner, Delta Dental of Tennessee, acknowledges the connection of books to health literacy and dental health. “An educated society is a healthy society,” said Dr....
2018 G.I.F.T. Summits Focus on Building Sustainable Imagination Library Programs
Governor's Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) recently hosted four "Growing Imagination Library's Future Together" (G.I.F.T.) Summits for Imagination Library volunteers. The Summits, which took place in Morristown, Spring Hill, Cooksville and Jackson,...
Ribbon Cutting at Hill Center Brentwood Features Business and Books
H.G. Hill Realty Company team members gathered alongside elected officials and community members to celebrate the opening of Phase I and ground breaking on Phase II of the Hill Center Brentwood. Just prior to the ribbon cutting and ground breaking...
GBBF Sponsors Summit on Children: The Science & Story of Poverty
On April 11, Leadership Tennessee hosted The Summit on Childen: The Science and Story of Poverty at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greenville, TN. The summit brought together educators and others who work with children to learn about the affects of...
Book Mobile Buses Promote Reading Engagement to Prevent ‘Summer Slide’
Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation promotes early childhood literacy efforts across Tennessee by supporting and sustaining Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in all 95 counties. Beyond the Imagination Library, volunteers in Northeast Tennessee are promoting early...
100 Million Books Mailed Worldwide, 32 Million in Tennessee: The Story of TN’s Imagination Library
Literacy looks like books.Books look like the Imagination Library.TN's Imagination Library looks like... On February 27, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library celebrated 100 million books mailed to preschoolers across the world. During this special event, Dolly...
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center to Enroll Newborns into Tennessee’s Imagination Library Program
Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and local affiliate Rutherford Books from Birth recently celebrated the launch of a birthing hospital partnership at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center to begin enrolling newborn babies into Tennessee’s Imagination Library...
Annual Statewide Dinner Celebrates Funding Partners with Special Reading
The Governor's Books from Birth Statewide Partners Dinner was held last week at the Tennessee Executive Residence in Nashville. GBBF’s Statewide Partners Dinner is an annual celebration of our statewide funding partners. Representatives from BlueCross Blue Shield...
Delta Dental TN and Governors Books from Birth Award ‘Bigger Smile Grants’ to TN Imagination Library Programs
Delta Dental of Tennessee is partnering with Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) to award 26 Bigger Smiles grants to support the enrollment growth of Imagination Library programs in selected Tennessee counties. Currently, 69 percent of the...