Casey businesses can help local kids to kick-start their education through reading.
United Way Australia has partnered with Doveton College Early Learning Centre, Multicultural Playgroup, Autumn Place Kindergarten and Doveton Library for the past five years to deliver the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Singer and children’s author Harrison Craig, who overcame a stutter and won The Voice in 2013, is an ambassador for the program.
He visited the City of Casey on 23 May for National Simultaneous Storytime.
United Way is looking for individual donors and business sponsors to support children in the City of Casey to have a love for reading and learning well before their first day of school.
Children receive books each month from birth until they start school.
Locally, United Way has distributed 28,000 new books by post and in person to children aged under five years and their families.
More than 450 children have graduated the program and another 500 are actively receiving new books every month.
Country music legend Dolly Parton started the program in Tennessee, USA, 23 years ago.
In Australia, United Way manages and funds the program across 18 locations, with 32 locations run by partners such as Rotary, Mission Australia, Save The Children and YMCA.
Call United Way Australia on 02 9321 0300 or email read@unitedway.com.au.
