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Books From
Birth
Department
of Elementary and Special
Education donates $5,000.00
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.
Governor
Bredesen with dignitaries to
include President McPhee,
Dean Bonner and Chair of the
Elementary and Special
Education Department Dr.
Connie Jones.
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