Exciting News for Denman Families with Young Children!
Blackberry Lane Children’s Center is bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Denman Island. The Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting FREE books to children from birth to age five, helping them build a foundation for lifelong learning. The Imagination Library is made possible through the generous support of Dolly Parton herself, alongside contributions from local Program Partners. Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write, Dolly started the Imagination Library in 1995 to serve the children of her hometown in Sevier County, Tennessee. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts over 3 million free, high-quality, age-appropriate books each month to children around the world. There is never a charge to the families who participate in the program. Every book is personally addressed and mailed every month to each individual child and carefully selected by a panel of experts in early childhood literacy and reading. Over 1.8 million children worldwide are part of the Imagination Library, and now Denman kiddos can be too!
Blackberry Lane has provided high-quality and loving childcare on Denman since 1981. It is operated by the Denman Island Pre-school Society, a diverse community of parents, staff, board members and community supporters that work together to provide a safe, inclusive, caring, and playful learning community for the children of Denman Island. Blackberry Lane Children’s Center is open from 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday. They provide daycare, before and after-school care, and child-centric community programs in a beautiful purpose-built facility located beside the Denman Community School.
“We’re overjoyed to sponsor and facilitate this incredible early literacy program here on Denman. We’re bringing more books, more snuggles and more reading adventures to Denman kiddos and their caregivers” shares Society Board President Kristen Wright.
Sincere and heartfelt thanks to the Community Charity Auction Committee for being the first financial sponsor for 2025’s books. Their generous support is being put to good use in a very special way with the launch of this program!
Enroll your Denman Island child today – visit https://imaginationlibrary.com/ca/affiliate/BCDENMANISLAND/
To tour the Blackberry Lane Children’s Center, enroll your child in one of their programs, volunteer on the Denman Island Pre-school Society loving and inspired Board of Directors, and/or to become a financial sponsor of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Denman Island, please email denmanislandchildcare@gmail.com or call 250-335-1029
