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- EIN 47-2130291
- info@emeraldcityrotaryfoundation.org
- Po Box 49099 Greenwood SC 29649 USA
- https://www.emeraldcityrotaryfoundation.org/
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Charity & Voluntarism Promotion
Mission: Our primary mission is to provide support and funding for projects that promote basic education and literacy. We want to ensure that all children in our community have books at home, regardless of the environment in which they live.
Results: We have provided free books every month to more than 700 children under the age of 5. Parents of children in the Imagination Library program increase the amount of time that they read to their children. Reading aloud to children at a young age can positively impact a child's brain development: When preschool children listen to stories, the areas of their brains that are associated with processing images and narrative comprehension are activated. Children who participate in the Imagination Library program scored higher on measures of kindergarten readiness and literacy assessments, even into third grade.
Target demographics: children ages 0-4 years who live in Greenwood County.
Direct beneficiaries per year: More than 500 children.
Geographic areas served: in Greenwood County, SC, by partnering with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to promote early childhood literacy.
Programs: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Children who are registered with the program receive a free, age-appropriate book mailed to their home each month until their 5th birthday.