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About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by massysett »

glass_of_water wrote: post #3
pyrelight wrote: post #2

She's able to do all this and still live comfortably and live her dreams. I wonder why more wealthy don't do things like this. It seems most just write a check to Charity X for the tax break and the ego boost. The things Dolly does seem to lend themselves to legacy, and what could a rich man/woman want more than their name immortalized in a social program that helps people.

If you find the right organization that uses the funds effectively, what's with donating your wealth as opposed to creating your own charitable organization? Also, I'm sure the tax deduction for donations is exploited when the receiving organization is non-profit in name only, but if the receiving organization really is an effective charity, what's wrong with the donor getting a tax break? Or is the claim not that on…

This is Warren Buffet’s approach. He figured Bill Gates is better at giving away money than he ever would be, so he simply gives his money to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by mberning »

It’s a great program. My son loves the books and I have to admit I look forward to taking him to the mailbox to check and see if one came. Many of the books are printed in a lower cost format specifically for the program. These editions have a back inside leaf that contains a blurb about the program and a picture of Dolly holding a book. My son knows her by sight and says “Thanks Dolly” when he sees her on that leaf.

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Post by AlecSchueler »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #9
nickweb wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s comments like this where I wish I wasn’t so much of a lurker to get the karma required to downvote you. These are age appropriate books being sent to families of all incomes to promote good education. Let people have nice things.

This is another new troll account, noticed them in the snowden thread.

It's actually so much that I can only imagine it's someone trying to make the right look bad with a false flag.

Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by [deleted] »

glass_of_water wrote: post #3
pyrelight wrote: post #2

She's able to do all this and still live comfortably and live her dreams. I wonder why more wealthy don't do things like this. It seems most just write a check to Charity X for the tax break and the ego boost. The things Dolly does seem to lend themselves to legacy, and what could a rich man/woman want more than their name immortalized in a social program that helps people.

If you find the right organization that uses the funds effectively, what's with donating your wealth as opposed to creating your own charitable organization? Also, I'm sure the tax deduction for donations is exploited when the receiving organization is non-profit in name only, but if the receiving organization really is an effective charity, what's wrong with the donor getting a tax break? Or is the claim not that on…

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Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by avidphantasm »

pyrelight wrote: post #2

She's able to do all this and still live comfortably and live her dreams. I wonder why more wealthy don't do things like this. It seems most just write a check to Charity X for the tax break and the ego boost. The things Dolly does seem to lend themselves to legacy, and what could a rich man/woman want more than their name immortalized in a social program that helps people.

She grew up very poor. I suspect many wealthy people didn’t. Also, she made her money working for a living, not through financial BS.

Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by pmorici »

pyrelight wrote: post #2

She's able to do all this and still live comfortably and live her dreams. I wonder why more wealthy don't do things like this. It seems most just write a check to Charity X for the tax break and the ego boost. The things Dolly does seem to lend themselves to legacy, and what could a rich man/woman want more than their name immortalized in a social program that helps people.

Not to detract anything from her contribution but she isn’t funding the whole thing. The way it works is a local nonprofit for a geographic area partners with the Imagination library and funds them to offer the program in that area.

Their website explains how you can become a partner for your area and the costs involved.

In some places it is government funded. The program in Baltimore City for example appears to be largely funded by Maryland State government via a yearly grant to a nonprofit.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/usa/

https://goccp.maryland.gov/the-governors-young-readers-progr...

Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by LocalH »

pyrelight wrote: post #2

She's able to do all this and still live comfortably and live her dreams. I wonder why more wealthy don't do things like this. It seems most just write a check to Charity X for the tax break and the ego boost. The things Dolly does seem to lend themselves to legacy, and what could a rich man/woman want more than their name immortalized in a social program that helps people.

Dolly Parton embodies everything good about the Southern US, in an age where there's not really much in this area that gets the public eye for being a good, wholesome thing. I have a lot of respect for her, quite honestly in my mind she's up there with people like Fred Rogers and Bob Ross.

Re: About Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

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Post by hylaride »

I hate, hate, hate country music, but I have an enormous amount of respect for Dolly Parton. She's just a plain old good person, and also extremely savvy from a business and money point of view (while having to plough through patriarchal barriers both emotionally and financially): https://www.joshuakennon.com/dolly-parton/
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