In this excellent episode, Nancy and Jose are joined in the studio by Nora Briggs, the Executive Director of the Dollywood Foundation. The Dollywood Foundation is a non-profit organization that was created by Dolly Parton. One of the programs that the foundation runs is called the imagination library which aims to spread the love of reading to kids under the age of five.

Inspired by her father who couldn't read, Dolly Parton created the imagination library as a way to allow children to grow up in homes filled with books. She recognized that education is an equalizer for opportunities and that reading is the key to creating lifelong learners. Counties with the program can through matched donations join the program which makes all children under the age of 5 eligible for monthly books.

Hear Nora speak about the Imagination Library and its importance to the community and to herself. After multiple career changes, she settled at the Dolly Parton Foundation because she wanted to make her passion for reading her job and make the world a better place. She is excited about all the work she has done since she joined as well as everything the foundation has planned.

An excellent episode on filling gaps in the community with Nora Briggs. Here are some other takeaways from the interview:

• The Dollywood Foundation and the Imagination Library
• What it is like to work with Dolly Parton
• The positive impact that the Imagination Library has on children and fmailies
• Nora's call-to-action for communities
• The answer to the rapid-fire questions

An excellent interview from a passionate gap minder. Thank you, Nora, for your contributions in San Diego, and for joining us on The Gap Minders.

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