We do! The Imagination Library provides selections in braille and audiobook formats for children with documented visual impairment. You can sign up here. 

We’re looking to expand by the end of this school year and perhaps sooner if we can raise sufficient funds to sustainably expand.

We determine which zip codes in the City of Rochester we’ll expand to on the basis of need and our ability to get the word out through partnerships with community organizations.

As long as you stay in the Rochester area, we move along with you! If you have a forwarding address, we’ll use that. If not, we’ll reach out to you when a book is returned as undeliverable.

If you’re moving, please send us an email at the address below and we’ll update your address.

DPIL Rochester is committed to serving every child, and our outreach efforts focus in large part on enrolling Hispanic children both through pediatrics clinics and community organizations.

Several books on the annual book list have text in both English and Spanish, and the selection expands every year. In total, these bilingual books account for about a quarter of the 2022 offerings. In addition, many of the texts, particularly for our youngest members, have very little text at all.

We firmly believe that there’s a right way to do everything, including mail free, high-quality books to children. That’s why we’re starting out with just a single zip code. By starting out on a small scale, we can develop organizational know-how while demonstrating to donors that we’re worth their investment.

If you donate through our website or the Rochester Education Foundation, all funds are exclusively earmarked for families in Rochester, NY.

If you donate through the national Imagination Library website, you can also specify which chapter you’d like to send funds to.

We can always use a helping hand to spread the word. Reach out and we’ll find a way to use your valuable time wisely.

You bet. We’re a part of the Rochester Education Foundation, a registered 501(c)3 corporation. After you donate, you’ll receive documentation of your generosity.

Dolly is as giving as they come, and through the generosity of her Dollywood Foundation, all of our operations are covered—which means your donation goes straight to books and postage.

But the Imagination Library has become such an astonishing international success that even Dolly needs partners to meet the need. That’s where we all come in.