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A Colorado Springs couple is stepping in to keep Imagination Library books coming to local kids

If you have a little one in El Paso or Teller County, the free monthly books aren't stopping.

The Daily Colorado Springs team · 1 min read · 3 sources

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The Imagination Library has reached over 9,000 local kids

9,000+
children in Teller and El Paso counties get free books
14 years
the program has run in the two counties
$10,000
needed to keep December deliveries going

Sources: KRDO, FOX21 News Colorado

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Dolly Parton's free books for 9,000 kids get a new sponsor

Plus, an update on Emmett the grizzly and a Fort Carson ruck march at America the Beautiful Park.

The TLDR

  1. A new foundation takes over free Imagination Library books for kids
  2. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo says Emmett the grizzly's cancer has returned
  3. Fort Carson soldiers ruck march near America the Beautiful Park today
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