Can we have your bottles?
We are ready again to receive your bottles for books. Did you know that thanks to your bottles we have added many children to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Chatham-Kent. In June 2025 we surpassed the 🎉15,000🎉 books… Read More
Become a sponsor for DPIL
Give the Gift of Reading! Your monthly donation of just $10 will ensure that two children in Chatham-Kent will receive a high quality, age appropriate book in the mail until they turn 5. Start now using the form… Read More
More Community Support for DPIL
Last month Clare, Cathy and Antoon were at the AGM of the Chatham-Kent Community Foundation where we received a cheque for $5000 from the South Kent Wind Community Fund. This means enough funds for another 1290 books for… Read More
Last Updated: June 8, 2026 by webmaster
Why early childhood literacy matters
The brain’s fastest growth happens before school. 1 in 7 fifteen-year-olds perform at the lowest reading level. Children who arrive at school “ready to learn” are more likely to succeed on later provincial assessments and beyond.
At the macro level, improving literacy yields major economic benefits for Canada (higher productivity and GDP, lower social costs)