乡村音乐传奇人物多莉·帕顿于周三上午去世，享年80岁1。她创立的"想象图书馆"项目成为其最重要的慈善遗产，在澳大利亚已向超过15.1万名儿童发放200多万本书籍1。这一项目自1995年创立以来，已在全球范围内赠送超过3亿本书籍1。澳大利亚共有480个社区参与该项目1。
帕顿去世后，项目的持续运营面临挑战。其中，新南威尔士州的Tamworth地区最为依赖这一项目——自2019年以来，该地区已有约3500名儿童参与，覆盖率超过98%1。该地区月度运营成本约33000美元，年度成本达40万美元1。鉴于澳大利亚20%的儿童在入学时存在发育脆弱性，以及最近的NAPLAN测试结果显示三分之一儿童未达到阅读基准1，当地社区正呼吁增加财务支持，以保持这一阅读倡议的生命力。帕顿的家族已要求人们以向"想象图书馆"捐款的方式作为悼念1。值得一提的是，歌手泰勒·斯威夫特和美式足球运动员特拉维斯·凯尔塞曾向该项目捐赠200万美元1。
Country music icon Dolly Parton passed away on Wednesday morning at the age of 80 1. Known for her decades-long career in music and philanthropy, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995, a program that has distributed more than 300 million books to children worldwide 1. Her death has raised concerns about the continuation of this initiative, particularly in communities that have come to depend on it.
In Australia, the Imagination Library has delivered over 2 million books to approximately 151,000 children across 480 communities since 2013 1. The Tamworth region has been among the most active participants, with around 3,500 children enrolled in the program since 2019 and a participation rate exceeding 98 percent 1. The local program operates at a monthly cost of approximately 33,000 dollars, translating to an annual budget of roughly 400,000 dollars 1. Parton's family has requested that mourners honor her memory by making donations to the Imagination Library 1.
The timing of Parton's passing is particularly significant given current educational challenges in Australia. Approximately 20 percent of children entering school experience developmental vulnerability, and recent NAPLAN results indicate that one-third of students have not met reading benchmarks 1. The Imagination Library has served as a critical resource in addressing literacy gaps, making the program's sustainability a priority for communities that benefit from it.
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