Sterling Dairy Queen hosts fundraiser for Logan County Imagination Library
Sterling Dairy Queen donated 15% of sales to Logan County’s Imagination Library, pairing ice cream with book giveaways and child sign-ups for free monthly reading at home.
Dairy Queen Grill & Chill at 700 W. Main St. in Sterling donated 15% of sales from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday to the Logan County Dolly Parton Imagination Library, turning a familiar Main Street stop into a fundraiser for early-childhood literacy.
The Early Childhood Council of Logan, Phillips & Sedgwick Counties called it its first-ever DQ and Dolly Parton Imagination Library fundraiser. Promotional materials for the event listed ice cream, book giveaways, Dolly Parton swag, prize drawings and on-site registration for children under age 5, tying a simple restaurant visit directly to getting books into local homes.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library mails one free book every month to children from birth to age 5. In Logan County, local materials say all children under age 5 are eligible at no cost, giving parents and grandparents a way to build a home library before kindergarten starts.
The program’s appeal is practical as much as symbolic. Imagination Library of Colorado says supporting one child costs $31, a figure that gives residents a clear benchmark for how far a small donation can go. Colorado officials say the program launched in 1995 and expanded to the state in 2020, and the state celebrated delivery of its 2 millionth free Imagination Library book at Westwood Early Learning Center.
For Sterling, the fundraiser placed that broader statewide effort in a local setting people know well. Dairy Queen’s Main Street location offered an easy way for families to buy dinner or a treat and help fund books for Logan County children at the same time. The event also served as a registration point for families who had not yet enrolled children under age 5, making literacy access part of the transaction itself.
The Logan County fundraiser fit a larger pattern of community-based support for early reading, where local businesses, civic groups and parents share the cost of putting books on kitchen tables. In a county where school readiness and family resources matter, a few hours of sales at Dairy Queen translated into a direct investment in children who will receive books month after month.
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