Charlotte County Imagination Library

Save the Date
📚✨ Mark Your Calendars! ✨📚
Join us for the Storybook Soirée, an enchanted evening benefiting the Charlotte County Imagination Library!
📅 August 8, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 Punta Gorda Woman's Club
🎟️ $75 per person
Enjoy delicious food, a signature cocktail, auctions, raffles, literary fun, and more—all while helping local children receive free books each month.
📚 Only 100 tickets are available, so reserve yours early!

Just $10 a month can help put books into the hands of local children and inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Join The 1,000 and become part of a community committed to literacy, learning, and opportunity for every child.
Visit gilstadliteracyfoundation.org to learn more.

A child who loves books is a child ready to learn. ❤️📖
Research shows children enrolled in Charlotte County Imagination Library score higher on kindergarten readiness assessments.
Help us reach our goal of 1,000 monthly supporters and invest in the future of local children.

Did you know? More than 2,700 Charlotte County children receive a free book in their mailbox every month through the Charlotte County Imagination Library.

By joining The 1,000 with a monthly gift of $10 or more, you can help keep those books coming.

Become one of The 1,000 today! www.gilstadliteracyfoundation.org

📚 Introducing The 1,000!

We're looking for 1,000 caring supporters to give just $10 or more each month to help ensure that every child in Charlotte County Imagination Library continues to receive free books from birth to age 5.
Join us and help build a brighter future—one book at a time.
Learn more: www.gilstadliteracyfoundation.org

Making reading a fun and regular part of a child's routine helps establish positive habits that support academic success and personal growth.

Providing access to age-appropriate books encourages children to explore new ideas, develop critical thinking skills, and become confident readers.

When parents and caregivers read with children, they strengthen family bonds while fostering imagination and curiosity.

Reading to young children every day helps build language skills, expands vocabulary, and creates a lifelong love of learning.

Over the weekend, we had the pleasure of connecting with families at the Family Jam, sharing information about the Charlotte County Imagination Library.