09/25/2026
Todayβs the day! Every dollar of profit we make from jobs completed today or booked (deposits paid) for future service dates will be donated to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library π
Weβll post a recap over the weekend of just how much weβre able to donate. Thank you for helping us and Dollyβs Imagination Library inspire a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five π€
Garth Brooks and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, have declared September 25 βDolly Dayβ at their Nashville honky-tonk, with every dollar taken in at the bar that day going to Dolly Partonβs Imagination Library.
The date is a deliberate nod to Partonβs classic hit β9 to 5,β reading as 9/25 on the calendar. Brooks and Yearwoodβs Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk will donate its entire income for the day to the cause behind the Imagination Library, the childrenβs literacy program Parton founded in 1995 that mails free books to children. The gesture follows Partonβs d*ath, after which her family had asked well-wishers to send donations to the Imagination Library rather than flowers.
Yearwood framed the fundraiser as a direct continuation of Partonβs own priorities. βWhatever the cash register says at the end of the day is going to Dollyβs passion,β she said. βThis is 100% about Dolly and her love for childrenβs literacy.β
Brooks, for his part, described the tribute as more than a nod to Partonβs music career, calling it a recognition of her decades of generosity. βDolly may be the perfect example of if you spend your whole life loving, you WILL live forever,β he said.
The Imagination Library currently operates in five countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and Parton had continued working to expand its reach up to her d*ath. Separately, Tennessee lawmaker Seal has proposed a bill designating September 25 as β9 to 5 Dayβ statewide in Partonβs home state, a measure aimed at formally honoring both her musical legacy and her charitable work.