{"id":3130,"date":"2026-10-07T13:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:53:41","slug":"live-like-dolly-book-drive-for-our-youngest-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/live-like-dolly-book-drive-for-our-youngest-bishops\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Like Dolly Book Drive for Our Youngest Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canva.link\/4d3modgtuwscobl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/canva.link\/4d3modgtuwscobl&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1791475836982000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2D0GJxc_CcOLHPda4g-Sgs\">book drive for the Early Childhood Center<\/a>\u00a0(ECC) is underway, inspired by the late, great Dolly Parton. From now until Oct. 16, donations of new and gently used books are being collected in the Ham-Wil atrium and the Mowry Alumni Center.<\/p>\n<p>Every book you give helps ignite a child\u2019s imagination and builds a lifelong love of learning. Picture books for children ages 3-5 are requested, and you can refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohioimaginationlibrary.org\/news\/2025-book-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ohioimaginationlibrary.org\/news\/2025-book-list&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1791475836982000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2lGuWKN-hBOWwU6OMH5Dxf\">Imagination Library<\/a>\u00a0for examples of titles. Philanthropy is as easy as A-B-C!<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Advancement &amp; Strategic Ventures<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Emily Creasap at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:eccreasap@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eccreasap@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first\u00a0book drive for the Early Childhood Center\u00a0(ECC) is underway, inspired by the late, great Dolly Parton. From now until Oct. 16, donations of new and gently used books are being collected in the Ham-Wil atrium and the Mowry Alumni Center. Every book you give helps ignite a child\u2019s imagination and builds a lifelong love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[809,810,811,387],"class_list":["post-3130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parent-family-engagement","tag-book-drive","tag-ecc","tag-imagination-library","tag-donation"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}