Seeds of Imagination Luncheon

The 7th Annual Seeds of Imagination Luncheon benefits Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Knox County. The event will include complimentary prosecco, a silent auction, live entertainment, presentation of our Seeds of Imagination Literacy Award and making new friends while championing literacy in the community. The honoree in 2025 is Ann Staup. She and her late husband Mike Staup set out 38 years ago to build something special, a commercial mail facility rooted in East Tennessee and grounded in dedication, service and heart. In 1996, they partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to help deliver books to every child under five in Sevier County. Today, nearly 300 million books have been processed through their facility. Ann Staup  and her team at Direct Mail Services process over three million books each month, helping inspire a love of reading in children in Knox County and across the United States.