Fran DeWine in Ashland to promote Ohio Governor's Imagination Library

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Ohio first lady Fran DeWine tours Ashland Pregnancy Center's The Boutique housed in Emmanuel Methodist Church Thursday with the center's Executive Director Melanie Miller. The Boutique provides infant clothes, diapers, food, and other maternity and infant supplies to expectant and new mothers.
Ohio first lady Fran DeWine tours Ashland Pregnancy Center's The Boutique housed in Emmanuel Methodist Church Thursday with the center's Executive Director Melanie Miller. The Boutique provides infant clothes, diapers, food, and other maternity and infant supplies to expectant and new mothers.
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ASHLAND – Ohio first lady Fran DeWine was in town Thursday promoting the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library — a program that provides books monthly to children until their fifth birthday.

DeWine toured The Boutique, which provides infant clothes, diapers, food and other items to expectant and new mothers through the Ashland Pregnancy Care Center.

Center Executive Director Melanie Miller showed DeWine around The Boutique, housed in Emmanuel Methodist Church.

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DeWine also visited nonprofit organizations in Kent and Youngstown, including the Coleman Pregnancy Center and the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, and gave a speech at the United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley's annual meeting.

The Ohio Governor's Imagination Library is a partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. All Ohio children are eligible to enroll, at no cost to families.

This month, the program has 316,435 children enrolled, according to information from Gov. Mike DeWine's office.

This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: First lady Fran DeWine makes Ohio stops, including Ashland and Kent