Ridesharing company Lyft has paid tribute to Dolly Parton by donating $20,000 to her Imagination Library and offering discounts on rides to local libraries. Taking to Threads ten hours ago, Lyft wrote:“Dolly Parton was an icon, a humanitarian, and an enduring champion for literacy. To celebrate her legacy, we’re donating $20,000 to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in her honor. And if you’re feeling inspired to visit your local library, use code DOLLYFOREVER for 50% off.”The company continued in the comment section:“(Code supplies are limited. Up to $10 discount total. Valid through August 28).”Lyft is offering discounts to encourage people’s reading habits and visits to the libraries in an effort to honor Dolly Parton’s legacy as a literary advocate.Dolly Parton died at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 25, after a “brief battle” with cancer, according to her team. She was 80. Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, first announced the death in a video posted on her Instagram.Lyft pays tribute to Ms Parton. (Image via Threads)All you need to know about Dolly Parton’s literacy advocacyDolly Parton launched the Dollywood Foundation in 1988 to help children in her hometown of Sevier County, Tennessee, accomplish in the field of education. In 2021, she told PEOPLE:“I’m kind of addicted to the feeling of giving. Knowing that I’m doing something good for someone else.”Over the years, the foundation has fulfilled many missions, including the 1990s Buddy Program through which the country music legend promised to offer a $500 scholarship to every 7th- and 8th-grader if they graduated to high school. Following this, the dropout rate fell from 35 to six percent.Additionally, the Dollywood Foundation offers a $15,000 college scholarship to five high school seniors who:“have a dream they wish to pursue and who can successfully communicate their plan and commitment to realize their dreams.”In 1995, Dolly Parton’s eponymous foundation launched a childhood literary program called the Imagination Library. The singer-songwriter was inspired by her father, Robert Lee Parton’s illiteracy, to begin this monthly book gifting program for kids under five.“That always made me feel bad about my dad, so I started it based on that, just for our county. It’s just grown in leaps and bounds ever since then, but it came from a place in my heart to try to help children in their young years, their most impressionable years, to learn how to read and write,” Dolly told PEOPLE four years ago.In the last three decades, the Imagination Library has donated over 300 million free children’s books worldwide. The project gives away 3.4 million books per month as of 2025. The library’s website quotes Dolly Parton as saying:“The seeds of these dreams are often found in books and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe Jolene artist said during the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy acceptance speech:“I’m proud of the Imagination Library as much as anything I’ve ever done in my life. I always want to do things that I can be proud to talk about, things that I believe in. I cannot be a hypocrite and just say I’m going to donate this money for a tax write-off. I’d really like for it to mean something to me — something I can take pride in.”Imagination Library received a $2 million gift from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ahead of their July wedding. At the time, Ms Parton said in a social media video that she was “blown away” and “overjoyed with gratitude” at the couple’s gesture.In her lifetime, Dolly Parton also became a published author of many children’s books, memoirs, a cookbook, and a thriller novel.These include Songteller: My Life in Lyrics, which honors Parton’s 60 years of songwriting legacy and also contains never-before-seen images from her artistry. The book is part of a trilogy that also comprises Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones and Star of the Show: My Life on Stage.The former chronicles Dolly’s life, career, performances, and distinct style and is a literary archive of her iconic outfits. The latter revolves around the Queen of Country’s live performances and concerts, including backstage anecdotes from her Grand Ole Opry days, various residencies, and the 2023 NFL Halftime Show on Thanksgiving.Her children’s picture book collection includes Billy the Kid Makes It Big, Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas, and Billy the Kid Dances His Heart Out.Coat of Many Colors is not only an iconic Dolly Parton song and the title of her NBC made-for-TV biopic but also a kids’ book that follows a mother knitting a winter coat for her daughter.In recent years, the I Will Always Love You hitmaker collaborated with her sister Rachel Parton George to co-write a cookbook called Good Lookin’ Cookin’. It centered around cooking food at home for each holiday. The description reads:“It has twelve multi-course menus of cherished recipes for New Year’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and more.” View this post on Instagram Instagram PostDolly Parton’s only novel was written in collaboration with bestselling thriller author James Patterson. Titled Run, Rose, Run, the fiction follows the life of an aspiring singer from Nashville who is unable to embrace fame because of her “dangerous past” and the fear of secrets being exposed.Additionally, Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You is a half-memoir and half-advice book on Dolly Parton’s “personal philosophy” and “astonishing career.” In it, she encourages everyone to “dream, learn, care, and be more.”Tributes are now pouring in for the legendary musician, actress, and philanthropist.