In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.
She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.
The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.
She handed out the checks herself.
In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.
When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.
You've probably heard that part.
Here's the part you haven't:
The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.
Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.
She built her county an entire hospital.
She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.
In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.
Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.
In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.
And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.
She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.
She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.
Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸
And just like that, it completely VANISHED from the media.
But a sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the Epstein Files a being blocked because they prove Trump raped and threatened to kill children.
Who wants to make this go viral AF?
$15M for painting the Lincoln Reflecting Pool electric-blue.
$100M for a giant Arch named after Trump.
$1B for Trump’s ballroom.
If this administration is interested in rooting out government waste, they can take a look at Trump's taxpayer-funded vanity projects.
DeSantis is shutting down Alligator Alcatraz after Florida blew $1 BILLION in taxpayer money building and operating it.
Trump promised Federal reimbursement and it was never delivered…
because Trump pays no one.
The Epstein files contain allegations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in the 1980s — claims the FBI took seriously enough to interview the accuser four times.
So why is Trump’s DOJ still withholding the records?
An 8-year-old girl and her mom were driving when they saw some motorcyclists crash.
The mom, who is a nurse, rushed to help treat the injured.
A year later, the girl started a lemonade stand; this is the motorcyclists' way of saying thank you…❤️
@spacexx08@GeraldoRivera It was secured. It was choreographed, staged and secured. Wonder if McChump fell and had to be hauled back to his feet during the dress rehearsal?
@Salty35867711@GeraldoRivera Victim of this syndrome: Trumplodyte
Easily identifiable by jutting forehead, open mouth, dragging knuckles and complete inability to see the truth about their seducer.
An important message from @RickyGervais.
“Healthy rescue pets wait weeks, months, years while pet shops sell sick pups. It's so wrong"
"This weekend, plan a visit to your local rescue shelter, where your new best friend is waiting for you" ~ Ricky Gervais 🐾.
#Rescue #AdoptDontShop #Adopt #RescuedIsBest
BREAKING: In defiance of Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban, voters in Hungary today will vote against Orban’s authoritarianism. Today’s the day Orban’s reign ends. This is being almost entirely ignored by mainstream media. Let’s make it go viral.
@StephenKing Amazing- these people who have set their notifications so when you post, they can hurl third grade insults at you. Not for a nanosecond do they weigh what you are saying. Posting "You fucking cunt" truly, honestly makes them feel they've struck a blow for righteousness.