The Dabo Swinney Clemson era is over.
ESPN is interviewing the LSU male cheerleaders who are struggling to complete all of the pushups for points scored.
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 🇺🇸
I’m so depressed but like not in a s*ic*dal way but in a “I have no energy to do anything I like doing and no energy to put towards achieving my goals because the weight of working and existing hijacks any energy and happiness I may have during the time I’m not at work” way
you accidentally sign up for quora when you're 12 and they'll send you emails when you're on your deathbed too. i fucking BLOCKED them, how am i still getting these??? i'm 20 years old please Let It Go
The vibes are insane. Driving through the great state of Louisiana on our way to New Orleans. It’s crazy how diverse this country is, every day the scenery looks different.
unfortunately if i’m not dancing with my husband in Italy in a hot lace dress surrounded by our closest family and friends post-wedding , I Don’t Want It