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 🇺🇸
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@StabbedAtWH Doxxing is dangerous, but in this case, the guy is literally saying it's a compromise that must be made so...we'll see if he puts his money where his mouth is
Please note this slope, shouldered cuddle fish of a man has sought fit to blur out his house (assuming that is correct), though all his neighbors are plainly visible on Google maps. He also sought fit to block out any images on Zillow.
The plot thickens as things get curiouser and curiouser. 🤔
@StabbedAtWH@factory_strider I don’t condone doxxing but I also don’t condone having my rights violated in a Chinese-style surveillance apparatus. Go off, king/queen.
@Mixtape58517490 thats the flock ceo's home address. if i must compromise on my rights, so must he.
if one must suffer needlessly, then all must suffer needlessly.
the coward has his home blurred on google maps street view btw, appears he doesnt need to compromise on privacy. no matter, for it only confirms his location.