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 🇺🇸
Puedes ganar 12 anillos y ser una leyenda absoluta del deporte, que si eres mujer los comentarios seguirán reduciéndote a si tu físico les parece atractivo o no
Pero luego que no existen diferencias reales por género
Unpopular opinion, but Buffalo Bill is actually the tragic hero of Silence Of The Lambs. If you analyze his actions, he was completely right to ask her to "put the lotion on its skin" because how else was he gonna cut her skin off to make his flesh suit? He’s the real victim here
just watched ‘Obsession’ and all of the men leaving the theatre are talking about how they never want a girlfriend again like the entire plot of the movie isn’t a guy forcing a relationship + dealing with the consequences of HIS OWN ACTIONS. LIKE???
So... just so we're clear... you want me to be afraid of trans women in the women's bathroom because they might be cis men pretending so they can assault women and children... and you think this reflects on... trans women... and not on cis men?
Do I have this correct?
I agree with you, Kevin, this is revolting. I think anyone photographed with victims should be shamed and driven out of public life.
But that’s where we differ. You only want to punish people you disagree with.
i am NOT a pedophile, and all the proof is right here in my I’m Not A Pedophile document. unfortunately i had to redact all of it but you can use your imagination.