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 pray Mr Fenn can save his land from eminent domain. I've never seen a company so hell bent on destroying a good man's property, especially when viable alternatives exist 200 yards away.
This story is absolutely heartbreaking. 👇
Pharmacists USED to be a source of wisdom... but not anymore, they are vaccine cartel members.
Just last week my Mom refused vaccines pushed on her by our local kroger pharmacist. My Mom said, "I will never get vaccines"... "they contain aluminum, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80 and many other harmful ingredients."
The pharmacist argued with her, telling her that vaccines do NOT contain any of those ingredients. My dear Mom stood her ground and said, "LOOK IT UP... I'LL WAIT."
According to my Mom, the pharmacist turned a ghostly white shade when he pulled out a vaccine package insert and read the ingredients, OUT LOUD, in front of her.
He said he didn't know...
The vaccine package insert is the most important document each and every person should ever read.
The Ingredients In Injections Are Definitely NOT 'Safe & Effective':
• Synthetic Formaldehyde — Group 1 carcinogen
• Aluminum — Known to cause brain damage
• Beta-Propiolactone — Corrosive chemical & carcinogen
• Glutaraldehyde — Poisonous if ingested, causes birth defects in animals
• Genetically Modified Yeast, Bacterial & Viral DNA + Dairy/Egg Components — Can alter recipient’s DNA, cause mutations & allergies
• Human DNA from aborted babies + animal materials (pig/horse blood, rabbit brains, dog kidneys, monkey kidneys, chick embryos, calf serum & fall armyworm) — Linked to childhood leukemia & diabetes
• Thimerosal — Extremely toxic; linked to autoimmune & neurological disorders (e.g. autism)
• Monosodium Glutamate — Linked to birth defects, developmental delays & infertility
• Neomycin Sulphate — Interferes with B6, can lead to epilepsy & brain damage
• Phenol & PEG Polyethylene Glycol — Petroleum ethylene antifreeze; toxic to cells, destroys immune system
• Polysorbate 80 & 20 — Causes cancer; linked to autoimmune issues & infertility
No vaccine on the schedule has had long-term safety trials or a true placebo.
Research. Question. Stand Firm. Say NO To All Shots.
Mr Fenn Church is pleading with folks in Alabama to support him this Wednesday, as a circuit judge will decide whether or not Alabama Power can take control of his land against his will. Mr Fenn says it's a violation of his 4th Amendment. I agree. Do you?
See his video below👇
DOCTORS ARE LITERALLY MANUFACTURING ALZHEIMER’S
Dr. Joel Wallach: “Alzheimer’s is a PHYSICIAN-CAUSED disease.”
Your brain is 75% myelin insulation. And myelin is 100% cholesterol.
Statins shred that cholesterol — stealing 75% of what your brain desperately needs to stay insulated and functional.
No myelin = no brain.
That’s why Alzheimer’s went from virtually unknown to the 4th leading killer over age 65.
They told you to lower your cholesterol…
while your brain was starving for it.
This isn’t “aging.”
This is medical malpractice on a massive scale.
Stop letting them dissolve your brain. Do your own research and stop the statins. Protect your myelin.
It should be much bigger news that a Nashville hospital has paralyzed at least one patient and sickened 3 more by injecting them with potassium instead of pain medication.
It’s an error so egregious it’s hard to imagine how it could even occur.
Multiple patients at a Nashville hospital are paralyzed after staff accidentally gave them the wrong drugs.
The hospital says they are "sorry" after injecting potassium chloride into the spines of people getting routine joint replacement surgeries.
Hospital staff noticed something was off when multiple patients went into cardiac arrest.
This guy built over 1,000 homes for squirrels and fitted some of them with cameras so he could see how they live
Welcome to the cutest reality TV show out there
Writer: Ian
I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone. Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link. Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
Flock has 120,000 cameras tracking cars across America, no warrant required. Over 5,000 police agencies have signed on. This isn't crime fighting. This is mass surveillance of every American, and a violation of our 4th Amendment rights.
Let me get this straight. Florida ALREADY counted 80% of their vote in under an hour… but California needs weeks and months to finish theirs
This is why we want SECURE elections
NO MORE CHEATING
@mattvanswol Ask Jesus to do something in your life that leaves no doubt in your mind, He is truly the Son of God. If you pray for that, and really mean it, He will make Himself known to you in such a way that you cannot deny Him.
🚨WOW!!!!
A 13-year-old boy in Utah has just spent his ENTIRE SUMMER building a custom wheelchair for a 21-month-old baby girl he's never met.
His name is Zac Waters.
He watched a YouTube channel about 3D printing and decided he wanted to do something with it.
So he found MakeGood, a nonprofit that 3D prints assistive devices for people with disabilities, and got to work.
He spent over 300 HOURS, designing, printing, testing. and assembling.
...but he didn't just build a chair, he custom-designed it specifically for her
He custom printed pink accents, because pink is her favorite color.
He built her a removable cupholder and tray table. He designed a space in the back for heavier medical equipment.
He gave her soft, bendable straps so they don't dig into her, he even designed an adjustable footrest and headrest so it grows with her as she does.
When they asked him why he did it, he said it combines his two favorite things in life: 3D printing and helping people in need.
He's THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Today, I'm hitting local media in Alabama to see what the public thinks about @alabamapower enforcing condemnation and eminent domain on Mr Fenn's land. I, like President Trump, believe we can be energy dominant and simultaneously treat land owners with respect. Mr Fenn's plea👇
American went through a Dunkin' Donuts
drive thru in Indianapolis, Indiana
He pays with his credit card. When he checks his receipt, he finds the location added themselves on a tip
It’s a foreigner at the drive thru who speaks broken English, he says the customer can’t film the interaction
At first the employees ignore him, but after he refuses to move from the drive thru the employee is forced to speak with him
He says he will now be always asking for receipts and checking everywhere he goes. He doesn’t mind giving tips, but you can’t just take a tip without asking the customer
This is illegal and is charged as “theft”
In Indiana because it’s under $750, this would be a Class A misdemeanor and the employees who are adding tips without customer authorization can get up to 1 year in jail and a fine up to $5,000