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 🇺🇸
@libsoftiktok They've been invaded. Just wait until the guns and weapons arrive. I wonder if they will feel empathy for the poor Hamas fighters that have arrived in their country.
🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: Spain's Civil Guard chief declares the border has "TOTALLY COLLAPSED," per @BillMelugin_
THOUSANDS of military-aged African men have poured over the border in the past several hours.
This is because Spain just gave AMNESTY to illegals. All amnesty does is ENCOURAGE more illegal immigration.
@mattvanswol They will suffer zero consequences for this. They need work detail type punishments, hold parents accountable, and if they don't put a stop to it cut their
benefits.
@ElaineLarsen2@AnonymousVzLa13@theblaze Which is why we shouldn't be offering it again. Amnesty was supposed to be in exchange for fixing the system. Instead, USAID, NGOs, and the Biden Admin did nothing but exploit the flaws. Now they want Amnesty again? Nope, shouldn't happen.