Natalee Russell

livin’ loved✝️

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

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[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

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 🇺🇸

[Lammie_Art @Lammie_Art01]

Me at Walmart: No one will ever know I bought this dress for $7.

Stranger: I love your dress.

Me: GIRL, IT WAS $7 AT WALMART AND IT HAS POCKETS

[ACLU of Indiana @ACLUIndiana]

Trans youth belong everywhere. Period.

Their rights and their medical care shouldn’t be up for debate. #IndianaSlateOfHate

[gracie @gracejaynes88]

the best job with the best people @FesslerKeith @StevenCBales @SouthernHancock

[Micheal Afolaranmi @TheAfolaranmi]

me after making a recipe I found on the internet

[Zar ✰ @Zarinacar]

I be like “long story short” then tell it with behind the scenes bonus features

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

@dragondirector @ChoirsNphs @SouthernHancock @VoelzJames so so excited

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

im debating if the justices remembered the 9th amendment

[gracie @gracejaynes88]

#NewProfilePic @natalee_russell <3

[Barstool New Palestine @BarstoolNewPal1]

Please donate all you can to the Camacho family. They recently have suffered from a fire in their family home which caused the loss of a lot of their personal belongings.

Show them what our community can do and fulfill the goal🙌

🔥WE ARE DRAGONS🔥

https://t.co/8OnXz2cv1a

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

@AragonBallroom @conangray can we show a picture of our vaccine card with proof of identity?

[read pinned - i'm moving accs @soleoade]

on accepting new beginnings:

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

@HallHistoryNPHS so happy for you!!

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

finding a place to study is harder than studying itself

[Mrs. Meyer @MeyerNPHS]

I keep a self-care cabinet in my classroom for students to help themselves to at any time. Sometimes students I don’t know or who aren’t in my classes anymore show up b/c they’ve heard about it and need something. A student recently donated some extra supplies, which is so rad!

[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

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[Natalee Russell @natalee_russell]

there is like 18 drops of rain and everyone throws up their umbrellas like it’s raining hard.

[kurtis conner @kurtisconner]

sorry for the middle fingers 😅 I guess I’m sort of a wild card sometimes 😏

(also photos by @ timedoesnotexisthere on Instagram)

[New Palestine Dragons @NPHSDragons]

VB-Dragons score the final 5 points of Set 1 to defeat Scecina 26-24. Senior Grace Myers serves the final 5 points, including 3 aces!