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Got this off of reddit. Pretty cool list of some of the charitable things she has done

1988 – The Dollywood Foundation
Parton originally launched the organization in her home county of Sevier County, Tennessee, with the goal of decreasing high school drop out rates. She then started the Buddy Program, in which Parton gave $500 to every seventh and eighth grader who finished high school. According to the organization, the initiative was successful and the dropout rate declined from 35 percent to just 6 percent.

1989 – $500 scholarship
Parton offered a $500 scholarship to every student in Sevier County who wished to attend Hiwassee College.

1991 – Eagle Mountain Sanctuary at Dollywood
The 30,000-square-foot aviary managed by the American Eagle Foundation shelters the largest collection of “non-releasable” bald eagles. Parton’s efforts to preserve the bald eagle earned her the Partnership Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2003.

1995 – Imagination Library
The Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library began sending one book per month to each enrolled child in Sevier County from birth until their first year of school. The library was founded in honor of Parton’s father, who was unable to read. It has provided over 300,000,000 books currently and operates across the country.

2000 – The Dolly Parton Scholarship
Every year, the $15,000 college scholarship is offered to five high school seniors in Sevier County, Tennessee. According to the Dollywood Foundation, the scholarship is awarded to those who “have a dream they wish to pursue and who can successfully communicate their plan and commitment to realize their dreams.”

2007 – Benefit concert for new Sevier County hospital
The concert raised $500,000, and both Dollywood and Parton’s Dixie Stampede dinner theater pledged $250,000 each to the project, for a total of $1 million. LeConte Medical Center, the new hospital and cancer center in Sevier County, opened in 2010 and features a 30,000-square-foot Dolly Parton Center for Women’s Services.

2016 – Telethon after devastating East Tennessee wildfires
The Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund, which aimed to help residents hit hardest in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, raised more than $13 million. Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Kenny Rogers, Lauren Alaina, Alison Krauss, Reba McEntire, Cyndi Lauper and more appeared at the event.

2016 – My People Fund
To continue her wildfire relief efforts, Parton launched the My People Fund, which provided $1,000 a month for six months to families whose homes were completely destroyed amid the natural disaster. The fund also donated around $8.9 million to those in need. The initiative still helps residents pay for rent and utilities, plus food and mental health resources.

2016 – Special Merit Scholarship
Parton awarded a $30,000 scholarship to two-year-old Evey Johns in celebration of Imagination Library’s accomplishment of shipping out one million books per month.

2017 – $1 million donation
Following the release of her I Believe in You children’s album, Parton donated $1 million to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in honor of her niece, who was treated for leukemia at that hospital.

2020 – Coronavirus efforts
Parton donated $1 million to coronavirus research at Vanderbilt University, which helped fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna’s vaccine is 94.5% effective against coronavirus, according to early data.

2021 – Middle Tennessee Flooding Relief
Parton and her Smoky Mountain businesses raised $700,000 to help residents impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Middle Tennessee in October 2021. Parton chose United Way of Humphreys County to receive and distribute the donation at the suggestion of her friend and fellow country music legend Loretta Lynn.

“After the Sevier County wildfires in 2016, Loretta was one of the first who reached out to offer anything she could,” Parton said in a statement at the time. “It meant so much to me that Loretta — and so many folks — were ready to give in any way they could. This was just one small way I could help Loretta’s people for all they did to help my people. I hope that this money can be put to good use to help the people of Middle Tennessee with what they need during their recovery.”


2022 – Dollywood Education Coverage
The Dollywood Co. announced in February 2022 that it will cover 100% of tuition, fees and books for any employee who is furthering their education.

The investment in employee education was made via Herschend Enterprises, Dollywood’s operating partner. The program is available to all seasonal, part-time and full-time employees at Dollywood Parks & Resorts. Herschuend’s GROW U. offers more than 100 fully funded diploma, degree and certificate programs with 30 learning partners in areas including business administration and leadership, culinary, finance, technology and marketing. The company also provides partial funding — up to $5,250 per year — for 150 additional programs in fields including hospitality, engineering, human resources and more. Employees can enroll in the program on their first day of employment.

2022 – Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Donation
Parton made yet another $1 million donation to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville in June 2022, this time aimed at helping pediatric infectious disease research.

The donation will aid Vanderbilt’s Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases to continue its effort in understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease, understanding and preventing resistance to antibiotics, diagnosing and treating infections in children with cancer and more.

2022 – Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
Parton received the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2022. The award, presented by the international family of Carnegie institutions to honor innovative philanthropists, debuted in 2001 and is normally awarded every two years. It was not issued in 2021 due to the pandemic.

2024 – Hurricane Helene
Dolly announced she was personally donating $1 million to the Mountain Ways Foundation to assist flood victims. Additionally, her businesses like Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede and Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show also matched her donation and gave another $1 million.

The amazing thing about Dolly is that gave so much that was never publicized.

Her book program is amazing. There are countless parks in Tennessee that built due to her funding.

One of the genuinely good people in this world learning of her death is very sad.

RIP to a legend

Mexico gifted wins against Canada and USA with bogus officiating.

But, its the only way they can win. Concacaf has to keep that money flowing.


Good experience for our B/C U20 team though. They get a taste of what its like playing road games in concacaf.

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That's your problem right there. :cheers:

If you are a new fan I would avoid using reddit for discussions.

Don't worry about looking like a bandwagon fan. Pick a club you enjoy watching and have fun with it. Lots of supporter clubs across the USA, fun to watch a game with them if you get a chance.

For the record, I am a Manchester City fan, can't get more bandwagon than that.

Every fan from Europe I have talked to has been pretty appreciative of someone in the USA trying to follow football across the pond. I've found the fans to be pretty accepting.

Just stay off of reddit, those people are just miserable.

I find the uproar about this to be amusing.

This type of play has been going on for decades in central and south America.

The media was gushing over Mexico when they do the exact same tactics as Argentina.

Only difference this time is that Argentina finally did it to a European power.

What Argentina did yesterday was disgraceful. However, that wasn't nearly as bad as things teams have to deal with quite often in concacaf and comnebol qualifications. But they ignore it because who cares if they are being dirty towards USA, Jamaica or Canada.

England playing pretty loose in this game.

I think they came in with something to prove after losing a heartbreak against Argentina. Lots of "what if" for England looking back. Can tell they came out wanting to prove something today.

France got taken apart 2-0, not really that same energy/emotion in how they loss. Nothing to really prove in this game.

Props to England though, fun team to watch so far this game.

It’s (Not) coming home.

Glad to get to see Messi play for a championship one last time.

I think Spain takes it though.

This has City-QPR 2012 vibes

Great save.

Argentina starting to get some really good chances.

What people have seen is that the majority of this country is filled with good people who have minor differences but get along quite well.

The extremes that are pushed by both sides of the media circus don't represent us and are the vast minority. Media tries to paint those extremes as "what the other side is like" when none of that is true.

What the world cup visitors saw was a country full of diverse people, places and cultures that get along quite well.

What should be highlighted in our country is that when disaster strikes we band together and lift each other up (Cajun Navy as an example)