Dolly Parton Adds To Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts In A Big Way: 'These Are My People'
LOADINGERROR LOADINGCountry music legend Dolly Parton, known for her charitable efforts, revealed that she’s personally donating $1 million toward Hurricane Helene relief as she spoke from a Walmart parking lot in Newport, Tennessee on Friday.The donation will go toward the Mountain Ways Foundation, a nonprofit supporting recovery efforts and survivors of the deadly storm in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and the greater Appalachian region.Advertisement Parton added that several of her businesses — Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede, and Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show — along with her Dollywood Foundation have also matched her $1 million donation.“I look around and I think — these are my mountains, these are my valleys, these are my rivers flowing like a stream, these are my people, these mountain colored rainbows, these are my people and this is my home,” said Parton, who partnered with Walmart to help with hurricane relief.The singer also broke out into a heartfelt remix of her song “Jolene” in response to the deadly hurricane which has killed over 200 people.“Helene, Helene, Helene, Helene.You came in here and broke us all apart,” she sang.
“Helene, Helene, Helene, Helene.But we’re all here to mend these broken hearts.”Advertisement Tennessee native Dolly Parton has pledged a $1 million donation to Hurricane Helene victims, with Parton's businesses in east Tennessee combining efforts to match the donation with their own $1 million contribution.
https://t.co/KTYqXmQu1b pic.twitter.com/2T3oLSeqQu— ABC News (@ABC) October 4, 2024Parton — a Tennessee native — recalled how the community “pitched in” following 2016 wildfires in Sevier County, one of the largest natural disasters ever seen in the state.“So I really think that this is a time for me to step up again.For all of us to step up and do what we can,” said Parton, whose My People Fund reportedly gave over $8 million to those ...