Parton’s Dollywood Foundation also raised $700,000 this year to aid those impacted by flooding in Middle Tennessee. Last year, Parton donated $1 million to Nashville’s Vanderbilt University to aid research resulting in the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19. To date, the initiative has donated nearly 170 million books to children.
In 1995, Parton launched the Imagination Library, which sends free books to children under the age of five. The people of the year accolade recognizes not only Parton’s ever-growing business empire, but her commitment to philanthropy. I’ve learned you can’t just say, ‘Oh, my dream’s come true and I’m walking out of here.’ No, you’ve got to show you’re grateful and show that you’re not going to just leave it all in the hands of other people.” “I keep dreaming myself into a corner!” Parton told People.
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