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Dolly Parton Announces $1 Million Donation to Aid Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts


Through her various business enterprises, such as Dollywood, Parton will also donate an additional $1 million toward relief efforts.

The Country Music Hall of Famer appeared at a press conference at a Walmart parking lot in Newport, Tennessee, on Friday (Oct. 4), and revealed that she is donating $1 million of her own money from her personal bank account to aid those impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene. Also, she will add another $1 million donation to relief efforts through her various business enterprises, such as Dollywood and Dolly Parton’s Stampede. In 2016, she launched the My People Fund, aiding families in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge whose homes were destroyed wildfires.

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