Legendary country singer and songwriter Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100
million Courage and Civility award by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Lauren Sanchez. The money is to be directed toward charities that the recipient sees
fit, Sanchez said Friday when announcing the award.
“When people are in a position to help, you should help. And I know that I’ve always
said, ‘I try to put my money where my heart is,’ and I think you do the same thing,”
Parton said to Bezos when accepting to grant.
We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — @DollyParton,
who leads with her heart, and will put this $100 million award to great use helping so
many people. She joins prior awardees, @VanJones68 and @Chefjoseandres.
Congrats, Dolly! pic.twitter.com/dzTuoGVp3G
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 12, 2022
Parton tweeted that she would “do my best to do good things with this money.”
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The 76-year-old music icon has long been known as a philanthropist.
Her Dollywood Foundation, aimed at boosting graduation rates in her home county,
was launched in 1988, according to the foundation’s website. Dolly Parton’s
Imagination Library, a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to
children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income, was then launched in
1995, the website said.
In 2020, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University’s Medical Center to help
her friend, Dr. Naji Abumrad, develop the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Parton went
on to receive her vaccine from Abumrad himself in a video in which she encouraged
others to get vaccinated as well.
Parton in 2016 hosted “Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefits for the My People Fund,” a
live telethon that raised money for people whose homes were destroyed by wildfires
in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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