happy 80th to dolly
one of the kindest, most generous humans around
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“Light of a Clear Blue Morning” featuring Lainey Wilson, Miley Cyrus, Queen Latifah and Reba McEntire is out now. I wrote this song during a season when I was searching for hope, and fifty years later that message still feels just as true. As I celebrate my 80th birthday, this new version is my way of using what I’ve been blessed with to shine a little light forward, especially by sharing it with these truly incredible women.” – Dolly
Listen now! https://dolly.lnk.to/LightOfAClearBlueMorning
All net proceeds from this recording and music video will benefit pediatric cancer research at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN.
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and yet another incredible project created by dolly:
DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY
https://imaginationlibrary.com
TOTAL KIDS REGISTERED
3,197,250
TOTAL BOOKS GIFTED
304,538,420
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland.
Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world.
“When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams. They dream of becoming a doctor or an inventor or a minister. Who knows, maybe there is a little girl whose dream is to be a writer and singer.
The seeds of these dreams are often found in books and the seeds you help plant in your community can grow across the world.”
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‘life is a song to me.’
-Dolly Parton
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Thank you, Beth!
Joanna
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my pleasure –
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Dolly is a great example of ‘the best of America’. Something we need to be reminded of during current events.
Best wishes, Pete.
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exactly Pete, she gives reminds us of the possibilities-
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She is amazing!!
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she really is, just one of those people –
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She’s a mensch. I’ve admired her imagination library for a while, and the song is a wonderful project, too.
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she’s always got a project she’s working on that’s helping someone
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Yes–such a contrast to some people with money!
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yes, the good they could do with it but choose not to
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Thanks for sharing this, Beth. Always great to start my day with good news. I love Dolly.
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she’s great always so positive
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She is a wonderful woman. So inspirational.
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she absolutely is –
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I love Dolly, she’s an absolute legend. It was closed when we were in Tennessee but couldn’t resist pulling onto the car park at Dollywood for a picture
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I’d love to visit !
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Love her 🥰
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same!
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Dolly Parton is a national treasure. I love reading about her philanthropy efforts and she sounds like a kind and fun soul. I only learned in recent years that the Whitney classic was originally hers! The original is very different and equally moving.
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she continues to amaze me as a human being
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She is truly a beautiful soul, full of love and kindness. I adore her. Love the song! Who else could get Queen Latifah to join in with the country ladies? :)
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right! she is a special person –
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Very much so!
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Get kids reading when they are young and they will be life long readers. I am enjoying reading ebooks on my Kindle. I can even have two books going at the same time. Maybe reading is the secret to Dolly’s figure and fortune.
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it helped her to get out of her life of poverty
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I didn’t know about her early life. “9 to 5” is one of my favorites.
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Aww, I didn’t know it was her birthday. Dolly is pure gold. I love her sense of humor, self-deprecating nature and her philanthropy efforts. What a light!
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I’m a day late, but happy to share her big day and her cause –
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absolutely and such a good person
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Great and inspirational woman. Happy birthday. Love her.
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Fabulous Dolly. A wonderful woman…. Happy Birthday!
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Dolly is truly wonderful. One of my favorite memories is my lovely bride, Laura, standing next to Dolly backstage before a show. Laura is a small human, but she was taller than Dolly (except for the hair).
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