{"id":110653,"date":"2024-10-05T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T04:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110653"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T04:12:45","slug":"dolly-parton-donates-1m-towards-helen-relief-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110653","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton donates $1M towards Helen relief efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Country music legend Dolly Parton has her neighbors\u2019 back in the wake of Hurricane Helene \u2013 announcing a huge donation towards the relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIslands in the Stream\u201d singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/dolly-parton-joins-hurricane-helene-relief-efforts-devastation-death-toll-rises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced Friday<\/a> that she has donated a whopping $1 million to help those impacted by Helene \u2013 as folks across the region struggle to recover from the storm that has killed over 200 people.<\/p>\n<p>Parton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xsRpTxTCTec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">held a press conference<\/a> at the Walmart in Newport, Tennessee, in the shadow of the area where the singer was born and raised.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Leading Lady of Country announced her million-dollar-donation and further efforts to aid \u201cher people\u201d who have suffered as a result of Hurricane Helene. <span class=\"credit\">WBIR Channel 10<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the somber circumstances, residents of the Volunteer State were thrilled to see \u201cAunt Granny\u201d and the legendary singer was not able to leave a crowd disappointed. Her performer\u2019s instincts took over and she delighted the folks who came out to see her to storm-centric version of one of her classic hits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelene, Helene, Helene, Helene\/You came in here and broke us all apart\/Helene, Helene, Helene, Helene\/But we\u2019re all here to mend these broken hearts,\u201d Parton sang to the tune of her 1973 song \u201cJolene\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI really wish that we were all together for another reason,\u201d Dolly went on, without singing, \u201cWho knew, in our little part of the country here, where I was born and raised just right down the road that we would have this kind of devastation. And I look around and think these are my mountains, these are my valleys, these are my rivers, flowing like a stream. These are my people,\u201d adding in conclusion, \u201cThis is my home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Victims of Helene wait to see Dolly Parton and are treated to a few bars of singing when the iconic songstress took the stage. <span class=\"credit\">WBIR Channel 10<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parton said that this is a time for everyone to \u201cstep up\u201d \u2013 and she was setting the example by donating $1 million from her own bank account. But she wasn\u2019t stopping there.<\/p>\n<p>The country mogul said that through her Dollywood Foundation and a few other organizations she organized the donation of another $1 million to The Mountain Ways Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>At the same press conference Walmart CEO John Furner announced that Walmart, Sam\u2019s Club and the Walmart Foundation were increasing their donation to $10 million, up from the previously announced $6 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us-news\/scammers-target-hurricane-helene-victims-in-north-carolina\/\">One week since the storm<\/a>, over one hundred people are still unaccounted for and feared dead. The death toll as of Friday climbed to over 200 people, making Helene the deadliest storm in the US since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that Helene and other storms in the past week have dumped more than 40 trillion gallons of water into the region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dolly stands next to Walmart CEO John Furner at the Newport, Tennessee Walmart store. <span class=\"credit\">WBIR Channel 10<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an astronomical amount of precipitation,\u201d Ed Clark, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s National Water Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/helene-and-other-storms-dumped-40-trillion-gallons-of-rain-on-the-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told PBS<\/a>, \u201cI have not seen something in my 25 years of working at the weather service that is this geographically large of an extent and the sheer volume of water that fell from the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victims of the storm continue to struggle to gain access to food, water, electricity, and cell phone service.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/04\/opinion\/elon-musks-shipment-of-starlink-kits-to-helene-victims-is-an-act-of-heroism\/\">Elon Musk expressed his frustration with FEMA<\/a>, as his company SpaceX attempts to deliver relief materials including \u201cStarlinks\u201d, which are iPad-sized localized satellite connections. This public call-out comes in the wake of many reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us-news\/fema-accused-of-not-giving-staff-orders-seizing-aid-stalling-starlink-deliveries-to-hurricane-helene-victims\/\">FEMA has been wanting in their storm-response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/04\/us-news\/dolly-parton-donates-1m-towards-helen-relief-efforts\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music legend Dolly Parton has her neighbors\u2019 back in the wake of Hurricane Helene \u2013 announcing a huge donation towards the relief efforts. 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