Dolly Parton Makes Massive Donation to Hurricane Helene Relief; How You Can Help
Tennessee native Dolly Parton has pledged a $1 million donation to Hurricane Helene victims, with Parton's businesses in east Tennessee combining efforts to match the donation with their own $1 million contribution. https://t.co/KTYqXmQu1b pic.twitter.com/2T3oLSeqQu
- ABC News (@ABC) October 4, 2024
- Dolly Parton, originally from the mountains of ( Read more... )
PLEASE CARE! OMG I am here, and though my town is 95% fine (our biggest issue was we lost internet/cell service and had to boil water for a few days), we are gerrymandered to FUCK in NC. Republican or Democrat or not-giving-a-fuck-about-politics-ian, hundreds of people still lost their lives to an event that will become more prevalent because of human-induced climate change. Even if you don't want to support Trump, support groups that are doing some amazing work with a donation or talk about it on social media or something. I get that this is political because it has BECOME political because of asshole MAGA disinformation whozeewhatsits (I'm tired, it's been a long week and even in towns that were spared, we are still traumatized because we have friends just over the ridge that lost everything and just exhausted in general after spending days trying to contact loved ones without access to cell service or internet).
But at the end of the day... I read somewhere (probs Reddit) about someone from Europe asking "What makes Americans so nice?" and someone answered that at the end of the day, we know we can rely on our neighbors to come together and help because uh... Well, colonialism had something to do with it, BUT in this case it's true. We are all trying to chip in and help, including via this post because I have internet and can share this information with you guys - not just who is donating or how to donate, but telling you about what bullshit disinfo is being spread about what is happening here.
Yes, the politics fucking suck I obviously get that (I live here after all) but right now we can say "fuck the politicians who are politicizing this for elections gains)" and instead focus on what good is happening right now, because it's pretty fucking bleak and looking at the good stuff is keeping us optimistic this won't be the end of an area we all love and in many cases sought out because of how great a place to be the mountains of NC are.
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