Dolly Parton Makes Massive Donation to Hurricane Helene Relief; How You Can Help

[squirrels_oh_no]

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

Comments

[jjazz59]

Bless her! Dolly is my favorite country star. I adore her.

[sandstorm]

As someone who has lived through being in a city wiped out by a Cat 5 that was small but not nearly as small as this, I really feel bad for them. It will take years to recover.

and that damn plastics company that told those people to stay there instead of leave needs to be fined so badly and all that money goes towards the families.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Well, Asheville has a population just under 100,000 so it's a fairly sizeable city where a vast part of it currently does not and will not have running water for weeks, not due to government negligence but due to climate change and just how impossible it is to plan/prepare for 30 inches of rain over 2.5 days.

[yeah_banana]

Torn between wanting to help and not caring because these people keep electing politicians that vote against funding fema, denying climate change, and actively supporting Trump who said he would punish blue states because they didn’t vote for him. And I know that it’s not everyone, but I’m just really angry and bitter right now.

[kindpaddington]

I'll bet you'd feel differently if you lived in one of the affected areas.

If part of you wants to help, do so. It's never wrong to care about other people.

[yeah_banana]

Yes of course, but then I think about all the republicans that were against Sandy funding. Or Gaetz voting against FEMA funding right before this happened. And they’re still going to vote for these same republicans. It’s not like Tennessee isn’t going to vote for Trump after this because he doesn’t want to help some people with federal disasters. What’s the point of taking the high road when republicans are just going to continue to be assholes and we’re never going to make progress with them in power.

[kindpaddington]

This isn't about donating to a PAC, this is donating to relief efforts to help suffering, devastated people. If it helps you to think that not nearly all of them are Republicans, maybe that's a good way to look at it?

[kindpaddington]

OP I'm glad you're okay, and thank you for putting this together.

[mishey22]

The Tampa Bay Lightning owner donated too. And so did the players:

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The @LightningFDN's $2 million donation will directly benefit first responders and teachers impacted by Hurricane Helene. 💙

More info: https://t.co/n2zRdsbi2n pic.twitter.com/bdA9RKcQE1
- Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) October 2, 2024

Captain Victor Hedman and his wife, Sanna, have pledged a total of $150,000 to local relief efforts following Hurricane Helene. 💙

More: https://t.co/Yiu5qU40V9 pic.twitter.com/WyTTdDbHBA
- Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 30, 2024



I appreciate everyone coming together after something like this. I just wish there wasn't something like this