{"id":1737249,"date":"2022-11-13T16:02:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737249"},"modified":"2022-11-13T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:03:00","slug":"dolly-parton-receives-100-million-award-from-jeff-bezos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dolly-parton-receives-100-million-award-from-jeff-bezos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton Receives $100 Million Award From Jeff Bezos"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdolly-parton-receives-100-million-award-from-jeff-bezos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country music legend Dolly Parton has received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>Parton is the 2022 recipient of his Courage and Charities Award for being a person who \u201cleads with her heart.\u201d The award is provided for the winner to donate to a charity or charities of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient \u2014 @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!\u201d Bezos announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Parton responded with a commitment to use the winnings to help others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money. Thank you,\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I try to put my money where my heart is. I will do my best to do good things with this money \u2764\ufe0f Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffBezos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaurenSanchez?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LaurenSanchez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8RHh51z3jT\">https:\/\/t.co\/8RHh51z3jT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DollyParton\/status\/1591600947972935680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parton also shared her thanks during a video that announced the award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people are in a position to help, you should help. I know that I\u2019ve always said I try to put my money where my heart is and I think you do the same thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Parton has long been known as a philanthropist. She donated $1 million to COVID research and is known for her Imagination Library through the <a href=\"https:\/\/dollywoodfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dollywood Foundation,<\/a> which donates books to young children in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>In February, her Dollywood Parks and Resorts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dolly-partons-dollywood-to-pay-100-tuition-fees-and-books-for-any-employee-pursuing-higher-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that any part-time, seasonal, or full-time employee desiring to further their education could apply for 100% funding of tuition, books, and fees associated with schooling. Approximately 11,000 employees are eligible for the program. It officially launched on February 24, 2022, for employees across its 25 U.S. attractions, including The Harlem Globetrotters, Dollywood Parks &#038; Resorts (Tenn.), Silver Dollar City (Mo.), Adventure Aquarium (N.J.), Newport Aquarium (Ky.), Kentucky Kingdom (Ky.), Wild Adventures (Ga.), and Pink Adventure Tours (Ariz., Tenn., Nev.).<\/p>\n<p>The country music star also recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dolly-parton-reacts-to-making-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted<\/a> to the news that she made it into the 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class despite previously seeking to have her name taken off the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Billboard magazine, Parton joked that when her manager told her she would be inducted, she thought, \u201cWell, I guess I\u2019m a rock star now.\u201d She went on to explain how she felt so \u201chonored,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/dolly-parton-rock-roll-hall-fame-interview-1235066988\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I appreciate the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame people for staying there with me,\u201d the country superstar shared. \u201cI never meant to cause trouble or stir up any controversy. It was just always my belief \u2014 and I think millions of other people out there too \u2014 always thought the Rock &#038; Roll Hall of Fame was just set up for the greatest people in the rock \u2018n\u2019 roll business, and I just didn\u2019t feel like I really measured up to that and I don\u2019t want to take anything away from the people that have worked so hard.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music legend Dolly Parton has received a $100 million award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Parton is the 2022 recipient of his Courage and Charities Award for being a person who \u201cleads with her heart.\u201d The award is provided for the winner to donate to a charity or charities of their choice. \u201cWe\u2019ve just &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1737252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1737249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1737252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1737249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1737249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}