00:01we talk about country musicians and philanthropy who's the first person that pops into your mind
00:07dolly parton yeah for sure and uh and she's doing even more amazing things she now has
00:14a children's hospital named after no way listen to dolly hey there it's dolly now i've always
00:20believed that every child deserves a fair chance to grow up healthy hopeful and surrounded with
00:27love so dolly's been a longtime supporter of the east tennessee children's hospital and the facility
00:32just renamed itself dolly parton children's yeah so that audio that you just heard came from an
00:39instagram video that she posted yesterday praising the staff praising the hospital's 90 year commitment
00:45to health and well welfare of children and um and the ceo of the hospital matt schaefer said with dolly
00:51support we are strengthening our mission to deliver world-class pediatric care to families so if you
00:56want to learn more about it you can visit dolly children's dot org she really is more at this
01:03point i know this is crazy to say a an icon and philanthropist than she is a country star she
01:09has
01:09used her platform to do so much good with her books with kids it's so incredible you know what i
01:15like
01:16start in to think is you know how betty white was like everyone's grandmother yes it feels like dolly's
01:21moved into that role now too well at least for me because she has that grandma feel and voice yeah
01:27she's been around for so long but i feel like you're right i think that it's the philanthropy it's it's
01:33that really like going outside of of what we know her as that has made her a household name yeah
01:40you know
01:40and my guess would be if she was asked what would she want to be remembered for one day it
01:46would not
01:46be dolly wood it would not be the music it would be the books it would be the help she
01:51the things
01:51she did for other people that's just who dolly is two country music stars are really the good ones
01:56yeah i want to be remembered for the good things they did and and what's beautiful about the way
02:00that she has um paved her path is that they all coincide with each other right like she knows that
02:07she wouldn't have the money if it weren't for the songwriting if it weren't for the performing and
02:11then dolly wood but then dolly wood also gives back and the imagination library also gives back
02:17right and then the like so it all they all coincide with each other you can't have one without the
02:21other and not to mention that the young artists that are coming up or even the more established ones
02:26are seeing what she does with her platform like miranda lambert comes to mind right and all of her
02:31mutt nation work that she's done you can't help but believe she's leading she's seeing the example
02:36that dolly is setting and saying i want to create something too that can outlast me
02:40and help save lives of those little doggos of my nation dolly for president boom don't even tempt me
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