Just a proud note that Robert Oermann, the dean of music writers in Nashville, who collaborated on the book is a member of the NPL Library Board!

Kent    

 

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Check out her new book, “Songteller”… especially on audio book!  It is fascinating to hear about her life, influences, and origins of some of her songs! ❤

 

Susan Jennings

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Dear Friends and Good People  -

 

For those who missed Dolly Parton night Sunday with “It’s a Holly Dolly Christmas” on CBS and a Dolly Parton career review on some PBS stations as part of their annual fundraising campaign, there’s another chance:

 

The Exclusive Facebook Premiere of 

“The Library That Dolly Built: Celebrating the People Who Made Dolly’s Dream Come True.”

 

 

Wednesday,   December 9    at 7 - 9 PM EST    

Hosted by Dollywood, Dolly Parton and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

 

This film is a feature-length documentary, covering the history, impact and future of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The film features the music of Dolly Parton and is narrated by actress and author, Danica McKellar. 

 

Following the screening, Dolly Parton will be live for fan Q&A and a very special acoustic performance.

 

Produced by Land Grant Films, “The Library That Dolly Built” is directed by journalism professor Nick Geidner, edited by video instructor Clinton Elmore and crewed by 15 University of Tennessee students.

 

 

Watch it here   https://www.facebook.com/events/1274686822871330/ 

 

The Library That Dolly Built - Official Trailer (2020) Imagination Library Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fDzrDNbym0  

 

 

 

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I look forward to seeing you on December 9 at 7PM Eastern - it’s going to be fun!

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Dolly Parton's string of philanthropic hits

 

Dolly Parton is known around the world for her musical and acting talents, but the legendary performer recently made headlines for her contribution to science when she helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University for research toward a cure for the coronavirus. Her donation helped fund the university's research that contributed to the development of Moderna's vaccine, which has a reported efficacy of 94.5%

She did not realize she'd helped the Moderna effort until she saw a preliminary report that listed her name among the other vaccine sponsors.

 

This is not the first time Parton has worked "9 to 5" on philanthropic endeavors. 

 

She established the Dollywood Foundation in 1988 to inspire children in her home county, Sevier, Tennessee, to achieve educational success.

She helped reduce dropout rates from 35% to 6% for 7th and 8th graders in the late 1990s by promising to give each student $500 if they finished high school.

See  https://www.friendstnlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/FOTLNewsletterFAll2020-WEB.pdf,  p.4, about how Dolly Parton Has Touched Lives Of Pigeon Forge Library Staff.

 

Parton launched the Imagination Library in 1995 to inspire preschool children to read more by mailing them free books from birth until they start school.   In March 2018, Imagination Library mailed its 100 millionth book.

 

She founded the library as a tribute to her father, who was unable to read. 

 

She established a My People Fund in 2016, pledging to donate $1,000 per month to families who lost their homes to the wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains.    Parton also hosted telethons to raise funds for fire victims.

 

Parton previously donated to Vanderbilt University in 2018, when she gave $1 million to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in honor of her niece Hannah Dennison, who was successfully treated for leukemia there when she was 4 years old.

 

Parton, the fourth of 12 children, was born in a one-room cabin in Tennessee. She described her family growing up as "dirt poor" in a 2002 CNN interview, where she said her experience inspired her philanthropic efforts.

 

"It's really a wonderful thing because many of my people weren't able to read and write and have the opportunity to get an education," she said, speaking about her Imagination Library. "When you get in a position to be able to help, you should do whatever you can.”

 

Former President Barack Obama regrets overlooking this generosity and said not giving Parton the Presidential Medal of Freedom was "a screwup.”

"That's a mistake. I'm shocked," Obama said during an interview with CBS’s The Late Show when asked why Parton had not received the award. "She deserves one. I'll call Biden”  

 

 

 

FURTHER READS & A LISTEN

 

Sarah Smarsh on Dolly Parton Rural Homecoming and Working-Class Feminism

The bestselling author looks to the country music icon and her own rural roots in her latest book She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs.

 

Reviews of She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs 

 

Dolly Parton is the superhero America needs in 2020

 

 

 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9432735/a-holly-dolly-christmas-announcement 

 

 

Cheers -  Don

 

 

 

 

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Donald B. Reynolds, Jr.

P.O. Box 278

Talbott, Tennessee 37877

865.475.2030

2019-2021 Past President; 2014-17, 2018-19 President, Friends of Tennessee Libraries (FOTL)  

Retired Director, Nolichucky Regional Library, Tennessee

Founding Director/Former President, Association for Rural and Small Libraries



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