Dolly Parton is recipient of Jeff Bezos award for Courage and Civility

 Hi Everyone,

Dolly Parton has been acknowledged for her philanthropy and giving by becoming the latest recipient the 2022 Bezos Award for Courage and Civility.  An important part of this award is receiving One Hundred Million dollars to do with, as she wishes!

I may be a little biased, but I am challenged to think of a more deserving recipient of such an award.  As it is well known and I have covered on this blog, Dolly is generous in her giving and she does it for genuinely heartfelt reasons, not for publicity.  

Here's what Forbes has to say about it: 

Jeff Bezos announced he is donating $100 million to singer and philanthropist Dolly Parton for her to give away to the charitable groups she chooses. Bezos shared the news and a short video on Twitter (see video below) on Saturday of an event at which he and his partner, Lauren Sanchez, gave the 2022 Bezos Courage and Civility award to Parton.

Sanchez, in her remarks, explained that the award “recognizes leaders who aim high, find solutions, and always do it with civility. Each awardee receives $100 million to direct to the charities that they see fit.”

Upon receiving the award, Parton first said, “What? Did you say a hundred million dollars?” She went on to say, “When people are in a position to help, you should help,” per the video. “I know that I’ve always said I try to put my money where my heart is,” she continued. “I will do my best to do good things with this money. Thank you Jeff.”

Parton is known for donating books to children through her foundation’s Imagination Library. She also donated $1 million toward the research behind Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. In July 2022, she was named an awardee of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

Her Dollywood Foundation is a public charity, which means that it brings in funding from anyone who wishes to donate to it. In 2020, the most recent year for which finances are available, the Dollywood Foundation made $3.6 million of contributions and grants.

You can finish the article at Forbes.com, here.

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We’ve just announced a new Courage and Civility award recipient — @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! pic.twitter.com/dzTuoGVp3G

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) November 12, 2022

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This is obviously fantastic news, Congratulations to Dolly!