Hurricane Helene caused massive damage in the southeastern United States. Country star Dolly Parton has therefore pledged her support.
Dolly Parton (78) wants to donate one million dollars (around 910,000 euros) to support those affected by Hurricane Helene. She explained this at a Walmart in Newport, Tennessee. The event on October 4th was to fund relief efforts for hurricane victims. The place is particularly affected by the devastating floods.
Through her companies Dollywood Parks & Resorts, The Dollywood Foundation, Dolly Parton’s Stampede and Pirates Voyage, Parton will provide significant donations to Appalachian flood relief in collaboration with Walmart. “This is my home,” Parton emphasized. “This is a time for me to stand up again, for all of us to stand up and do what we can.”
Dolly Parton needs to heal her “broken heart.”
Parton said she was having a hard time coming to terms with the destruction in her home state. “We are all here to heal these broken hearts,” CNN quoted the musician as saying. Her private donation of one million dollars, which is to be supplemented with another by the companies mentioned, is particularly “personal” for her. Her relatives are still living in the affected area. The country star himself was born in Sevier County, Tennessee.
“Who would have thought that in our little part of the country – where I was born and raised, right down the street – we would see this kind of devastation?” Parton said. “When I look around I think, ‘These are my mountains, these are my valleys, these are my rivers… these are my people, and this is my home.'”
After Katrina in 2005, Hurricane Helene is the most serious storm to hit the continental United States in the past 50 years. The storm left immense devastation in six states at the end of September. With wind speeds of up to 225 km/h, it caused flooding and power outages. According to authorities, Helene claimed more than 200 lives and caused an estimated $100 billion in damage.
Source: Stern
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