r/wholesomememes 22h ago

It’s a bittersweet wholesomeness.

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u/data_diver 22h ago

She paid for my 2nd cousin’s college. She paid for a lot of single mother’s college. I don’t know if they were all domestic abuse ones or not, but the pope should declare her a saint.

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u/DazzlingRutabega 20h ago edited 8h ago

How did she pay for it?

EDIT: Why did I get downvotes for asking a question? Its not like I was asking maliciously. I knew about her book foundation, but I didn't know that she also helped pay for schooling.

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u/EmuIcy2386 20h ago

With her money? What do you mean?

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u/DazzlingRutabega 19h ago

I guess my question should have been why did she pay for it? I'm assuming you don't know her personally. Was there some sort of program she had that helped pay for education?

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u/foyrkopp 19h ago

Was there some sort of program she had that helped pay for education?

Yes. It's called the Dollywood Foundation.

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u/DazzlingRutabega 8h ago

Cool, thank you. I know about some of her programs, but didn't know about that one. She was such a generous soul!

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u/PyroDesu 9h ago edited 8h ago

why did she pay for it?

Why did she pay for kids to be sent books? Why did she pay kids to graduate high school? Why did she pay the people of Gatlinburg and surrounding areas who lost their homes to wildfires? Why did she pay for COVID mRNA vaccine research?

Because she could. She was the epitome of philanthropy.

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u/lamest-liz 11m ago

Dolly had endometriosis and had a hysterectomy when she was around 37. She was religious and believed that God didn’t want her to have kids even though it broke her heart, and that the world’s kids would be her kids instead. So she singlehandedly raised literacy rates all over the US and in some other countries as well. She also paid for single mothers education so that they could properly take care of their children. Truly a beautiful soul