Dolly Parton's Charity Work, Events and Causes

Charity biography

Dolly Parton has been a longtime supporter of charities, especially those relating to literacy.

She established the Imagination Library in 1995, which sends one book per month to children from the time of their birth until they enter kindergarten.

She gave $500,000 in 2006 to Fort Sanders Medical Center.

Her efforts to preserve the bald eagle through the American Eagle Foundation’s sanctuary at Dollywood earned her the Partnership Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2003.

Causes supported

Animals, Cancer, Health, Literacy

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Charities & foundations supported

Dolly Parton has supported the following charities:

Imagination Library

Other supporters of the same charities & foundations

America Ferrera Ashlee Simpson Beverley Knight Bill Maher Candice Bergen Charlize Theron Elizabeth Taylor Erin O'Connor Geri Halliwell Johnny Depp Judi Dench Julie Benz Kate Bosworth Keira Knightley Kelly Osbourne

Related charity news and events

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See The Children Through The Trees At Charity Auction

October 13, 2009

The Durst Organization presents an auction and awards gala to benefit and recognize Health People’s Kids-Helping-Kids Mentoring Program, which trains older teens with sick or missing parents to be mentors to younger children in the same difficult situations. The works of art for auction are curated with the theme of “See the Children Through the Trees”, reflecting how parentless children in NYC are invisible and have no state, city or federally funded support programs. »

Celebrities And TV News Heavyweights Donate To Diversity In Journalism

September 21, 2009

A teen pop rock idol, country superstars, and internationally renowned television journalists are contributing to an online auction for the NPC Scholarship Fund to promote diversity in newsrooms. Sponsored by The National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the charity auction offers opportunities to bid on celebrity memorabilia and win “experience” visits with America’s most-influential news personalities from nationally-recognized news shows. »

Cyndie Lauper Launches Charity Auction

June 12, 2009

Cyndi Lauper has launched the True Colors Fund online auction which aims to raise money to strengthen the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) and allied community by growing the number of volunteers and donors to the non-profit organizations working on their behalf. »