Dolly Parton rewrites Jolene to raise awareness while appearing with Walmart CEO to face Helene-ravaged Tennessee [Video]

DOLLY Parton has remixed her hit single Jolene to raise awareness and provide financial support to victims of Hurricane Helene.

The country music icon, 78, announced she plans to contribute $1 million of her own money to the Mountain Ways Foundation, a nonprofit organization helping communities in East Tennessee impacted by the storm.

Dolly Parton performing at a Walmart parking lot in Newport, TennesseeCredit: WRAL

A bridge along Interstate 26 in Erwin, Tennessee, is destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane HeleneCredit: AP:Associated Press

Walmart’s USA CEO John Furner contributed $10 million to relief effortsCredit: WRAL

Dolly Parton and Walmart’s USA CEO John Furner announced their contributions to communities thrashed by Hurricane HeleneCredit: WRAL

“Helene, Helene, Helene, you came in here and broke us all apart,” Parton sang to attendees at a Walmart parking lot in Newport, Tennessee, about an hour east of Knoxville.

“Helene, Helene, Helene, Helene. But we’re all here to mend …

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