Dolly Parton teams with Walmart for Hurricane Helene relief efforts [Video]

Parton has donated a significant amount to the clean-up efforts in East Tennessee

Dolly Parton has donated $1 million to the Mountain Ways Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) dedicated to assisting Hurricane Helene flood victims. In addition, Dolly’s East Tennessee businesses — Dollywood Parks & Resorts, Dolly Parton’s Stampede, and Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show— as well as The Dollywood Foundation are combining efforts and have pledged to match her donation to Mountain Ways with a $1 million contribution of their own.

“These are special people here; they’re my people,” Dolly shared during a press conference at an East Tennessee Walmart Supercenter affected by the devestation. “I feel like all people are my people, but everyone here grew up in the mountains just like I did so of course I have a close connection to them. I can’t stand to see anyone hurting, so I wanted to do what I could …