A Grab-Bag of An Odd Reindeer

Opened up a posting window, entered "Dolly Parton" in the search box. Chose the first thing that came up.

She gave me love songs and breakup songs and she gave my niece books to read. An extraordinary woman has gone to her rest.

this was supposed to be torture, but our topeka improvisers made it neary impossible not to laugh. it takes very clever comedians to do "bad comedy" funnily. switching seats? going through a drive-thru? all their ideas.

stay fat and sexy, people in my phone 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

look inside

neither "alternate reality" nor "game"