Hurricane Helene: Dolly Parton donates $1m to recovery efforts
www.bbc.com
The singer says she was "heartbroken" by the destruction wrought in the US by the powerful storm.
  • Chill_Dan@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 month ago

    Dolly’s the real deal, isn’t she? She’s always been good people, and this just proves it again. A million bucks from her own pocket? That’s no small thing, especially for the folks hit hard by this storm. She’s never forgotten where she came from, and you can tell she really means it when she says she’s doing her part.

    And leave it to Dolly to turn a serious moment into something special with that little “Helene” song. She’s got a heart of gold, plain and simple.

  • TastyWheat@lemmy.world
    111·
    1 month ago

    I’m not a fan of her music, but I can respect the person.

    She’s great, and it’s not the first time she’s done something like this, either.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auMEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Yeah I feel like every time you hear of some negative event, she’s out there trying to help it.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
    36·
    1 month ago

    Oh this is great, don’t get me wrong.

    But I would like to point out something about celebrity charity. While yes, a million is a lot of money, it’s not… that much.

    Dolly Parton is estimated to be worth 650 million. Ofc that’s different from how much liquidity you have, but still. Let’s say it’s a few hundred million at least.

    If I had a few hundred in my account and gave $1 to a homeless person, it wouldn’t be that generous of me, surely.

    Still, Parton is a great celebrity and this is a big donation as far as charity goes. Just saying about rich people charity in general. Seems a lot bigger to non-millionaires.

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 month ago

        I regularly donate tens of times more relative to my net worth.

        And I think a lot of people do. Probably most people who give to charity.

        So the news here is that a rich person is giving moneys, yes, but also relatively less compared to their personal net worth than most people who give to charities.

        It’s still good, a million should help some I should think. Not like fix infrastructure help (FHWA today announced the immediate availability of $100 million in Emergency Relief funds for the North Carolina Department of Transportation), but definitely “feed and supply a lot of people” help.

        I’m not criticising Dolly Parton, I just pointing out we fawn over donations that are arguably less generous (while being larger in sum) because of the relative net worth.

        I know it’s not accurate but I’m lazy; googling US median net worst give ~190,000 dollars. Googling median charity donation US gives “For middle income earners, the average yearly charitable donation is approximately $3,296”

        Again, nothing against Dolly Parton, she’s an amazing person. I commenting on the system we live in, rather.