<![CDATA[Dolly Parton is the best of us.]]>Dolly Parton is the best of us.

Of course her music is an unparalleled gift, but I don’t know if many know about her Imagination Library.

As a children’s court judge I get many cases involving kids in all manner of vulnerable situations. I would sign up all the children to Imagination Library. Dolly sent each child an age-appropriate book every month, and all those kids continue to get a new book, every month.

Sometimes these kids are moving around between shelters or relatives and all they have are some clothes, and these books. We always make sure the books go with them.

It is hard to put into words the gift of the world coming in every month for these kids.

That’s what Dolly Parton chose to do (quietly) with her wealth.

She will be deeply missed, but her mark on the world will live on.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/85691e9f-7846-43c1-9c0d-c3d7029a7740/dolly-parton-is-the-best-of-us.RSS for NodeTue, 22 Sep 2026 10:49:04 GMTTue, 25 Aug 2026 20:23:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:51:02 GMT]]>@trabern I love it !

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/leeuw/statuses/117160716692145773https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/leeuw/statuses/117160716692145773Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:31:31 GMT]]>@trabern 🕯️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Aileen22/statuses/117160404010053627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Aileen22/statuses/117160404010053627Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:31:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:39:25 GMT]]>@trabern Just donated to the Imagination Library in her name.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/dgrounds/statuses/117159963232923481https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/dgrounds/statuses/117159963232923481Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:39:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:45:39 GMT]]>@trabern

Thank you ❤️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/TywyllSeren/statuses/117159515875089636https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://spacey.space/users/TywyllSeren/statuses/117159515875089636Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:45:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:08:50 GMT]]>@trabern 💗

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/ninetiger/statuses/117158899225856813https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/ninetiger/statuses/117158899225856813Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:35:48 GMT]]>@trabern
One of the children we care for, received books from the Imagination Library for a year or so and they are still on his shelf.

We always pointed out to him who had given him those books.

He has gone from being barely intelligible, to one of the top students in his year at school. Reading is one of his top passions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Steampunk_Prof/statuses/117158769354891152https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Steampunk_Prof/statuses/117158769354891152Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:35:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:53:43 GMT]]>@trabern

Thank you. Good luck to you and the kids you see.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/117158603851428318https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kevinrns/statuses/117158603851428318Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:53:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dolly Parton is the best of us. on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:47:27 GMT]]>@trabern we should show Musk....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/VeroniqueB99/statuses/117158107378101157https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/VeroniqueB99/statuses/117158107378101157Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:47:27 GMT