Dolly Parton makes $1 million donation to Hurricane Helene relief efforts: 'These are my people'

Dolly Parton makes $1 million donation to Hurricane Helene relief efforts: 'These are my people' Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Deirdre Durkan-simonds and Germania Rodriguez For Mailonline Published: 23:31, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 23:37, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments Dolly Parton will donate $1 million towards recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene . The country music legend confirmed during an event in her home state of Tennessee on Friday that the cash would come 'from my own bank account.

' The superstar also confirmed that her local commercial ventures, such as the Dollywood amusement park, would be donating the same amount to the Mountain Ways Foundation that is helping victims of flooding in the area. More than 200 people (including 11 in Tennessee) have been killed as a result of Helene after the storm ripped through the south-east of the United States late last month - with the government warning that the clean-up could take years. Dolly, 78, said: 'This is my home.

Dolly Parton will donate $1 million towards recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene; seen in 2014 'God has been good to me and so has the public, and I feel that if there's anything I can do to give back in any way I can I'm always willing to do that. I want to feel like I'm doing my part,' she said. The 9 to 5 singer continued: 'I was heartbroken like everybody else, and just amazed and devastated by it.

'All these people feel like my people.' Later, Dolly broke into son.