Dolly Parton Just Revealed Her Milestone in Health Philanthropy!
She shared an update with her fans revealing that a children’s hospital in East Tennessee would be named after her.
“I have always believed that every child deserves a fair chance to grow up healthy, hopeful and surrounded by love. That belief has brought me together with the wonderful people at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital,” the 80-year-old began in her post.
The country legend continued, “For nearly 90 years, their teams have provided compassionate and talented care. They see children not just as patients, but as precious lives. Each with a story and a future.”
“I’m so excited to share: East Tennessee Children’s Hospital is becoming… guess what? Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital. Yay!” she exclaimed in her post.
The Jolene singer later shared in a statement that she was “honored to stand beside this hospital and do my part to bring more hope, more comfort, and more healing to children and families.”
“Being fortunate enough to grow up in the mountains of East Tennessee, I learned early on what it means to care for each other,” she added. “Every child deserves world-class care, wrapped in kindness and love.”
Moreover, she shared with Saga magazine that one of the reasons she never welcomed her own children with her late husband, Carl Dean, was due to her intense performance schedule.
“When you’re a young couple you think you’re going to have children, but for me it just wasn’t that burning thing,” says the 9 to 5 hitmaker said. “I had my career and my music, and I was traveling. If I had kids, I would have stayed home with them. I’m sure and terrified about them.”
“I always say that God didn’t allow me to have children so that all the children could be mine,” Dolly Parton concluded.
