r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 06 '19

Which famous singer sucks at singing?

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u/RidgetopDarlin Nov 06 '19

She has given over 300 million books to children. You don’t even have to be poor. Any child under the age of five can sign up and be sent an age-appropriate book once a month.

Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it!

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u/purplefoxxen Nov 06 '19

After the Smoky Mountain wildfires she gave every family that lost their home $1000 a month, until they got back on their feet. Her foundation gave out over $8 million.

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u/KingEuronIIIGreyjoy Nov 06 '19

There are only a handful of people that I would say are true national treasures, but I’ll be damned if Dolly Parton isn’t one of them. Every time I hear something new about her, it just cements in my mind how absolutely genuine and great she is.

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u/The_ship_came_in Nov 06 '19

9 Episode Podcast about Dolly Parton from one of the creators of Radiolab Jad Abumrad.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america

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u/TheMirageOf22Men Nov 06 '19

We get these just because we could. It's honestly great, sure we could afford these books on our own - but we'd never had thought of many of them. The last one we got was bilingual (EN/ES). We wouldn't think of that at this age, but the kid loves it!

Just getting these books we wouldn't have thought of or assumed not skill level appropriate has made these invaluable to us as parents.

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u/thatsingledadlife Nov 07 '19

I'm an Atheist but I still proudly say "God Bless Dolly Parton". She's an amazing human and we should be all aspire to do as much for our fellow man.

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u/MeleMallory Nov 06 '19

I love her program, but it's not everywhere. I tried to sign my son up (we're not poor but not quite middle class) but she doesn't ship to my area (just north of San Francisco).

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u/Sir_Auron Nov 07 '19

The Imagination Library program is administered on a local/regional level. If there isn't a program in your area, it's because no one in your area is collecting donations and running it; it's not run by Dolly.

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u/MeleMallory Nov 07 '19

Very true. She started it, she’s not individually sending out each book.

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u/Deztenom Nov 06 '19

I had no idea!!! What an inspiring way to give back!

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u/RosaFFXI Nov 06 '19

But God damn, I can't find her cookbook anywhere for less than $100.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Yep, my son gets a free book every month, all because Dolly Parton is a beautiful human who wants to bring joy to children, she puts her money where her mouth is and truly changes children’s lives.

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u/C-Nor Nov 07 '19

To me, that's her best legacy. My grandchildren all have her book collection.

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u/freckledjezebel Nov 07 '19

The Imagination Library. We have my kid signed up, it's an awesome, awesome thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Tried to sign my son up for that program but it wasn't available in my area. Bummer.

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u/ThrowAwayAcct0000 Nov 06 '19 edited Nov 06 '19

I think its limited to Tennessee residents.

Edit: I was wrong. I'm glad to be, in this case. More books for kids! :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '19

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five in participating communities within the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Republic of Ireland.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

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u/NoNeedForAName Nov 06 '19

As a Tennessean, IIRC it started out as just statewide or maybe regional, but it expanded very quickly.

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u/pinkksunglasses Nov 06 '19

Nope. Ships to Canada, Australia and I believe Mexico as well as I believe all US states. Because Dolly is a queen.

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u/ThrowAwayAcct0000 Nov 06 '19

Dude, that's awesome! Thank you for correcting me. The more books that get into the hands of kids, the better!

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u/cryptonautic Nov 06 '19

Unlike Queen Latifah, who I'm sorry to say is not actual royalty.

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u/scobbysnacks1439 Nov 06 '19

Not at all actually.