After 32 Years, Dolly Parton Steps Down From Important Role [Video]

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Although Dolly Parton is now a global superstar, she has never lost sight of where she came from. For decades, Parton has been devoted to building up her home county in Tennessee, and we’d say she’s done a splendid job at it.  

Thanks in large part to her Dollywood theme park, the tourism industry in the town of Pigeon Forge has been flourishing. Each year, millions of people come to enjoy the thrills they can find at Dollywood and in the nearby Smoky Mountains.

At the end of 2017, wildfires tore through Sevier County in Tennessee, which is the same county that Parton grew up in. The towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg were right in the path of the fires, and many homes and businesses were destroyed.

Wanting to help in any way possible, Parton established the My People Fund to provide financial aid to those who lost their homes. …