The nation music star and philanthropist receives the award honouring leaders who ‘pursue options with braveness and civility’.
Nation music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has acquired a $100m prize from the “Bezos Braveness & Civility Award”, given by the billionaire founding father of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, an honour that recognises leaders who “pursue options with braveness and civility”.
Bezos, who can be the proprietor of the house rocket firm Blue Origin, introduced the award final week alongside together with his longtime associate, information anchor Lauren Sanchez.
Sanchez mentioned on Instagram that Parton is “a lady who offers together with her coronary heart and leads with love and compassion in each facet of her work”.
“We are able to’t wait to see all the nice that you simply’re going to do with this $100 million award,” she mentioned.
Parton, in a video clip of the ceremony posted on-line, mentioned, “Wow! Did you say $100m?”
“I feel people who find themselves able to assist ought to put their cash the place their coronary heart is. I’ll do my greatest to do good issues with this cash,” she mentioned.
Parton, 76, a county, pop and gospel singer-songwriter, whose songs embody “I Will At all times Love You”, “Jolene” and lots of different hits over the a long time, has been a longtime philanthropist.
She donated $1m to Vanderbilt College’s Medical Heart to assist develop a vaccine throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parton, who was inducted this month into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, has additionally based quite a lot of charities, together with the Dollywood Basis, which focuses on schooling in addition to poverty aid.
The award was began in 2001, with prizes first going to activist Van Jones, who served as founding CEO of the REFORM Alliance and Dream Corps, and chef and humanitarian Jose Andres, who established World Central Kitchen, which supplies meals within the speedy aftermath of disasters.