# The Dollywood Foundation Honors the Life and Legacy of Dolly Parton

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- Published: 2026-08-26T09:20:00+07:00
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_Foundation to carry forward Dolly’s lifelong mission of inspiring children, families
and communities through generosity, opportunity and love_

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Dollywood Foundation today 
joins millions of people around the world in mourning the passing of its beloved
founder, Dolly Parton, and celebrating an extraordinary life defined not only by
the music and joy she shared with the world, but by her deeply held belief in giving
back.

Dolly was many things to millions of people — entertainer, songwriter, businesswoman,
philanthropist, friend and inspiration. To those fortunate enough to know and work
alongside her, she was also simply Dolly: warm, funny, thoughtful, generous and 
always deeply grounded in where she came from and the people she loved.

"Dolly often said that she had been blessed far beyond anything she ever dreamed
possible, and she believed deeply that those blessings came with a responsibility
to give something back," said Jeff Conyers, President of The Dollywood Foundation."
That belief is woven into everything we do at The Dollywood Foundation. While we
are heartbroken by her loss, the mission she gave us is as clear today as it has
ever been, and we will carry it forward for generations to come."

Perhaps nowhere is that commitment more evident than in Dolly Parton’s Imagination
Library. Inspired by her father and his inability to read and write, Dolly launched
the Imagination Library in 1995 with a simple but powerful idea: give young children
in her home county books of their very own and inspire them to dream more, learn
more, care more and be more.

What began in the mountains of East Tennessee grew far beyond anything Dolly could
have imagined. Today, the Imagination Library reaches millions of children and families,
delivering specially selected, age-appropriate books directly to children’s homes
at no cost to their families and creating opportunities for parents and children
to experience the joy of reading together.

The Dollywood Foundation has prepared carefully for the future and remains honored
to carry the mission Dolly entrusted to it. The Foundation is strong, its mission
is clear, and the values Dolly instilled in the organization will continue to guide
its work and growth in the years ahead.

"Dolly’s legacy was never meant to be something we simply preserve or look back 
upon," Conyers said. "She built things that could keep doing good in the world. 
Our responsibility now is to care for what she entrusted to us, help it grow thoughtfully
and make certain the love at the heart of her work continues reaching children, 
families and communities long into the future."

Dolly’s remarkable legacy will live on in countless ways — through the songs she
wrote, the stories she told, the businesses she built and the joy she brought to
generations of people around the world. But an important part of that legacy will
also continue quietly, every day, in homes and communities around the world: when
a child opens a book addressed especially to them; when a parent and child read 
a favorite story together; and when a young person begins to imagine a future bigger
than the circumstances into which they were born.

The Foundation believes one of the greatest ways to honor Dolly is not simply to
remember what she accomplished, but to continue the work she loved — carrying it
forward with the same generosity, humility, joy and love with which she began it.

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