Dolly Parton is the latest recipient of the Bezos Courage and Civility Award.
"Jeff [Bezos] and I are so proud to share that we have a new Bezos Courage and Civility Award winner — a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work," Bezos' longtime partner, Lauren Sanchez, posted on Instagram alongside a video of their speech Friday before awarding the grant to the country music legend."We can't wait to see all the good that you're going to do with this $100 million award, @DollyParton.
"I just felt so proud to have been part of that little seed money that will hopefully grow into something great and help to heal this world," she said."I'm a very proud girl today to know I had anything at all to do with something that's going to help us through this crazy pandemic." Among her philanthropic efforts in her home state of Tennessee, Parton also created the Dolly Parton Scholarship, which provides $15,000 to recipients towards a college education.Bezos, the founder and former head of Amazon.com, said at a press conference at the time that the grant had no string attached.
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