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# What I'm Reading --
- URL: https://bevnews.net/what-im-reading-30/
- Published: 2026-08-28T04:05:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-28T04:05:01.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker
- Tags: What We're Reading

## [Dolly Parton’s philanthropy was based on ‘her belief in the goodness of people’](https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/08/26/dolly-parton-philanthropy/?utm%5Femail=7495F43414098534647F258272&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=https%3a%2f%2fwww.pressdemocrat.com%2f2026%2f08%2f26%2fdolly-parton-philanthropy%2f&utm%5Fcampaign=sonoma-press%5Fdemocrat-daybreak-nl&utm%5Fcontent=curated)

“I just give from my heart,” she said in a 2022 speech accepting the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. “I never know what I’m going to do or why I’m gonna do it. I just see a need and if I can fill it, then I will.” (Asspcoated Press via The Press Democrat)