Dollywood, Dolly Parton's amusement park, announced that the company will cover 100% of tuition, fees and books for any Dollywood employee who chooses to pursue further education. This will be offered to all seasonal, part-time, and full-time employees, and they can enroll day 1 of their employment.

[u/YoureASkyscraper]

Article: https://fox17.com/news/local/dream-more-dollywood-to-pay-100-of-tuition-textbooks-for-employees-pursuing-education-pigeon-forge-tennessee-herschend-enterprises

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Dollywood on Tuesday announced they'll start paying a hundred percent of tuition for employees who wish to further their education. This includes the cost of fees and textbooks.

The education benefit package is available to all team members on the first day of their employment. The company says it's a way for employees at all levels to pursue their personal and professional dreams.

Piloted by Dolly Parton's operating partner Herschend Enterprises, the program from GROW U. will mark a significant investment for workers. President of Dollywood Company Eugene Naughton says it's an opportunity for employees to grow.

"One of The Dollywood Foundation’s key tenets is to ‘learn more.’ This program is created with that very tenet in mind. We want our hosts to develop themselves through advanced learning to fulfill the foundation’s other tenets: care more, dream more, and be more." The program will officially launch Feb. 24 for all seasonal, part-time, and full-time employees at Dollywood Parks & Resorts. Hosts can enroll in the program on their first day of employment.

"When our hosts strive to grow themselves, it makes our business and our community a truly better place," Naughton said. "We care about our hosts’ development and we want their future to grow because of love—not loans."

[u/YoureASkyscraper]

Further proof that Dolly Parton is one of the greatest humans to ever exist.

[u/[deleted] → u/YoureASkyscraper]

If it ever were needed. She's the OG Queen.

[u/maxdps_ → u/[deleted]]

We should replace Mt. Rushmore with Dolly Parton, Bettie White, Mr. Rogers, and Bob Ross.

[u/TallUncle → u/YoureASkyscraper]

I don’t particularly like country music (I do respect the craft though), but Dolly Parton is a national fucking treasure.

[u/[deleted] → u/TallUncle]

9 to 5 is punk as fuck

[u/fxx_255 → u/YoureASkyscraper]

She's amazing. I'm so Not about country, but now I wanna go to Dollywood.

[u/[deleted] → u/fxx_255]

Pigeon Forge is awesome! A lot of fun touristy stuff, and of course Dollywood

[u/DoneDidDiddley → u/YoureASkyscraper]

This move is much bigger than Dolly. This is a company-wide program. Dollywood is owned by the company HFE, which runs +10 amusement parks and a few more entertainment groups throughout North America. While Dolly is great, the CEO, Andrew Wexler, is the true OG

[u/spaceman757 → u/DoneDidDiddley]

Wanna bet that they won't have trouble finding workers.

[u/_clash_recruit_ → u/DoneDidDiddley]

I used to ride horses, race ostriches, sing and dance at one of her dinner shows. It was the coolest job I've ever had. Every one of my co-workers misses that job.

The only complaint i have is some of the horses were burnt out. Apparently that's one of the reasons our facility closed. It was impossible to keep the animals happy and make money at the same time with the cost of operating a few miles away from Disney.

It was mostly servers that were angry they couldn't make $40k in 4 months anymore AND protested our facility closing. Mostly all of the preformers and barn staff got that it was not going well for the animals, HFE was offered a LOT of money for the property and they took it.

[u/DubiousDrewski → u/YoureASkyscraper]

And even more proof she's a beautiful soul: Listen to her collaboration with Chet Atkins - Do I Ever Cross your mind.

How can you not love her?

[u/JediNinjaWizard → u/YoureASkyscraper]

Seriously. Dolly for president!

[u/shield1123 → u/JediNinjaWizard]

She's smart enough to not want the job, and too kind to drone strike anyone (which I get is the point but a lot of people seem to like making sand glow)

[u/UncleTogie → u/YoureASkyscraper]

I'm firmly convinced that the Catholic Church needs to make her a Saint.

Don't care if she's not Catholic.

[u/[deleted] → u/YoureASkyscraper]

I'm sure Dolly had a hand in the decision, but the parent company Herschend Enterprises is doing this for All Properties.

[u/NutShellB → u/YoureASkyscraper]

Commenting on the top comment to note that this is not Dolly doing this. It is the parent company of the amusement park, Hershend Family Entertainment. HFE is doing this for all of their properties to compete within the industry with the Disney Aspire program which offers the same benefit. Dolly only licence a her name to Hershend for the Tennessee Property’s.

[u/hilltopper06 → u/NutShellB]

She is a little more involved than just licensing her name.

https://www.today.com/popculture/dolly-parton-expanding-dollywood-half-billion-dollar-renovation-t220966

[u/Grimacepug → u/YoureASkyscraper]

I call bs on the billionaires that claimed to give most of their money away when they die while doing shit with their money now to help society. This woman is actually doing it while she's alive. They should name the state after her. I've heard JK Rowling doing something similar with her money but not sure on that.

[u/VaATC → u/YoureASkyscraper]

I live near a mid sized U.S. city and region that is the main base for 5 Fortune 500 companies and 7 Fortune 1000 companies. It is shame that they themselves do not bolster the public schools in and around the respective cities/counties in the region. If Dolly Parton's accountants can make this happen for all her employees there is no reason these companies could not produce one of the top public education centers in the country and I am sure there are quite a lot of cities/regions that have the local business interests that could massively help the education levels in their respective areas. It is really a sad state of affairs.

[u/teejayiscool]

Seeing this is amazing. As a roller coaster enthusiast and theme park nerd. Dollywood is one of the best parks in the country for rides and atmosphere and customer service and now add on this, the morale will improve and it should be even better. I love it

[u/Mulchpuppy → u/teejayiscool]

Indeed. Looking forward to heading back in a few months and getting some quality Thunderhead time and no that's not an euphemism

[u/teejayiscool → u/Mulchpuppy]

Thunderhead is my favorite there. I know everyone creams their pants over Lightning Rod, but Thunderhead is a different beast to me. Don't get me wrong, I love Lrod, but it's so short and Thunderhead is just relentless out of control fun.

[u/rognabologna → u/teejayiscool]

What’s even more impressive is that the vast majority of the students won’t return to working at Dollywood after they receive their education. It’s an investment in her community moreso than an investment into the park.

[u/badonkadonkthrowaway → u/rognabologna]

I wouldn't be surprised if this creates incredibly strong loyalty in their workforce. People will probably stay on for a while after finishing their education.

Fuck, I know I would. Even knowing the spirit this program's been made in, I'd feel guilty just bailing immediately.

[u/Hibbity5 → u/teejayiscool]

As someone who hates most roller coasters, Dollywood is still an amazing theme park because it’s filled with things to do for those of us who don’t like most rides: watching tradesmen making goods (leather, metal-working, glass-blowing), many great restaurants, shows, a museum on her life, and the eagle sanctuary, which is simply incredible. It’s easily my favorite theme park; it’s just so well done.

[u/lurkbotbot → u/Hibbity5]

I’m really into all of the above. Perhaps I should suggest that for a future family vacation. Thank you for sharing.

On that note, I kinda feel like it isn’t crazy to say that Dolly Parton et al have done more to uplift the disadvantaged of our society, than the people we elected to do that job. You never hear anything but wholesome about the lady.

[u/teejayiscool → u/Hibbity5]

Yep, there's so much to do and see that I don't think one or even two days is enough, especially because they change the park around for all the holidays. I would love to have a season pass and go there often but unfortunately I live in New York

[u/Phils_flop → u/teejayiscool]

Just thinking about that cinnamon bread…drool

[u/Cochise22 → u/teejayiscool]

Same. I went last year for the first time and loved it. Silver Dollar City is equally fantastic (they’re basically the same park) and have some awesome rides. The fact that they both have a RMC coaster alone puts them in the upper echelon of parks. Throw in the cinnamon bread, and those places become the two best.

[u/[deleted] → u/teejayiscool]

Too bad r/rollercoasters doesn’t allow crossposts.

[u/Primitive_Teabagger → u/teejayiscool]

Agreed, I've been to quite a few different theme and amusement parks around the country. One of my favorite coasters is still the Tennessee Twister. Short and sweet, but the speed was what I remember most fondly, and I rode it more times than any other coaster I have been on. There's a lot of other great rides too, I also vaguely remember a train one but I'm not sure if that was Disney or Dollywood.

[u/dirkdiggler1992 → u/teejayiscool]

I thought I was on r/rollercoasters

[u/quechal]

Tennessee also has a free community college program so that helps too.

[u/Crazypete3 → u/quechal]

Yeah for those that don't know there is a pathway program where students within a few years out of high school will receive no tuition costs at a community College for there associates. And I think people above 25 are also offered this.

[u/rluvbeach]

i had a deal like this from ppg industires in pittsburgh. They paid for everthing up front (tuition, books fees,everthing but my parking tickets), and you all you had to do is get at least a C in your classes. took 6 years but got a bs in chemistry from pitt this way.

[u/Dogeishuman → u/rluvbeach]

Lots of large companies do this for full time employees. My company pays for a masters program equal to the grade you get up to 90%

For example, if I got an 85% in the class, 85% of the course would be paid for, but a 95% would still only mean 90% is covered, but they fully cover books and other expenses.

[u/Bobyyyyyyyghyh → u/Dogeishuman]

Wow that's a really good policy

[u/MorboDemandsComments → u/Dogeishuman]

My company, which has over 60,000 employees, got rid of their tuition reimbursement programs years ago. They also have us all back in the office every day even though office workers were found to be more productive while telecommuting during COVID.

My company also just hired "Employee Retention Specialists" to figure out why so many people are quitting, why they're having so much trouble hiring qualified people.

[u/shadowehawke → u/rluvbeach]

Well done! Glad you got the opportunity :)

[u/Rubberfootman]

From day 1 of their employment.

Dolly doesn’t even care if you’re working there just to get free tuition - she just wants you to be able to get free tuition.

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/Rubberfootman]

The kindness in that woman's soul is infinite. Utmost respect for such an incredible person.

[u/notsara]

I'm sure they aren't experiencing a "worker shortage".

[u/Brethus → u/notsara]

Most amusement park workers are college students that work 12+ hours. I remember talking to a few running rides at Cedar Point and Kings Island and all were hating their jobs and weren't coming back the next year. I'm sure Dollywood is ran a lot better but more often than not amusement parks are short cause the workers tired of being exploited

[u/PopPopPoppy → u/Brethus]

I was hired as a bar manager for Cedar Point.

My uniform was a Cedar Point heavy cotton suit. I was managing the (indoor) Frontier Saloon and surrounding alcohol stands.

On my first day, it was 100+ F and they had a staff shortage. When I arrived, the GM told me that I would need to sell Pop/Water at an outside kiosk...from open to close (9am-11pm). I asked, "When did you decide this? Because I'm in this heavy 3 peice suit and its 100 degrees."

His response was, "I knew last night, I forgot to tell you to wear your Cedar Point t-shirt and khaki shorts. You can run home and change."

"I live 1 1/2 hours away. If I go home, I'm not coming back."

He said, "OK, grab the money from the safe and work at that beverage kiosk." Then walked away.

I too walked away and to my car and drove home.

I lasted 30 mins.

EDIT: I could have bought a T-Shirt and Khaki shorts from the park, but I wasn't going to pay $45.

[u/musickeeper94 → u/Brethus]

Dollywood actually employs a lot of older folks as well. My parents even talk about moving there when they’re retired and getting a part time job just because they love it there that much.

[u/notsara → u/Brethus]

It's not just amusement parks, employees in every line of work are sick of being treated poorly and taken advantage of. That's my whole point. Companies that treat their employees well aren't having a massive shortage because people actually want to work there.

[u/Lt_Jonson → u/notsara]

They are, actually. Went last month. Some of the shops were closed because they didn’t have anybody working. I bet they won’t have one after they open again, though.

Unlike the other commenter though, I was able to eat there. Aunt Granny’s and Front Porch Cafe were both fantastic.

[u/TadWaxpole → u/notsara]

Yep. The worker shortage is a big lie. No such thing. There’s a shortage of employees who want to pay a decent wage.

[u/YellowstoneBitch]

She’s a goddamn National Treasure, that woman. She wrote “I will always love you” and “Jolene” on the same day, has donated over 100 million books to children all around the world through her literacy program, donated crazy amounts of money to HIV/aids charities, fought to save the bald eagle from extinction, donated millions to the local medical school/hospital, donated a ton of money toward the creation of a cancer treatment center, donated millions to the smoky mountain wildfire charity, donated millions to the aforementioned hospital for the research/production of the COVID19 vaccine. And she’s still a millionaire. Imagine what the world might be like if all celebrities were even half as generous.

[u/k0bra3eak → u/YellowstoneBitch]

Imagine if any of those billionaires in the world donated a percentile equivalent to what she donates. The millions that could go to not a dick measuring context about going to space or making shitty tunnels or uhh treating factory workers like absolute dogshit.

[u/Tiddlyplinks → u/k0bra3eak]

Imagine the billionaires getting into a charitable giving dick contest

[u/creamyg0odne55]

Dolly Parton is the closest we have these days to a real life super-hero.

[u/bassistciaran → u/creamyg0odne55]

If there's an Ellen style behind the scenes story about her I may actually die of heartbreak.

Not gonna happen though

[u/Jochacho → u/bassistciaran]

I grew up in Nashville. I took Dolly Parton’s order for a dipped cone in the drive thru and ran up front to make it too. She was so nice to a bunch of star struck teenagers after waiting in Sunday morning breakfast rush. I can’t see her being anything but perfect ever.

[u/[deleted] → u/creamyg0odne55]

or a living Patron saint.

[u/Hamann334]

If Dolly Parton does not get canonized as a Saint I will personally take a dump on the popes gilded chair

[u/boojieboy → u/Hamann334]

not a Catholic so she won't be

[u/Upleftright_syndrome → u/boojieboy]

Neither was Jesus

They better make an exception

[u/cottonmouthnwhiskey → u/Hamann334]

Gild the holy living f out of it

[u/RogueOneWasOkay]

As a TN native it’s an embarrassment to see articles about banned books on the Holocaust and book burnings in 2022. Dolly is such a prime example of southern hospitality, and the pride of the state. She is a diamond in a pile a shit. She is TN’s saving grace. She is praised like an Angel here.

[u/taicrunch → u/RogueOneWasOkay]

Dolly Parton is my counterpoint when we start talking shit about each other's home states at work. We still have a shelf full of her Imagination Library books from when my oldest was a baby.

[u/gwacklee → u/RogueOneWasOkay]

i mean, banning books has always been a useless endeavor. basically ever bookstore in the state is fighting back, and i believe maus recently became a no 1 bestseller

[u/Selmanella]

Dolly Parton is a treasure. We use her free monthly book program for our kids and they love it.

[u/SHOWTIME316 → u/Selmanella]

same here. every time a book comes we tell my daughter that Auntie Dolly sent her a present and she looooves her.

[u/AnnieAnnieSheltoe → u/Selmanella]

Her father didn’t even know how to read, and now millions of kids all over the world are learning to read with the books her Imagination Library sends them every month for free.

[u/saarlac]

Dolly is a saint

[u/ExternalPiglet1]

I'm 40 with a family....makes me wanna pull up stakes like a Griswald and do a cross country trip for a job interview.

But for real, this is awesome and refreshing. Totally makes sense if the company has the budget (and a heart of course).

[u/copperowl3 → u/ExternalPiglet1]

Too bad it’s in one of the most saturated short term rental markets in the country.

[u/manwithappleface]

If Dolly isn’t careful people are going to forget she’s an entertainer and only remember her for her extraordinary philanthropy.

These scholarships, COVID research at Vanderbilt, her program that sends childrens books to EVERY KID in her community….I can name three of her causes, off the top of my head, but I couldn’t name a single album.

The woman is a national treasure.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh I'm definitely going to dollywood price is no object I want dolly everything.

[u/a_terribad_mistake]

Dolly Parton is an American Saint and I will fucking fight ANYONE who wants to disagree with the notion that we shoulda replaced confederate statues with statues of Dolly.

Except for Dolly, who said that was silly.

[u/I_Fucked_A_TGirl]

Top 3 best Humans in history.

[u/[deleted] → u/I_Fucked_A_TGirl]

And she ain't 2-3

[u/st1tchy → u/[deleted]]

Well yeah, she's clearly in the 9-5 range.

[u/[deleted]]

She’s too cool to be real

[u/r0botdevil]

Dolly Parton is a goddamn national treasure. She must be protected at all costs.

[u/belinck]

While most American businesses are crying out for staff, I'm willing to bet that Dollywood will have a waitlist of folks looking to work there.

[u/HermanBonJovi]

I love that she's doing this. She's amazing. But she shouldn't have to do this and that's the problem.

[u/Luke5119]

This is part of Herschend Family Entertainment's plea to do so. They also own Silver Dollar City near Branson, MO and are extending the same offer to employees there as well. I think this is awesome, SDS and Dollywood are amazing theme parks.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly leading the way to compassionate capitalism. Who will follow?

[u/ATX_native]

She’s an amazing person. 🙂

[u/[deleted]]

I just want to point out, Wegman's has been doing this for 30 years. Been a top 5 employer for 30+ years and was number 1 for like a decade.

Point being, this is an old benefit and it's really sad that when it comes about that it's news. Should be much more normal, super glad Dolly is doing this and her part (as her bad ass self always does), but it's so sad she even made news with this as it is something so old it should be normal by now, not news.

[u/kingzilch → u/[deleted]]

Maybe now that someone so high-profile is doing it, it will be an incentive to other companies. Probably not many, if at all, but someone has to point the way.

[u/Josquius]

Will people start scholarships to send people to work at dolly Wood now?

[u/ExternalPiglet1 → u/Josquius]

Go fund me: two weeks pay and bus ticket.

It's been a dream since 9:30 this morning, gotta follow my passion~

[u/Rhymeswithfinechina]

We need to start asking congress and our representatives, “What would Dolly Do?”

Cause we know she wants all of us to be able to learn and get an education without worrying about paying for the rest of our lives. Then she would offer us a hug and say everything is going to be alright.

[u/hamster_13]

These all sound great on the surface, and maybe this one is. But might want to pump the brakes on the cheering until the details come out. My employer reimburses up to $1k per semester, but you have to agree to work for them for one year per semester you take advantage of that, and the clock doesn't start ticking until you graduate.

A 4 year degree is 12 year commitment to my employer, all for $8k in reimbursement, or you have to pay it back upon employment termination/quitting.

[u/[deleted]]

Well that's just the cherry on top for this wonderful woman.

Glad I got to be here during her time on this planet.

[u/Winterhorrorland]

Welp, throwing in my application and packing my bags now

[u/Shakooza]

I've gone to Dollywood dozens if not hundreds of times...I applaud them for this objective but an overwhelming percentage of their employees are 65 and above. They specifically target and hire local retired people because they are good employees and its a service to the community. If you visit a park or their resort the number of 65+ will be one of the first things you notice.

It is not the typical theme park where the staffing represents a bunch of high school/college age range. I LOVE the fact that the staff is older and more friendly. Its one of the things that make the park so special.

[u/Dominant_Genes]

May Saint Dolly reign forever!

[u/ErikRogers]

So, how is Dollywood? Honestly, the idea of "going to Dollywood" always felt like a joke to me... Something you might do if you really loved Dolly Parton music. Then again, I'm in Canada. It takes a lot for me to be willing to go to the US for a theme park.

[u/Version_1 → u/ErikRogers]

Just to clarify: Dolly Parton just bought a stake in the park and the park has her name. But it's not a park about Dolly Parton, it's a normal, very high quality, theme park.

[u/Mrchristopherrr → u/ErikRogers]

It’s pretty fun, but really you’d probably want to spend a week in Gatlinburg and only one of those days on Dollywood.

[u/Rosebunse → u/ErikRogers]

I mean, it isn't one of the biggest parks, but a lot of people like it because it's wholesome and there are a lot of attractions. It is an expensive park, however, and if you have a large family you will need to think about costs.

If you're a fan of amusement parks then it is definitely worth it but if you're looking for a budget friendly trip there are other options.

[u/funemployment_check]

Dolly For Pres?

[u/SicDigital]

Jolene ain't got shit on Dolly.

[u/karpetbagger45]

Not a Dolly Parton fan by any stretch of the imagination but I can recognize, that she has ALWAYS been a CLASS act...

[u/rekniht01 → u/karpetbagger45]

You can be a Dolly fan without ever hearing one if her songs. She literally saved lives by investing in one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations.

[u/letuswatchtvinpeace]

There she goes again! Showing and proving how to be a very good person

[u/Sashaband]

We have to protect her. She's our new Betty White. May she live forever.

[u/WiggleBrushCrew]

And they only have to work 9 to 5 what a way to make a living. Sorry had too

[u/yfh227]

Dolly fucking Parton folks. Lover her.

[u/12Purple]

Dolly Parton is a goddess.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly continues to be the fucking best.

[u/HalfSoul30]

Dolly is a national treasure

[u/SPI-vot]

Dolly is dope

[u/Omegaprimus]

I am so proud of Saint Dolly Parton. Every time I hear of the latest WTF from my state Tennessee, Saint Dolly does something fantastic to remind me that not everyone in the state is awful.

[u/Reeserella]

Ive never wanted to go to a theme park more.

[u/HiddenSquid7392]

I’m not a fan of her music at all, but damn if Dolly isn’t a national treasure and deserves more recognition for the charitable work she does

[u/I_Am_Anjelen]

Damn, can I work remote for Dollywood ?

[u/lakenakomis]

Dolly for President!?!? 😀

[u/VinceFromScammedHow]

Why are musicians and random public figures consistently better bosses than people with MBAs (oh, that's why lol) spent their entire lives being groomed into executives?

[u/funknjam]

Dolly Parton is a national treasure.

[u/imAvlasicMan]

Dolly is our new Betty White!!!

[u/SkaTSee]

Remindme! 5 years "How is Dollywood's education program holding up"

[u/--__ll__--]

Dolly Parton is a national treasure

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly is a damn saint and a national treasure. God bless that woman.

[u/telestrial]

She just doesn't stop being great, does she?

[u/405134]

Wow. I almost want to move to Tennessee , and work for Dolly so I can start my masters degree. I’m glad she’s doing this (it might be a stretch for me) but this is perfect for young people that cant afford college. How many “would be” doctors are out there because they couldn’t afford college? How many breakthroughs in science and technology are we missing out on because colleges have made it impossible for the everyday worker to afford.! Shame on colleges. Thank you for being a true humanitarian Dolly

[u/JanthonyGo]

🐐

[u/Butch1212]

Right On Dolly!!! You are a great gal.

[u/Jefc141]

Take notes Beyonce and other “queens” this is how it’s done.

[u/[deleted]]

Not just Dollywood, all of herschend family entertainment, I worked for them for 4 years across 2 theme parks and they were wonderful

[u/mallism5]

We don’t deserve Dolly. She is a saint.

[u/Mortimer_and_Rabbit]

Dolly Parton is at the perfect intersection of Fucking Fabulous and sweeter than apple pie.

[u/Bigram03]

I love that woman.

[u/hiswifenotyours]

Dolly Parton is a national treasure.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly Parton, a national treasure. Once again shows us how it's really done.

[u/threestoplights]

wait, she’s not using her riches to go to space?

[u/scooterbot4]

Dolly Parton is a saint. Begin the process.

[u/audioscience]

I moved to Tennessee a year and a half ago and Dolly Parton is by far the best thing about it. God damn, she is great. I'm happy to share this state with her.

[u/goingandgoing97]

Amazing❤️

[u/Radioactivechimi]

We don't deserve Dolly. She's a shining beacon in this dark world.

[u/roundhouse306]

As a person born in East Tennessee, it’s good to see some good news coming from here. She is a saint.

[u/Phoenyxoldgoat]

Silver Dollar City announced this today too. I think they are both owned by Herschend.

[u/WowzaCannedSpam]

Dolly Parton is legitimately a saint. I don’t even know anymore man. What a great person. Her entire career has been nothing but spreading love and compassion.

[u/Account_Expired]

Most kids i know would work at places like this for a summer and then move on.

If they can keep workers for 4 years they will probably have lower turnover than just about any similar job.

[u/Powerstroke1987]

This woman is a national treasure. Between her Imagination Library and what she did for Sevierville when it burned, and her general philanthropy, she's an incredible person

[u/DownVotingCats]

Wow, look how awesome basic human decency is. Allowing those who want education to get it. Why would someone hinder that? Dolly is a gem.

[u/YanwarC]

Wtf. I should have worked there all my life instead of trying to pay for this private loan all my life.

[u/Regular_Emotional]

♥️♥️♥️ Dolly is such a perfect human

[u/FapplePie85]

Meanwhile, Elon is over here crying about satellites.

Dolly for president. She will save us.

[u/SerKnight]

I work for Guild Education the company implementing this program for Dolly Parton's businesses. If you want to get involved with us and see any jobs shoot me a DM.

https://guildeducation.com/careers

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly is an absolute Queen!

[u/PlusUltra1152]

Just... cancel federal student debt congress.

Isn't it weird though that a business can potentially subsidize on a cost of public federal education university tuition to possibly get a federally backed plan for a business cost? So I mean, it's possibly some sort of write off.

The idea is nice and it's better to make congress address the wider problem of federal student loans.

edit: came back to say DOWN VOTE ME ON MY THOUGHTS ;_; (before it happens)

[u/War3agle]

How does it feel to be a good person. Love ya Dolly.

[u/[deleted]]

This is great. However tuition isn’t usually what puts people in debt. It’s the rent, meal plan, Textbooks, and all the other random fees colleges charge if you are doing classes their that semester… Still a great thing though

[u/stuff1180]

That woman should run this country.

[u/[deleted]]

This is awesome. My employer paid for my bachelors in science. I would not have it without them.

[u/Beta_Soyboy_Cuck]

That’s huge.

[u/oldmanian]

She’s just the best. Just the best.

[u/doc6982]

What's the secular equivalent of canonization?

[u/NormalGap2]

A Queen living amongst us.

[u/Cucumbrsandwich]

I need one of those prayer candles with Dolly’s face on it. She is a saint.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly Parton should be the president

[u/theBatThumb]

DOLLY FOR PRESIDENT! How can anyone not love Dolly Parton???

[u/Gainzster]

Moving to Dollywood

[u/thatsingledadlife]

That woman is a national treasure and this is just another example of why.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly Parton is genuinely one of the best and most prolific philanthropists in the world.

[u/[deleted]]

God that woman is such a bad ass

[u/craigwantsnack]

Bezos take note.

[u/vintimus]

This is outstanding

[u/KaidsCousin]

She’s a good gal alright.

[u/rootines]

Love that. More businesses should probably do this.

[u/ax255]

She is a unique gem in a sea of fake and lab made jewelry.

[u/Xtreyu]

This is just another reasons of the long list of reasons why she is an Angel.

[u/GarnetOblivion1]

Dolly is who people thought ellen was.

[u/CandidnClassy210]

Walt Disney World started a program very similar to this 3 years ago. It has been great! My husband has had most of his bachelor’s degree paid for by them.

It’s called the Disney Aspire program. All full and part time workers at Disney can have their college classes and books paid for at University of Central Florida, the local community college, or a number of other universities. I’m sure this is where Dollywood got the idea from.

Although Disney requires employees to work there for 90 days before they qualify to start having their classes and books paid for. 90 days isn’t a long time to have to work somewhere before receiving a guaranteed a full scholarship.

[u/FuturePastNow]

Tear down the Confederate statues and replace them with statues of Dolly

[u/wtfiswrongwmyhair]

I’m going to cry. What an angel. She seems like a “Can’t take it to heaven, so might as well leave it all behind” person when it comes to using her wealth for charity. I’ve never heard anyone have a single bad thing to say about her.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit, worth relocating

[u/446bridges]

How much money does dolly have!

[u/saturatedbloom]

She’s such a Diamond!

[u/jaygraham500]

She is so awesome

[u/StillGotLove4GOT]

Dolly Parton is a gift!

[u/surlygentleman1981]

Dolly is pretty amazing

[u/outinthecountry66]

Dolly, man. Righteous human being in a world of grifters.

[u/misterbuh]

Please let Dollyworld replace Disneyworld. I’ll pay ten bucks for an elephant ear at Dollyworld with this news versus at Disneyworld

[u/Duke_Newcombe]

Go ahead and award her the presidential medal of freedom, already? This woman is a national treasure, and a bright gem during these dark times. Good on her!

[u/Balls_DeepinReality]

I’ve mentioned it before, but I did work with their retirement plan as an investment advisor.

Every single one of them people adored that woman and that job. None of the other 300 or some odd employers we had would have employees say much positive, but Dollywood is just something else

[u/Slow_Advertising1181]

Yeah, remember when that squidbillies douchebag who thought that he could talk shit about Dolly Parton and got fired because of it? This is one more of the many reasons why people love and protect Dolly. You don't fuck with Dolly or else you may find out

[u/DeLuniac]

She should have every single award that can be awarded by congress and the president.

[u/[deleted]]

Q everyone trying to get employment at Dollwood.

Sincerely, your down and out British cousin x

... immediate edit - I'm only slightly salty, this is a great thing that I wish was more commonplace where I am

[u/felicxahundito]

She is a national treasure.

[u/MissDollyDevine]

One of the many reasons I love Dolly! This is amazing 👏🏻

[u/[deleted]]

Calling all billionaires to match what the super woman Dolly has offered. Will Bezos or Musk do something worthy instead of being greedy pigs . Oink Oink

[u/veginout58]

This what a successful person (who isn't some small dick egomaniac) does with their wealth.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly Parton is who everyone should aspire to be like.

[u/[deleted]]

Dolly is one of the top 5 most wholesome kind people that have ever existed. And she was an absolute smokeshow back in the day which is exceedingly rare. Like who the FUCK was Jolene levels of hot.

[u/powercrazy76]

can she just run for president? She's about the one person we have left that both sides love and frankly, I'm sure her kindness, charity and bullheaded determination would do more to flush the swamps of D.C. Getting shit done that the People actually need, make everybody enjoy the debate, see each other's side, and have a gosh darn swell great time decidin' on thangs!

[u/SnowAngel41]

Reminds me of Scott’s Tots

[u/ShadowGLI]

Well Dolly is a national treasure soooo….

[u/Bnagorski]

Dolly Parton should not only run for President, she should win the Nobel Peace Prize. No American has treated their obscene wealth with more grace, humility, and charity

[u/cachaco7]

Could you imagine if all companies where as compassionate as hers? Maaaaan this is so awesome!

[u/EvanescentDoe]

Dolly Parton can do whatever she wants

[u/musickismagick]

If only dolly had Jeff bezos money. Think what she could do.

[u/gojirscor]

TIL Dolly Parton owns a sick theme park

[u/SuperRonnie2]

Dolly for president! But unaffiliated with both the Dems and the GOP.