08/31/2026
There are plenty of reasons to admire Dolly Parton: the music, the humor, the rhinestones, the incredible career. But what makes her truly extraordinary is what she chose to do with her success.
She gave children books. She gave students opportunities. She helped families who lost everything in the Tennessee wildfires. She supported hospitals, disaster relief and medical research. Her Imagination Library alone has gifted hundreds of millions of free books to children around the world.
Dolly built a life around a pretty simple idea: if you have the ability to help someone, why wouldn't you?
That's something we can get behind.
We try to believe in the same things here at Petersen's; work hard, treat people well, help when you can, and never forget that success means a whole lot more when you can share it with your community.
If you can be anything, be more like Dolly. ✨
