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NEW: Dolly Parton announces she is personally donating $1 million to Hurricane Helene victims, calls on people to step up and help out.

"Remember when we had the fires, everybody pitched in, tried to do everything that they could."

"I really think that this is a time for me to step up again for all of us to step up and do what we can. I wanted to announce that from myself personally..."

"Just from my own bank account. I'm donating a million dollars today, but there's a lot to be done and we're trying to find other ways to even raise more funds."

"But also with my Dollywood companies... we've added another million dollars to that 1 million... like I said, we're trying to find other new ways to make money. 'cause it's going to take a lot of money, as you know."

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