The country legend knew 'something bad was on the rise' when the pandemic started, which prompted her to donate $1 million to help fund Moderna's vaccine.
to Vanderbilt University Medical Center last year that helped in the development of Moderna's vaccine.
"When the pandemic came out I just felt kind of led to do something because I knew something bad was on the rise, and I just wanted to kind of help with that, so I donated to help with that," Parton said."Mine was a small part, of course. I probably get a lot more credit than I deserve, but I was happy to be part of that and to be able to try to stop something in its tracks that's really become such a monster for all of us.
"So I was happy to do that. My heart just kind of leads me into where I'm supposed go and what I'm supposed to do at the time."Parton, 75, also spoke about her donation on TODAY last year, months before the vaccines were developed and available to the public. "I'm just happy that anything I do can help somebody else, and when I donated the money to the COVID fund, I just wanted it to do good," she said."Evidently, it is. Let's just hope we find a cure real soon."
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