Dolly Parton's 'Sha-Kon-O-Hey!' CD raises $5,032 for Friends of Smokies
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An eight-song CD by Dolly Parton commemorating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's 75th anniversary and sold in area Food City stores has netted more than $5,000 for a park support organization.
Food City Area Manager Steve Trout presented a check for $5,032 on Friday to Jim Hart and Holly Burcham of Friends of the Great Smokies National Park. The presentation was held at the grocer's Kodak store.
Parton, a Sevier County native and long-time supporter of the mountains, wrote all eight songs on the CD.
The CDs sold for $10 each. For every CD sold between March 16 and April 30, $8 of every sale was set aside to benefit Friends of the Smokies, an independent nonprofit group working to preserve and protect the park through fundraising and educational activities.
Parton's album is titled "Sha-Kon-O-Hey!", derived from the Cherokee words for "Land of Blue Sky," the tribe's name for the Smokies.
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