08/25/2026
Dolly Parton was an incredible force for kindness, generosity, and love. She didn’t just talk about caring for people, she spent her life showing what it looks like.
That spirit helped inspire the core values we built Onward around: putting people first, leading with kindness, and giving back selflessly. So much of what we believe in (and the kind of firm we strive to be) was influenced by the way Dolly lived her life.
When Josh started Onward, one of the firm’s very first donations was to Dolly’s Imagination Library, an organization that has gifted more than 300 million books to children around the world. It felt like a fitting way to support a mission (and a person) who represented so much of what we wanted this firm to stand for.
Today, in Dolly’s honor, we’re making another donation to the Imagination Library to help carry that beautiful legacy forward.
Dolly gave us a lot of incredible songs over the years. But there’s one that feels especially appropriate today, and we’ll be listening to it on repeat:
“Let Her Fly.” 🦋 You can listen to it here: https://youtu.be/Qty5OhiD8Ro?si=4xWCNUVB34O2OwiZ
We feel incredibly lucky to have shared this world with Dolly. Her music will live on, but so will the kindness she inspired in others.
How did Dolly inspire you?