Dickinson lived much of her life isolated in a single room, looking out on a cemetery.
But it wasn’t her verses about death or isolation that kept floating to mind for Scott, rather it was Dickinson’s writing on hope.
“’Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” the lines begin, “/ That perches in the soul / And sings the song without the words / And never stops at all -”
With that uplifting vision in mind, Scott has now given away $4,158,500,000 to organizations helping bring hope to those most devastated by the virus. Her generosity includes a $20 million gift to Mile High United Way in Denver, and a $15 million gift to Goodwill of Colorado. Each of those two gifts is the largest in the more than 100-year history of either nonprofit.
Dickinson lived much of her life isolated in a single room, looking out on a cemetery.
But it wasn’t her verses about death or isolation that kept floating to mind for Scott, rather it was Dickinson’s writing on hope.
“’Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” the lines begin, “/ That perches in the soul / And sings the song without the words / And never stops at all -”
With that uplifting vision in mind, Scott has now given away $4,158,500,000 to organizations helping bring hope to those most devastated by the virus. Her generosity includes a $20 million gift to Mile High United Way in Denver, and a $15 million gift to Goodwill of Colorado. Each of those two gifts is the largest in the more than 100-year history of either nonprofit.