Category Archives: Charity

Craig Morgan To Host Benefit For Billy’s Place

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Craig Morgan To Host 6th Annual Charity Weekend Benefiting Billy’s Place. Craig Morgan recently announced that he is set to host his 6th annual Charity Weekend August 11 and 12 in his hometown of Dickson, Tenn. Proceeds from the two-day event, which includes a Celebrity Motocross Ride, Concert and Sporting Clay Shoot, will benefit Billy’s Place, an organization benefiting foster children in Dickson County and throughout middle Tennessee. The family-friendly event will kick-off Saturday, August 11 in Dickson, Tenn. The morning will start with a motocross exhibition followed by a group trail ride and lunch. Previous celebrity motocross participants have included Kevin Windham, Cowboy Kenny Bartram, Fred Andrews and Barry Hawk. Later that night, Craig and several of his country music friends will take the stage for an intimate acoustic concert at Dickson Middle School. A live and silent auction will also take place where attendees can bid on everything from autographed memorabilia to the chance to give the singer a high-and-tight haircut on stage during the event. Last year’s new addition, the hugely popular Sporting Clay Shoot, will return again the morning of August 12 from Nashville Gun Club. Teams of shooters will face off and display their finest shooting skills as they attempt to dethrone Morgan, who was celebrity co-captain of this year’s winning team at the NRA Country/ACM Sporting Clay Shoot. All three events are open to the public. Individual event and bundled tickets will go on sale in June. Celebrity participants for all three events will be announced at a later date! Events: Celebrity Dirtbike Ride Date: August 11 Location: 1286 Bell Hollow Rd Vanleer, TN Registration Opens: 8:00am Ride and Exhibition Starts: 10:00am Celebrity Concert Date: August 11 Location: Dickson Middle School 401 East College St Dickson, TN Doors Open: 6:00pm Concert Start Time: 7:00pm Celebrity Sporting Clay Shoot Date: August 12 Location: Nashville Gun Club 1100 County Hospital Rd Nashville, TN Time: TBD

Vince Gill and Jake Owen In Second Harvest Line-Up

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Vince Gill, Jake Owen and More Join Line-Up for Stars For Second Harvest Benefit! Vince Gill, Jake Owen and Florida Georgia Line have joined the line-up of the the 8th Annual Stars For Second Harvest benefit concert that supports the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville, TN. The concert will be held on June 5th at the Ryman Auditorium (right in the middle of CMA Fest week!), and the line-up also includes songwriters Dallas Davidson, Rodney Clawson and Craig Wiseman! In the past few years the annual concert has managed to raise $446,032 for the Food Bank and through that support those in need in middle Tennessee.

Billy Gilman The Choice Music Video

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Billy Gilman And 18 Other Country Artists Joins Soles 4 Souls To Do Their Part! Billy Gilman and eighteen other country music artists have teamed up with Soles 4 Souls. Soles 4 Souls is a Nashville-based charity that is putting shoes on those without. To learn more about the charity visit www.soles4souls.org Gilman, along with the other eighteen artists are trying to get 500,000 pairs of shoes to people worldwide. “The Choice” is playing a huge roll in their goal. You can purchase the single at iTunes and each download = one pair of shoes! The country artists who are featured in this song are Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Craig Morgan, Josh Turner, Kenny Rogers, LeAnn Rimes, Steve Holy, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, Wynonna Judd, Rodney Atkins, Amy Grant, Montgomery Gentry, Diamond Rio, Vince Gill, Richie McDonald, Ronnie Milsap and Randy Travis. For those of you who don’t know, Gilman is no new comer to country music. Click HERE to see his “One Voice” video from 2000. Check out the video here and learn about the charity while you do it!

Scotty McCreery and More Support Childhelp

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Scotty McCreery and Other Country Stars Give Their Signatures to Childhelp! Are you in the market for a new belt buckle? Childhelp might have what you’re looking for! Country stars like Scotty McCreery, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Josh Turner and more of your favorites have lent their signatures to help out the cause. Each belt buckle features the autograph of the star along with the child help logo. They were fashioned from solid bronze at the family owned and operated Arts Refoundry in Los Angeles. All the buckles are around the $100/$120 mark, and funds go straight to the organization. Peruse the list of artists and find out more about ChildHelp!

Alan Jackson: Music For Mineral

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Alan Jackson Takes His Show To A High School Parking Lot! Alan Jackson will take his show to the small town of Mineral, VA – population 490 – on Sunday, May 20 at 8:00pm in the parking lot of Louisiana County High School. In an effort to help raise funds for the Louisiana Education Foundation (LEF) tickets for Alan Jackson: Music For Mineral live concert event went on sale April 4 at 10:00 am ET. The concert/fundraising event is being presented by Smithfield Packing. Money raised by the event will be used to assist the county public schools in their rebuilding efforts as a result of an August 2011 earthquake. The Louisiana County High School is currently condemned after earthquake damage. In addition to the concert, The Alan Jackson Charity Golf Classic will be held at The Royal Virginian Golf Course on the morning of Saturday, May 19. For details on registering as a player or team, please visit www.theroyalvirginian.com. All proceeds will go to the LEF. Jackson’s concert is the culmination of a national campaign. Fans across the country had two months last fall to vote, with the winning city receiving a concert from Jackson. The little town of Mineral collected over 31,000 votes and won the opportunity to host the concert. Mineral continues to repair and rebuild after they were the epicenter of a rare East Coast earthquake that hit on August, 23 2011.

Jack Ingram To Be At 4th Annual Celebrity Softball Jam

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Jack Ingram Adds To The List Of Participants Playing In The 4th Annual Celebrity Softball Jam! Texas based singer/songwriter Jack Ingram joins a long list of musicians, athletes and celebrities who have signed on to play ball in Reckless Kelly’s 4th Annual Celebrity Softball Jam. The game will be held in Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas on April 22. Joining Ingram at CSJ this year will be fellow musicians Kevin Fowler, Los Lonely Boys, Hayes Carll, Wade Bowen, Micky & The Motorcars, Charlie Robison, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Cody Canada & The Departed, Bo Bice and many more! A number of former professional baseball and basketball players will also be involved including Kevin Millar, Brett Boone, Richie Sexon and former San Antonio Spur Bruce Bowen! Proceeds from the event will benefit Little League Baseball in the Austin area, as well as The Miracle League. Everyone is encouraged to go out and enjoy what is to be the best CSJ yet!

Craig Morgan Makes Donation To Middle School

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Craig Morgan Makes An Instrument Donation To A Local Middle School. Craig Morgan took a break from his busy schedule readying for the launch of his new album to visit a local school earlier this week. While at Dickson Middle School, an hour west of Nashville, Morgan donated 15 Dean acoustic guitars to the music program and talked with Mr. Elston’s 8th grade class about the importance of music. He also gave the class a brief guitar lesson and together they wrote a quick song! “Music has always been such an important part of my life. I’m happy to give back so that others can share in that experience.” -Morgan Morgan’s latest album, This Ole Boy, will hit stores next Tuesday, February 28th. The current single is in the 20s on the country charts.

Chris Young Donates To MTSU

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Chris Young Donates Equipment to Alma Mater. Chris Young recently donated sound equipment to MTSU, the country singer’s alma mater! He and his crew had some equipment, including cables, soundboards, etc., that they simply weren’t using anymore. So, Young decided to recycle it by giving it to the department of production. “Our staff, which includes more than 100 students, will greatly benefit,” Craig Doman, MTSU Director of Production Services The equipment will be utilized for lighting, video and staging for both on and off campus events. It’s great to see a successful musician giving back and supporting his roots! Young was recently nominated for 2 ACM Awards, Single Record of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year. You can check out his “thank you” video below! Chris Young Says “thanks” for ACM Nominations! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgFdQcjj9g]

Thompson Square Volunteer On Santa Train

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Thompson Square Break from Tour to Aid Santa Train Charity. Thompson Square took a break from performing to give back! The husband and wife duo who recently performed on the 2011 CMA Awards, spent time on Saturday, November 19th working on the 69th Annual CSX Santa Train, and gave a helping hand by handing out 15 tons of toys to children and families in the coal mining towns in and around the Appalachian Mountains throughout Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. They were 2 out of over 100 volunteers who traveled aboard the train covering 110 miles between 5:30am and 3pm. The charity train ride concluded in Kingsport, TN where the duo ended the day with a performance. You can check out Thompson Square’s CMA Performance of “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” Below. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kOJjaqar_A]

The Waylon Fund Fights Diabetes

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Namesake Fund of Waylon Jennings Wages Battle Against Diabetes. In 2002, country music legend Waylon Jennings, passed away at the age of 64 due to complications of diabetes. Now his wife and son, Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings, are teaming up with Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) on a charitable initiative to help further research and bring an end to the struggle with diabetes. “I am honored to put Waylon’s name behind TGen’s diabetes research efforts. I have met the researchers and am confident that donations in Waylon’s memory are an investment that will lead to better ways of preventing and detecting the disease.”-Jessi Colter The Waylon Fund is intended to support state-of-the-art research into the genetic and genomic origins of diabetes. The goal of this research is to produce more effective treatments and improve the quality of life of diabetes patients. The TGen foundation is thankful to Jessi and Shooter for allowing the name of their beloved husband and father for use through the foundations initiative. “TGen is extremely grateful to the family of Waylon Jennings, who have so generously allowed his name to be the inspirational centerpiece of this promising new research effort.”-TGen Foundation President Michael Bassoff. Within the country music industry, support is already being given to The Waylon Foundation. Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Ernest Tubb Record Shops, and Music News Nashville have already joined forces with the cause. You can also get involved! To learn more about The Waylon Fund click here.