CMT One Country and Trisha Yearwood to present $40,000 to Feeding America
Trisha Yearwood (Associated Press photo)
CMT will be making a $40,000 donation this week to the local affiliate of CMT One Country’s nonprofit partner, Feeding America.
Owasso country music star and cookbook author Trisha Yearwood will be the spokeswoman for the initiative on the 2010 CMT Music Awards red carpet on Wednesday as well as at an event marking the donation on Thursday.
The funds will provide 160,000 meals for more than 400 school-aged children during the 2010-11 school year through the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee’s BackPack Program, which will in turn help children whose families’ have been affected by last month’s devastating floods.
The donation will be given in lieu of celebrity gift bags, a longtime tradition of award show, according to CMT.com.
“I am proud of CMT for coming up with a wonderful way to contribute to the Nashville community of flood victims,” said Yearwood in the news release. “Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee does so much to help our community on a daily basis. It’s a great partnership and I’m honored to be a part of it.”
The CMT Music Awards will air live at 7 p.m. Wednesday from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville with Kid Rock as host. Fan voting for most awards categories is winding down at www.CMT.com.
Yearwood will be a presenter at the awards show. Oklahoma nominees are Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith, Reba McEntire, Brooks & Dunn, Blake Shelton and Rascal Flatts.
Follow my live blog of the awards show here at BAM’s Blog on Wednesday night.
-BAM
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