Acclaimed songwriter Craig Wiseman’s ninth annual Stars For Second Harvest event, presented by O’Charley’s, raised a record- making $100,000 for Second Harvest Food Bank to help feed the hungry in Middle Tennessee. The June 4 concert at the Ryman Auditorium was headlined by Ronnie Dunn, Florida Georgia Line with a special appearance by Nelly, comedian Ralphie May and more. The event, combined with the live auction and several generous donations, helped to make this the most successful fundraising year.
Wiseman exclaims: “When I got the numbers I couldn’t believe we finally did it! Since we started this show in 2005, it has been a goal of mine to get to $100,000 for Second Harvest. With help from all of the artists, and the continued help of O’Charleys, we finally reached that goal this year. Now I am raising that goal to $250,000!!”
In the last nine years, this event has raised $611,032 to feed hungry children, seniors, and families in Tennessee. Because each dollar provides four meals, the funds raised from the nine years of this benefit concert have provided Second Harvest with means to supply 2,444,128 meals.
This year’s benefit concert line-up included a songwriters round with Wiseman, Rhett Akins, Chris Tompkins, Sarah Buxton and a special performance from Ronnie Dunn, who sang his iconic song “Believe.” Comedian Ralphie May got the audience laughing before country duo Florida Georgia Line closed out the show with a few acoustic songs and then surprised all of the guests by having rap artist Nelly come out to sing one of his songs – the entire audience at The Ryman were on their feet singing along with Nelly and Florida Georgia Line to “Ride With Me.” The show closed with Florida Georgia Line performing their #1 hit song “Cruise.” All of the artist then joined on the main stage to sing along and close out the night.
ABOUT SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Organized in 1978, Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee is a private, not-for- profit, tax-exempt organization. Second Harvest’s mission is to feed hungry people and work to solve hunger issues in our community. Second
Harvest distributes food and other products to approximately 400 nonprofit partner agencies in 46 counties in Middle and West Tennessee. Our partners include food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, childcare facilities, senior centers, group homes, and youth enrichment programs. For more information on Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and its programs, please visit www.secondharvestmidtn.org.
ABOUT CRAIG WISEMAN Founder of Big Loud Shirt Industries, Craig Wiseman is one of today’s most celebrated songwriters and has played a significant role in shaping Country music. To date, Wiseman has had well over 300 cuts, 100 singles, 21 #1’s and has had songs on over 80 million records sold. He has also won countless awards, including a Grammy for Tim McGraw’s 10-week #1, “Live Like You Were Dying,” ASCAP’s Songwriter Of The Year three times and CMA & ACM Song Of The Year awards in consecutive years. Craig has written songs for, among many others, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Beverly Knight, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith and Nickleback.
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ABOUT O’CHARLEYS
O’Charley’s, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., includes 213 restaurants in 20 states in
the Southeast and Midwest, including 207 company-owned and operated O’Charley’s
restaurants and five restaurants operated by franchises and joint venture partners.
ABOUT AMERICAN BLUE RIBBON HOLDINGS
American Blue Ribbon Holdings (ABRH) is a diversified food service company that
operates or franchises more than 650 company and franchise restaurants in 43 states.
ABRH brands include O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine, Max & Erma’s, Village Inn, Bakers
Square, and Legendary Baking. ABRH is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fidelity
National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF). For more information on American Blue Ribbon
Holdings, please visit http://www.abrholdings.com/.
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