{"id":1318592,"date":"2020-03-06T07:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1818845"},"modified":"2020-03-06T07:12:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:12:03","slug":"rebuilding-tennessee-telethon-raises-more-than-385000-for-tornado-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/rebuilding-tennessee-telethon-raises-more-than-385000-for-tornado-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilding Tennessee Telethon Raises More Than $385,000 for Tornado Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:690335?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\"> by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/bonaguroa\/\" title=\"Posts by Alison Bonaguro\" rel=\"author\">Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\"><br \/>\n1m ago<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday evening (March 5), CMT partnered with the American Red Cross and WSMV News4 for the Rebuilding Nashville Telethon that raised funds for those affected by the deadly tornadoes that hit the Nashville area earlier this week. Donations are still being encouraged and accepted at rdcrss.org\/cmt.<\/p>\n<p>Some of country music\u2019s biggest stars including Lady Antebellum\u2019s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, Kid Rock, Travis Denning, Devin Dawson, Blanco Brown, Cassadee Pope, Gavin DeGraw, Kalie Shorr, Sam Palladio, Sarah Darling, Whitney Duncan and more joined CMT\u2019s Cody Alan and WSMV\u2019s Tom Reynolds live from the CMT Studios in Nashville to answer phones, share personal stories and encourage support of relief efforts in Middle Tennessee. <\/p>\n<p>In the first 30 minutes, the telethon raised more than $100,000 through phone donations alone. And by the time the WSMV News4 broadcast ended at 7:30 p.m. CT, approximately $385,000 had been raised. Donations came from people all over the country giving what they could, and businesses in and around Nashville making some very generous donations. <\/p>\n<p>Some of those included:<\/p>\n<p>$100,000 from Big Machine Label Group\u2019s Scott Borchetta <\/p>\n<p>$25,000 from CoreCivic<\/p>\n<p>$75,000 from Smile Direct Club<\/p>\n<p>$50,000 from Kid Rock Foundation <\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\"> Alison makes her living loving country music. She&#8217;s based in Chicago, but she&#8217;s always leaving her heart in Nashville. <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/alisonbonaguro\" target=\"_BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@alisonbonaguro<\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1818845\/rebuilding-tennessee-telethon-raises-more-than-385000-for-tornado-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alison Bonaguro 1m ago On Thursday evening (March 5), CMT partnered with the American Red Cross and WSMV News4 for the Rebuilding Nashville Telethon that raised funds for those affected by the deadly tornadoes that hit the Nashville area earlier this week. Donations are still being encouraged and accepted at rdcrss.org\/cmt. 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