Academy of Country Music and The Home Depot(R) Select Country Music Group RASCAL FLATTS to Receive Humanitarian Award
Awarding to be Presented During the 43rd Yearbook Academy of State Music
Awards to Air Live From MGM K in Las Vegas Billy Sunday, May 18 at 8 PM ET/PT
on CBS
ENCINO, Kalif., Apr 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Honorary society of
Nation Music and The Home Store(R) announced today that multi-platinum
country euphony group Rascal FLATTS volition be the 2008 recipient of the Academy
of Rural area Music/The Home plate Entrepot(R) Improver Award, to be presented
during the 43rd Annual Honorary society OF Nation Euphony AWARDS ceremony observance
country music's best and hottest emerging natural endowment. The show will be
circulate Live from the MGM Yard Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May
18, 2008 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television system Web.
In its seventh class, the Humanist Award recognizes state music
artists wHO serve others, have a generous spirit and help construct the dreams
of those in want. The members of Scalawag FLATTS -- Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox
and Joe Don Rooney -- were selected by a special cordon bleu committee
comprised of executives in the rural area music industry as well as local and
national philanthropic leadership for their ongoing community service and
charitable giving of their time and natural endowment.
"We have been blessed with about incredible successes in our life history the
past duet of years," said Rooney. "The most rewarding thing for us is the
opportunity to give back to our communities. We'd care to give thanks The Place
Terminal and the Academy for recognizing us in such a humbling way."
As the recipient of the Humanist Laurels, Varlet FLATTS volition take in
a beautiful crystal trophy designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany & Co. during the inhabit CBS
telecast. They volition as well be honored with a playground donated by The Home
Depot and the Company's subject not-for-profit collaborator KaBOOM!, which envisions
a great blank space to play inside walking distance of every kid in US.
The playground will be built by The Home Depot volunteers and community
members in the city of Scalawag FLATTS alternative. Past recipients of the
Improver Honor include Van Wyck Brooks & Dunn, Vince Gill, Lonestar, Martina
McBride, Neal McCoy and Reba McEntire.
"The Humantarian Prize embodies the kind of giving purport that the
Academy strives to foster inside the industry," said Bob Romeo, administrator
director of the Academy of Nation Music. "The selfless gift to others by
artists like Varlet Flatts helps bring that spirit to lifetime, and makes us so
proud to be component part of the nation music community."
"Philanthropy and giving support ar embedded in The Home Depot culture
and are at the core of the Humanist Prize," said John the Evangelist Nellie Ross, vice
chief Executive of advertising for The Home Depot. "The members of Monkey Flatts
show a true dedication to charitable giving and biotic community service and
exemplify the values represented by both The Family Terminus and the Academy of
Body politic Music. We ar proud to recognize them for their contributions and
impact on improving our local anesthetic communities."
THE RECIPIENTS
Rapscallion Flatts is a multi-platinum merchandising vocal radical whose current
album "Still Feels Good" was one of Billboard's largest area album
debuts of 2007. The band has become a major helper of the Monroe Carell
Jr. Children's Hospital at Commodore Vanderbilt, a nonprofit organization pedagogy and research
hospital in Capital of Tennessee that provides a post to hope and a place to heal for
children and their families. The hospital is ranked as one of the 10 best
children's hospitals and is in the top 10 for pediatric cancer precaution in the
body politic, oblation comprehensive services to more than C,000 patients to each one
year. Scalawag FLATTS has donated more than $2.2 zillion of the takings from
their Capital of Tennessee concerts to the infirmary, spearheading the largest
fundraising donation in the hospital's history in summation to hosting a
Disney-themed party and concert for the children every year. They are too
involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation (R) and the Red River Cross Subject
Fame Cabinet.
THE Base Depot
The Place Store(R) is the world's largest home betterment forte
retailer, with 2,257 retail stores in entirely 50 states, the Territory of
Columbia, Puerto Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces,
United Mexican States and Chinaware. In fiscal 2007, The Home Depot had gross revenue of $77.3 1000000000000
and pay from continuing trading operations of $4.2 one million million. The Companionship
employs more than 300,000 associates. The Place Depot's origin is traded on
the Freshly House of York Inventory Exchange (N. Y. Stock Exchange: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones
industrial norm and Standard & Poor's five hundred index.
About THE Academy OF Country Music AWARDS
The 43rd Academy of Country Music Awards is dedicated to honoring and
showcasing the biggest names and emerging gift in the area music
diligence. The show is produced for television by Shaft Joe Clark Productions and
will be transmit Populate from the MGM M Garden Arena in Las Vegas Dominicus,
May 18, 2008 at 8:00 PM live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television system Network.
The show is administrator produced by R.A. Mark Wayne Clark, and produced by Barry
Adelman. The executive in charge of production is Bobsleigh Bardo.
For more data on the Academy OF Rural area Music and the Academy OF
Country Music AWARDS, please visit hypertext transfer protocol://www.acmcountry.com.
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