Ok, I confess, I didn't watch the CMT Awards. I considered Tivo'ing them, but figured they would run another 857 times on CMT over the next 6 weeks. However... I peeked at the winner's list in a press release, and discovered this very cool thing. Each winner gets a substantial donation made to a charity of their choice. Much cooler than that big ugly belt buckle trophy.
So here are the true winners from the awards -- these lucky charities:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$10,000 donation split between St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on behalf of Taylor Swift and MusiCares on behalf of video director, Trey Fanjoy
MALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) on behalf of Trace Adkins
FEMALE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on behalf of Taylor Swift
GROUP VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt on behalf of Rascal Flatts
DUO VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the American Liver Foundation on behalf of Sugarland
USA WEEKEND BREAKTHROUGH VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program on behalf of Kellie Pickler
COLLABORATIVE VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation split between The Philadelphia Soul Foundation on behalf of Bon Jovi and Nashville Humane Association on behalf of LeAnn Rimes
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program on behalf of Kellie Pickler
SUPPORTING CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD Foundation) on behalf of Rodney Carrington
WIDE OPEN COUNTRY VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation split between Thistle Farms on behalf of Alison Krauss and TurtleWill on behalf of Robert Plant
TEARJERKER VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program on behalf of Kellie Pickler
COMEDY VIDEO OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the Target House at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on behalf of Brad Paisley
VIDEO DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
$5,000 donation to the American Cancer Society on behalf of Michael Salomon
Watch this space for my next 2 blogs -- "Country Music That Will Put You To Sleep" and "Garth the Singing Chipmunk."
5 comments:
That totally rocks!! I love that. :)
And I LOVE Garth the singing Chipmunk.. Trisha too. Way too funny!!! Lish and I were in hysterics when we discovered that.
Hmm... me thinks we are thinking of 2 different things. So once I post mine, you have to post yours.
LOL I should have read this post first. Anyway. :)
So this is the ONLY cool thing about CMT. And I do mean the only. :)
That's awesome!
This is GREAT! Country musica always 'gives back'!! Love it!
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