Benefit News Daily (3/06/07)
Jon Freeman
The American Red Cross’s sixth annual National Celebrity Cabinet includes twenty new members such as Kellie Pickler, Brooks & Dunn, Pat Green, and Forest Whitaker. The 2007 cabinet also includes alumni such as Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Amy Grant, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Heidi Klum. These cabinet members will work to promote awareness of the Red Cross services by taping public service announcements, as well as making monetary and time donations.
Ringside—A Fight For Kids, will take place March 16 at The Factory At Franklin (230 Franklin Road, Franklin, Tenn.). The black-tie charity event will be hosted by Warner Bros. recording artist Shannon Brown and will feature live entertainment and gourmet dinner in addition to three bouts of professional boxing. All proceeds will be distributed by the Charley Foundation to the Make-A-Wish ® Foundation of Middle Tennessee and The Center For Courageous Kids. For information or ticket purchase visit www.charleyfoundation.org or call (615) 297-1663.
The 6th Annual Birdhouse Thing is set for Thurs., March 8, 5:30-8 p.m., at The Mall At Green Hills. Cost is $35 and attendees can bid on unique birdhouses designed by Nashville notables. Proceeds benefit the W.O. Smith Music School. www.thebirdhousething.com
The Music Row To Capitol Hill Golf Tournament, benefiting the Legislative Fund of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), will be held March 26-27 at GreyStone Golf Course in Dickson, Tenn. The event will also feature a silent auction of industry memorabilia from artists such as Alabama, Jimmy Buffett, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, and many more, as well as a special acoustic concert from Mac Davis ("Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me," "In The Ghetto"). Cost is $200 per golfer. To sign up or learn more, contact Terry Moran at NSAI (615-256-3354, x239, terry@nashvillesongwriters.com). www.NashvilleSongwriters.com.
Another golf tournament, The Writer Cup, is scheduled for May 14-15 at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, Tenn. The entry fee is $225 and all proceeds go to The Nashville Mission and The Room In The Inn. For info call (615) 320-7300 or email norman@sunsetranchmusic.com.
Michael Martin Murphey and Ryan Murphey will play a benefit for the Fiona Rose Foundation 6-8 p.m. Sat., March 10 at 12th & Porter in Nashville. Seven-year-old Fiona Rose Murphey is Ryan's daughter and Michael's granddaughter. She was born with brittle bone disease and the foundation was established to help Fiona and other children with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). For more information contact Vernell Hackett at (615) 356-8176.