For the second year in a row, CMT ONE Country will be donating money on behalf of CMT Award winners, to the charity of the artist’s choice; Rhapsody also joins the cause this year.  Last year, over $70,000 dollars was donated to various charities. 

Here is a list of the charties various artists support:

Trace Adkins: The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

Dierks Bentley: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Brooks & Dunn: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Kenny Chesney: PLAN!T NOW

Def Leppard: Create Now

Julianne Hough: Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Alan Jackson: CMT ONE COUNTRY non-profit partners

Jamey Johnson: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Toby Keith: Ally’s House

Kid Rock: CMT ONE COUNTRY non-profit partners

Alison Krauss: Thistle Farms

Lady Antebellum: Mocha Club

Miranda Lambert: Humane Society of East Texas

Little Big Town: T.J. Martell Foundation

Martina McBride: Childhelp

Reba McEntire: The Smile Train 

Montgomery Gentry: T.J. Martell Foundation

Jake Owen: Mardy Fish Foundation

Brad Paisley: The Shjon Podein Children’s Foundation

Kellie Pickler: Wounded Warrior Project

Robert Plant: TurtleWill

Rascal Flatts: Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

George Strait: Jenifer Strait Memorial Fund

Sugarland: MusiCares

Taylor Swift: The Red Cross

Carrie Underwood: The Humane Society of the United States

Keith Urban: Meals on Wheels, Nashville Chapter (and the City Commission)

The Wailers: I Went Hungry (Friends of the World Food Program)

Hank Williams, Jr.: CMT ONE COUNTRY non-profit partners

Zac Brown Band: Institute for Children’s Autism Research and Education

The CMT Awards air Tuesday, June 16th, and fans can vote for their favorite artists to take home the “Buckle” now thru June 14th on www.cmt.com

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