Morgan Wallen is giving back.
The state euphony superstar donated $500,000 to the Red Cross via the Morgan Wallen Foundation. The wealth volition spell towards helping those who person been affected by Hurricane Helene's monolithic destruction.
"We can’t convey Morgan Wallen capable for his bosom and generous $500,000 donation to interaction assistance connected the crushed present successful the areas affected by Hurricane Helene, including his beloved East Tennessee," Red Cross’ National President for Humanitarian Services, Trevor Riggin, shared successful a statement.
The "Last Night" vocalist grew up successful Tennessee, having graduated from Gibbs High School successful Knox County. This isn't the archetypal clip the prima has fixed backmost to the assemblage that helped raised him, arsenic helium antecedently donated $140,000 to the Gibbs Youth Sports programme to renovate Ruritan Park earlier this year.
Wallen donated $500,000 to the Red Cross to assistance those affected by Hurricane Helene. (Christopher Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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While Wallen has since near East Tennessee aft uncovering occurrence arsenic a state prima successful Nashville, helium hasn't forgotten his roots. In an Instagram Story posted connected Sunday, Wallen shared an update connected the information of his household and sent his "prayers" to those who weren't arsenic lucky.
"My household successful East Tennessee are harmless but I cognize galore are perfectly devastated determination and successful aggregate states. All my prayers are geared towards those tonight," Wallen wrote. "Those hills and hollers are precise important to maine successful truthful galore ways. It is going to instrumentality a monumental effort and I americium successful interaction with my squad and others moving connected ways I tin help."
Wallen shares his household is safe. (Morgan Wallen/Instagram)
Wallen created the Morgan Wallen Foundation successful 2021 with the extremity of ensuring kids everyplace person entree to the things that helped signifier who helium is arsenic a person, including sports and music. The instauration is besides committed to being determination for communities during moments of crisis.
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The instauration receives funds done donations via its website; however, astir of its wealth comes from Wallen himself, who gives the instauration $3 from every concert summons helium sells.
Wallen donates $3 from each performance summons sold to the Morgan Wallen Foundation. (Getty Images)
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Residents successful six states ranging from the Florida Gulf done the Appalachian Mountains successful Virginia, are experiencing devastating flooding pursuing dense rainfall from Hurricane Helene, which has resulted successful galore destroyed homes and implicit 100 deaths.
"Those hills and hollers are precise important to maine successful truthful galore ways. It is going to instrumentality a monumental effort and I americium successful interaction with my squad and others moving connected ways I tin help."
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Lori Bashian is an amusement accumulation adjunct for Fox News Digital.