Nashville, TN (November 30, 2009)– In the spirit of giving, Country star Bryan White has shared his GivStory on GivMusic’s Podcast about his passion for the Christian child advocacy ministry known as Compassion International.  To further support Compassion, White, as well as many other country and pop artists, will perform on December 2 at Mercy Lounge, in Nashville, TN as part of Compassion’s Benefit for the Global Food Crisis.

“We have constant defining moments throughout our life where we can either walk away or  respond.  For me, one of the defining moments, as far as figuring out what I really wanted to do in life, was make an impact apart from the nation I lived in,” White explains. “I had always dreamed of looking beyond here as well and I was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Ecuador a couple of years ago with Spence, my friend, with Compassion.  That is really what changed my life and made me 100% get involved with Compassion.”

As White explains in his GivStory Podcast, a few years back he and his wife, Erika, sponsored a little girl from Ecuador in the city of Otavalo. On their trip with Compassion International they were able were able to get a first hand look into life of their sponsored little girl. White explains the experience as having a “profound impact” on his life. To hear more of White’s GivStory click HERE.

Compassion International’s ministry works to release children from economic, social, spiritual, and physical poverty and enable them to become responsible fulfilled adults. The benefit concert on December 2 at Mercy Lounge has a goal to raise funs and awareness for the Global Food Crisis Fund, an initiative of Compassion International. Artist’s scheduled to appear include Bryan White,  Sixpence None The Richer’s Leigh Nash, Carter’s Chord, Julie Roberts, Blaine Larsen, Rob Blackledge, Mica Roberts, Trailer Choir, Canaan Smith, Charmaine, Natalie Hemby, Alathea and other special guests. Radio veterans Tony Randall and Kris Rochester from the new national syndicated morning show “Tony and Kris in the Morning” will host the event.

Tickets are available online and can be purchased HERE

To listen to White’s GivStory click HERE or to share your own story click HERE

 For more up-to-date information on Bryan White visit, www.bryanwhite.com

 For Bryan White Interview contact:

Karen Tallier, LOUDMOUTHpr, 615 244 9015

Country Music recording artist Bryan White talks about his trip to Ecuador and how it changed his life forever.

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Multi-platinum country singer-songwriter Jo Dee Messina has just announced she will perform an additional matinee show December 5 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Brentwood United Methodist Church to raise funds for Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation (CDC), a non-profit, faith-based organization in South Nashville.

 JO DEE’s 7:00 PM show “sold out” with all 1800 free tickets claimed.  The church and Harvest Hands subsequently received numerous inquiries as to whether more tickets would become available.  JO DEE graciously agreed to another show with hopes to raise twice as much money for the organization.  Tickets for the matinee show are available now free-of-charge at Jo Dee’s website. 

 ”Harvest Hands is truly an amazing organization,” says JO DEE.  “It is currently taking the inner city of Nashville and is changing it one life at a time with educating, kindness and love.  To go down and actually see how they are making a difference has touched me.”  

 In an interview with Tonic.com, Jo Dee said: “This is not something where they go in from 9 to 5 and then go back to their house in the hills.  He (Reverend Brian Hicks) and his wife live there, in the inner city. They went into this community and said, ‘What do you need from us?’ The first thing they did was go in and knock down a crack house. The church bought it, went in, knocked it down and made a playground out of it. This is not people throwing money at a problem; they’re living in the midst of it and helping with their time and their love and understanding.” To read the whole interview, go here.

JO DEE will perform–along with the BUMC youth choir–a wide array of songs from her 2002 Christmas album A Joyful Noise, other holiday classics and music from her next album, including the upcoming single “That’s God.”  The concert will also be streamed live on her Web site and at Ustream.com. Messina hopes that fans who attend the concert will make a donation to Harvest Hands.