Rascal Flatts Nashville Concert to Benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

NASHVILLE, TN (Rascal Flatts Official Website) - RASCAL FLATTS is announcing today that their second headline show at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center on September 22 will benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. In 2005 the band donated proceeds from their Nashville concert to the hospital contributing $600,000 dollars in funds.

'Last year we had the pleasure to visit the hospital and meet some of the children and their families,' said Rascal Flatts lead singer Gary LeVox. 'We saw first hand what it meant to lend a hand and are very honored to be able to do something to help again.'

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is a leading provider of pediatric healthcare, ranked among the top ten children's hospitals and the top ten pediatric cancer services in the nation by Child magazine. Constructed in 2004, the freestanding 216-bed children's hospital is dedicated to high level pediatric and sub-specialty treatment and is also a training and research hospital, training many of the future's top pediatric physicians. Ranked in the top ten in the nation for NIH Fun ding, research being conducted at Vanderbilt Children's is helping shape the way the nation cares for children including internationally renowned research in vaccine development, genetics, autism, fetal surgery and more. Living by the principal of 'family-centered care,' Vanderbilt Children's features Centers of Excellence for the treatment of diabetes and congenital heart disorders. Specialty programs provide everything from heart and bone marrow transplant to level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care to treatment of child development issues, broken bones and everything in between. For more information go to www.vanderbiltchildrens.com.
A few tickets remain for this show at Ticketmaster outlets or www.ticketmaster.com.