Rascal Flatts Nashville Concert Raises $811,425 for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

NASHVILLE, TN. (Rascal Flatts official Website) - CMA Entertainer of the Year nominees RASCAL FLATTS donated $811,425 in proceeds from Friday night's sold-out Gaylord Entertainment Center concert in Nashville to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. The donation becomes the largest fund-raising event ever for the hospital, besting Rascal Flatts $600,000 donation from last year's inaugural event.

Mid-way through Rascal Flatts show they invited Dr. Harry Jacobson, Vice Chancellor Of Health Affairs at Vanderbilt, and Jim Shmerling, CEO of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital onto the stage for the official check presentation. Jacobson and Shmerling thanked the guys for their continued support to the hospital and lead singer Gary LeVox thanked all the fans in attendance, 'thank-you for helping us, help the kids.'

LeVox also told a story about their recent trip to the Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital where they learned the night before their visit, 13 children had to sleep on cots in the emergency room because all the beds were full. So he pleaded to the audience to continue their local support for such a deserving cause… 'so that each child who needs one, can have a room of their own.'

Rascal Flatts would like to thank Disney, Lyric Street Record s and the William Morris Agency for their support in the donation total.

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.