THE OAK RIDGE BOYS + HALLMARK CHANNEL = ONE GREAT MUSIC SPECIAL
May 20, 2009
Shaquille O’Neal, Phil Vassar, and Lee Greenwood
appear as guests – with proceeds to benefit Feed The Children
The Oak Ridge Boys will once again bring their musical magic to your television via the Hallmark Channel Wednesday, May 20th at 7pm (ET).
Feed The Children’s one-hour ‘Americans Feeding Americans’ television
special will feature the legendary Oaks singing “Colors”, “American
Family”, “Amazing Grace”, “Write Your Name Across My Heart” and “G.I.
Joe & Lillie”.
"Our association with the Oak Ridge Boys has been a blessing
throughout the years", said Feed The Children President Larry Jones.
"Not only are they great entertainers, but they are great ambassadors
for hungry children and families all over the world. The message that
they bring in this show is one of inspiration and hope, something that
America needs right now."
The one-hour television special features footage from the
Wilmington, OH food drop that gave aid to hundreds of families after
the DHL hub closing. The program additionally features two song
selections from Lee Greenwood, music from Phil Vassar and special
appearances by Joel and Victoria Osteen and Shaquille O’Neal.
To learn about Feed The Children, please visit www.feedthechildren.org
For local listings and more information about the Hallmark Channel, please visitwww.hallmarkchannel.com
About Feed The Children
Founded
in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently
ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S.,
based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a
Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with
headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine,
clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families
who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural
disasters. In FY 2007, Feed The Children distributed more than 135
million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their
families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing almost
800,000 meals each day. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org
About Hallmark ChannelHallmark
Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour
basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality
entertainment programming to a national audience of 86 million
subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more
than 5,450 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home
satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel consistently
ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Prime Time and
Total Day household ratings and is the nation’s leading network in
providing quality family programming. Crown Media also operates a
second 24-hour linear channel which plays the greatest family movies of
all time, Hallmark Movie Channel, and launched Hallmark Movie Channel
HD in April, 2008. For more information, please visit
www.hallmarkchannelpress.com.