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 Channel
Hallmark 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 visitwww.hallmarkchannelpress.com.