Republic NashvilleCountry’s top stars raised a lot of money for charity last week during the CMA Music Festival. Florida Georgia Line‘s appearance at the Stars for Second Harvest benefit concert brought in more than $142,000 for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. The concert is now in its 10th year and has raised more than $750,000 to help feed the hungry in the Nashville area.

Darius Rucker‘s fifth annual Darius and Friends benefit concert and golf tournament brought in more than $122,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, to help them offer free care to children fighting cancer. Lady Antebellum‘s Charles Kelley, Dustin Lynch, Thompson Square, David Nail, Eli Young Band, Cassadee Pope, and Kenny Rogers were among the stars taking part in Darius’s events during CMA Music Fest week.


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