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"Singing For Their Supper<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=WYMT News |title=National telethon raises more than $1M for food banks, donations still needed locally |url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/WYMT-sister-stations-unite-to-support-local-food-banks-with-Singing-For-Their-Supper-Special-569721951.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=https://www.wymt.com |language=en}}</ref>" was a fundraisertelethon for Food Banks across the U.S. during the pandemic that featured performances by [[Charles Kelley|Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum]], [[Kristian Bush|Kristian Bush of Sugarland]], [[Sister Hazel|Ken Block & Drew Copeland of Sister Hazel]], [[Edwin McCain]], [[Patrick Davis (musician)|Patrick Davis]], [[Josh Kelley]], Joe Stevenson<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chronicle |first=MEG MIRSHAK, The Augusta |title=Darius Rucker sings for Georgia family battling cancer |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/12/28/darius-rucker-sings-georgia-family-battling-cancer/20967249/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref>, [[Shawn Mullins]], [[Spin Doctors|Chris Barron of Spin Doctors]], [[Toad the Wet Sprocket|Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket]], and [[Scotty McCreery]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Singing for their Supper’: Country stars, singers and songwriter unite for a benefit concert |url=https://www.wtvm.com/2020/04/15/singing-their-supper-country-stars-singers-songwriter-unite-benefit-concert/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=https://www.wtvm.com |language=en}}</ref>. This Music TV Special aired on more than 50 television stations across the U.S. on Saturday April 18th 2020 at 7p. The program was produced in partnership with Gluestick Music<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot? |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=e1858c29-1589-11ed-b143-77756f5a7746&url=L3ByZXNzLXJlbGVhc2VzLzIwMjAtMDQtMjIvLXNpbmdpbmctZm9yLXRoZWlyLXN1cHBlci10ZWxldGhvbi1yYWlzZXMtb3Zlci1vbmUtbWlsbGlvbi1kb2xsYXJzLWZvci1sb2NhbC1mb29kLWJhbmtz |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref> and Gray stations [[WRDW-TV|WRDW]] (CBS) in Augusta, Georgia and [[WTOC-TV|WTOC]] (CBS) in Savannah, Georgia. The Television event with aired once raised more than $1,026,000 to benefit local food banks<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Gray Television |date=2020-04-22 |title=“Singing For Their Supper” Telethon Raises Over One Million Dollars for Local Food Banks |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/04/22/2019825/0/en/Singing-For-Their-Supper-Telethon-Raises-Over-One-Million-Dollars-for-Local-Food-Banks.html |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}</ref>.  More than 50 of Gray’s television stations aired the telethon, which featured virtual performances by country stars and singer-songwriters.  The donations from viewers, performers, and Gray Television and its stations far exceeded the initial goal and will help provide more than four million meals to local residents in need.
 
During his live appearance on [[WCSC-TV|WCSC]] (CBS) in Charleston, South Carolina, singer [[Darius Rucker]] announced a personal $50,000 donation to Lowcountry Food Bank and offered to match up to an additional $50,000.  The telethon began with a combined donation of more than $100,000 by [[Gray Television]] and its participating stations.