Bentley expands Miles & Music For Kids fundraiser
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Bentley expands Miles & Music For Kids fundraiser

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 – Dierks Bentley is is taking his annual Miles & Music For Kids fundraiser nationwide. Expanding to six markets, "Miles & Music For Kids" events will take place in Nashville.; Bentley's hometown of Phoenix, Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago in 2009 and 2010 with all proceeds benefiting Children's Miracle Network hospitals in those areas.

This year's kick off event will be held at Nashville's Riverfront Park on Sunday, Oct. 11 and will once again benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, a Children's Miracle Network hospital.

CMT will provide support on-air, on line and via radio through announcements.

"This event is something that I always look forward to every year because it really brings the Nashville music community together for a great cause," said Bentley. "CMT has generously offered to help us take it on the road to other communities and pledged to get behind us with an incredible amount of promotional support. There are so many children's hospitals in the Children's Miracle Network that need our help, and so we are going to go city by city and reach as many of them as we can together."


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