Turner helps Georgia town hit by killer tornado

All proceeds will be split evenly between the Ringgold Band and the Ringgold athletic fund.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 24 and can be found at WUSY/Chattanooga, at any Northwest Georgia Bank branch in the Chattanooga area and www.etix.com.

The EF-4 tornado that ripped through downtown Ringgold killed nine people and destroyed about half of the town's businesses and many homes and places of worship. The dead included two students from Ringgold High School. Ringgold High School and Ringgold Middle School both suffered major damage. Insurance is paying for all the work to repair the structural damage on the schools, but there has been no money to pay for the athletic facilities and equipment and band equipment lost in the storm. This equipment has taken years and years to acquire through special school fundraising initiatives.

Turner, a supporter of educational programs created The Josh Turner Scholarship Fund to assist students interested in pursuing a future in arts and music. As a high school student in South Carolina Turner had very little access to music or musical education and first-hand realizes the importance for students to have access to these special programs.