Kenny Chesney Wins Humanitarian Award
Kenny Chesney was honoured with the Country Radio Broadcasters’ Humanitarian of the Year Award on Wednesday, February 19th during this year’s annual Country Radio Seminar underway in Nashville.
“I have to tell you, I have a lot of emotions standing up here. I am embarrassed and uncomfortable, but God has given me the gift of communicating with people through music and that’s given me a unique platform to help . . . “
Kenny has helped those in need through his own Spread the Love Foundation, which benefitted amputee survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as his Songs for the Saints album and the Love For Love City Fund which provided disaster relief to the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Other charities that Kenny has contributed to over the years include the Drew Brees’ Dream Foundation, MusiCares, St. Jude, Matthew McConaughey’s Just Keep Living Foundation, the Smoky Mountain fire recovery, Music & Memory for Alzheimer’s patients, the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Drive, and Farm Aid.
Kenny is currently in the studio finishing his next album.
