NASHVILLE, TN  [Wednesday Sep.27.2006]  /WMQT.com/ -- RASCAL FLATTS donated $811,425 in proceeds from Friday night's sold-out Gaylord Entertainment Center concert in Nashville to the Monroe Carell Jr.Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. The donation becomes the largest fund-raising event ever for the hospital, besting Rascal Flatts $600,000
donation from last year's inaugural event.

Mid-way through Rascal Flatts show they invited Dr. Harry Jacobson, Vice Chancellor Of Health Affairs at Vanderbilt, and Jim Shmerling, CEO of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital onto the stage for the official check presentation. Jacobson and Shmerling thanked the guys for their
continued support to the hospital and lead singer Gary
LeVox thanked all the fans in attendance, "thank-you for helping us, help the kids."

LeVox also told a story about their recent trip to the Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital where they learned the night before their visit, 13 children had to sleep on cots in the emergency room because all the beds were full. So he pleaded to the audience to continue their local
support for such a deserving cause "so that each child who needs one, can have a room of their own."

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