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  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD CREATES HOMETOWN FOUNDATION “C.A.T.S.” – Checotah Animal, Town, and School Foundation

    August 19, 2009

    **Nashville (August 19, 2009) **– Carrie Underwood has established a newly created fund to help with causes in her hometown area of Checotah, Oklahoma, the C.A.T.S. – Checotah Animal, Town, and School Foundation.

    Underwood says, “My hometown is extremely supportive of me and I feel blessed to be able to create something as a way of giving back; to say thank you.”

    Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. Foundation will help with general causes, needs and services in the area of Checotah to directly impact the community. Private resources will fund the assistance.
    Information on the C.A.T.S. Foundation’s first donation to the Checotah community will be announced soon.

  • CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s C.A.T.S. FOUNDATION & ACM LIFTING LIVES PARTNER TO SURPRISE CHECOTAH, OK STUDENTS

    April 28, 2009

    Encino, CA (August 28, 2009) – Carrie Underwood’s new hometown foundation, the Checotah Animal, Town & School Foundation (C.A.T.S.) and the Academy of Country Music’s charitable arm, ACM Lifting Lives partnered to surprise students today in Checotah, Oklahoma with a gift valued at more than $117,000 in new instruments for their music programs—and a special appearance and performance by ACM Entertainer of the Year, Underwood.

    Music students district-wide were invited to a special “last-minute” assembly at Checotah High School, with buses bringing Checotah Intermediate School and Checotah Middle School in for the occasion. Students and faculty alike were surprised when Checotah High Principal Brian Terry introduced Underwood to the stage, alongside Erin Spahn, Director of ACM Lifting Lives.