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Kenny Chesney Explains Mission of His Love
Why Charity Isn't Always Easy
Everyone’s heart is in the right place when they donate to a good
cause. But when tragedy strikes, good hearts and good causes aren’t
always enough.
Kenny Chesney has seen first hand what that’s like when charity work doesn’t work, and he’s committed to doing something about it.
“Getting supplies in is hard,” Chesney said in a press release.
“Finding places for workers to stay is even harder now that Hurricane
Maria has done so much damage to St. Croix. Because it’s so hard to get
even the basic supplies in, let alone the news media, people really
aren’t seeing how devastating these hurricanes have been.”
Chesney has been living like a local in the Virgin Islands for the
past 20 years, and on Friday (Sept. 22), he announced new ways to
support his Love for Love City charitable organization, which gets
monetary donations and materials to the people who truly need them.
“Food? Water? Medical care? These things are all in an emergency
state. That’s where we have to start… and it’s going to take time,
careful thought and making some good decisions. But the number of
meetings, calls and conferences I’ve been in or on over the last several
days? It’s an education, but it’s also part of doing this in a way that
will matter.
“Right now, making sure the people in the U.S. and British Virgin
Islands aren’t forgotten in all the other equally troubling stories is
critical.”
In a letter on Chesney’s website, he says,
“These are people who live off the sea, who depend on it. They live
right there, and it’s gone. Most everyone’s displaced. They are
frightened, confused, and they don’t know where help is going to come
from. Those lives have changed and will never be the same. Those small
islands are hard to get to and they rely on each other to get through
what life hands them. For all of them, though, they’ve been where I’ve
leaned for emotional and creative support for fifteen years because they
are so generous.”
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