Maren Morris

Maren Morris has made a $70,000 donation to the East Nashville Magnet High School band program via her HEROES Fund Foundation, which supports music education in public schools. The school plans to use the money to buy new instruments, uniforms and stage wear for its students. "Education and access to funding for public school music and theater departments has always held a special place in my heart," Morris told The Tennessean. "Now that I am where I am, it gives me so much joy to give back money to the spark that enflamed my interest as a creative human being. With so much uncertainty for public schools this year during COVID, I wanted East Nashville Magnet to have one less worry for their fine arts department." 

The newspaper also reports that Morris gifted $10,000 to East Nashville bar and music venue The Fox, one of “a handful of local bars pleading with Nashville leadership for balanced health regulation enforcement during the ongoing pandemic.” On Twitter, Morris explained that Nashville’s lower Broadway bars “taking advantage of these loopholes right now are cannibalizing our Nashville small businesses who have been following the health orders since day one. Going to donate to my friends at The Fox because this is absolutely heartbreaking." (Photo: Alex Ferrari)

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