"Country Cares Concert" Raises $476,000 for AZ Firefighter Families

FOH online: Among the American firefighting community, the only day more tragic than June 30, 2013 was Sept. 11, 2001. June 30 was the day when 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots from the Prescott Fire Department lost their lives fighting a wildfire near here, leaving behind 51 children. Dierks Bentley, The Band Perry and other artists teamed up and raised a reported $476,000 with the “Country Cares Concert,” a benefit performance that took place here on July 22. All proceeds are going to the United Phoenix Firefighters, for direct distribution to surviving family members.