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Nashville, TN – The Oak Ridge Boys will once again bring their musical magic to your television via the Hallmark Channel Wednesday, May 20th at 7pm (ET).  Feed The Children’s one-hour ‘Americans Feeding Americans’ television special will feature the legendary Oaks singing “Colors”, “American Family”, “Amazing Grace”, “Write Your Name Across My Heart” and “G.I. Joe & Lillie”.

"Our association with the Oak Ridge Boys has been a blessing throughout the years", said Feed The Children President Larry Jones.  "Not only are they great entertainers, but they are great ambassadors for hungry children and families all over the world. The message that they bring in this show is one of inspiration and hope, something that America needs right now."

The one-hour television special features footage from the Wilmington, OH food drop that gave aid to hundreds of families after the DHL hub closing.  The program additionally features two song selections from Lee Greenwood, music from Phil Vassar and special appearances by Joel and Victoria Osteen and Shaquille O’Neal.

Please visit The Oak Ridge Boys at www.oakridgeboys.com

To learn about Feed The Children, please visit www.feedthechildren.org

For local listings and more information about the Hallmark Channel, please visit www.hallmarkchannel.com

About The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys have one of the most distinctive and recognizable sounds in the music industry. Their string of hits includes the pop chart-topper Elvira, as well as Bobbie Sue, Dream On, Thank God For Kids, American Made, I Guess It Never Hurts To Hurt Sometimes, Fancy Free, Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight and many others. They've scored 12 gold, three platinum, and one double platinum album, plus one double platinum single, and had more than a dozen national Number One singles and over 30 Top Ten hits.

The four-part harmonies and upbeat songs of the Oak Ridge Boys have earned them Grammy, Dove, CMA, and ACM awards and garnered a host of other industry and fan accolades. The Oak Ridge Boys continue to tour extensively, performing over 160 concerts each year.  Every time they step before an audience, the Oaks bring three decades of charted singles to bear on a stage show widely acknowledged as among the most exciting anywhere.

About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2007, Feed The Children distributed more than 135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing almost 800,000 meals each day. For more information, please visitwww.feedthechildren.org

About Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of 86 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,450 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Prime Time and Total Day household ratings and is the nation’s leading network in providing quality family programming. Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel which plays the greatest family movies of all time, Hallmark Movie Channel, and launched Hallmark Movie Channel HD in April, 2008. For more information, please visitwww.hallmarkchannelpress.com

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