Faith Hill Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Philanthropy=== Hill used her 1999 tour to support a national children's book drive, The Faith Hill Family Literacy Project. The charity was inspired by Faith's father, who faced challenges with literacy. Fans who donated books at one of her concerts were entered into a drawing to meet her personally after the show.<ref name="book"> {{cite news| title = Hill Performs By the Book| work = Country Music Television| date = March 26, 1999| url = http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1474935/hill-performs-by-the-book.jhtml| access-date = April 23, 2007}}</ref> The effort resulted in the donation of 35,000 children's books, which were distributed to hospitals, schools, libraries, and daycare centers in 40 cities across the United States.<ref name="bookrecap">{{cite news| title = A Bit of "Faith" Brought in a Lot of Books| work = Country Music Television| date = August 20, 1999| url = http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1476737/a-bit-of-faith-brought-in-a-lot-of-books.jhtml| access-date = April 23, 2007}}</ref> In the days immediately following [[Hurricane Katrina]], Hill and her husband, [[Tim McGraw]], who was raised in [[Louisiana]], joined groups taking supplies to [[Gulfport, Mississippi]]. The two also hosted several charity concerts to benefit those who were displaced by the storm.<ref name="abcnews">{{cite news| last1 = Gordon| first1 = Dan|first2=Buck|last2=Wolf| title = Faith Hill, Tim McGraw Blast 'Humiliating' Katrina Cleanup| work = [[ABC News]]| date = March 8, 2006| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1702714&page=2| access-date = March 15, 2007}}</ref> Later in the year the couple established the Neighbor's Keeper Foundation, which provides funding for community charities to assist with basic humanitarian services in the event of a natural disaster or for desperate personal circumstances. In a special gesture, the couple also donated profits from their performance in [[New Orleans]] to [[Hurricane Katrina]] relief.<ref name="katrina">{{cite news| title = Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert to benefit Katrina relief| work = Country Standard Time| date = May 12, 2006| url = http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/newsitem.asp?xid=39| access-date = March 15, 2007| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312222707/http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/newsitem.asp?xid=39| archive-date = March 12, 2007| df = mdy-all}} </ref> In June 2010, Hill and McGraw organized Nashville Rising, a benefit concert aimed to raise $2 million for The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in response to the flood in early May that killed 22 people and caused $2 billion in damage.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957660/country-rock-stars-join-for-nashville-rising-benefit |title=Country, Rock Stars Join For 'Nashville Rising' Benefit |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page