Kellie Pickler in Galax for benefit concert

From racewithfaith.com

The Morgan Shepherd Charitable Fund will make its annual trip to the Virginia Mountains on Monday, December 14, the charity announced this week.

Highlighting the daylong trip will be a free public concert by former American Idol Kellie Pickler beginning at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Galax, 1024 East Stuart Drive in Galax, Virginia.

The day will begin with a private tour of the Wood Brothers Racing Museum and a breakfast event at the PARC Worshop in Stuart, Virginia for the clients of the PARC Workshop. PARC is a training center for the mentally and physically disabled where the clients learn basic life skills such as cleaning, cooking, and manufacture and refinish furniture.

The charity will make an annual donation to the workshop to help with it’s annual operating expenses.

The afternoon event, which is free and open to the public, will also include the band Mountain Creek Harmony, “The Mayberry Deputy” David Browning and Christian Comedian Barry McGee.

Several NASCAR drivers are also scheduled to attend, including Shepherd, Camping World Truck Series star Dennis Setzer, and Nationwide regulars Johnny Chapman and Brett Rowe.

The church seats 1200 people and the seats will be filled on a first-come basis.

The charity also hopes to distribute more than 1,000 holiday gift bags to the handicapped and less fortunate who attend the two events

More information is available by calling the Morgan Shepherd Charitable Fund office at 828-256-2194 and donations for the events are still be accepted.