Texas Country Music Artist Josh Weathers Raises Over $430,000 During Virtual Benefit Concert For Flood Victims Just 48 Hours After The Disaster

Country music can change the world… just ask Texas country artist Josh Weathers.

Much like the Carolinas were hit hard with flash flooding in September of last year, South-central Texas was ravaged by flash flooding over the 4th of July weekend. Nearly 120 people have already been confirmed deceased, and Camp Mystic – a Christian girls camp located in Texas Hill Country – reported Monday that it is currently grieving the unfathomable loss of 27 campers and counselors.

And the tragedy continues to unfold. While dozens of people are still unaccounted for, and we won’t know the official toll and extent of the damage for weeks (if not months), what we do know is that the South-central Texas area currently needs all the help it can get to recover and pick up the pieces.

We all know that music is healing, and in times of distress, the people who make the music are the ones who often step up. That was evident when Eric Church and Luke Combs put together the Concert for Carolina benefit, which raised over $24 million for disaster relief. And now with the devastating flooding in Texas, even smaller country artists like Josh Weathers are doing what they can to help.

He and his wife, Kady, saw a need in their home state and wasted no time putting together a virtual benefit concert to raise money for those impacted by the devastating floods in Texas.

Josh was actually supposed to play a concert at Gruene Hall – located in the “Hill Country” area of Texas that was hit the hardest – the weekend that intense flooding ravaged the Lone Star state. Missing out on playing the concert was a mole hill when compared to the mountain of issues that came as a result of the flash flooding.

Josh and his wife Kady knew that there had to be something they could do to help, and didn’t want to wait around to make a change, as Kady explained to NBCDFW:

“Children are near and dear to our hearts. We do a lot of work in India, a lot of work in El Salvador. We see destruction and death all over, and when it hit so close to home, it’s just one of those things that rips you apart. Especially when there are so many kids involved. You can’t just sit back and not do anything.”

Within 48 hours, the Weathers created a virtual concert and fundraiser called “Help the Hill Country.” The benefit event was organized to where people could simply donate sums of money to their cause, or bid on auction items that were presented throughout the four-hour concert. Just days after the flooding changed the lives of many Texas forever, Josh and Kady Weathers helped raise $300,000 for disaster relief efforts.

The country artist could barely believe they were able to raise that kind of money so quickly:

“I’ll be honest… my ambition – I felt like was a pretty lofty goal – was like $150,000. And I guess I was just thinking too small.”

He even asked his wife mid-interview if she had any idea how much they were going to raise when they set out to do the unthinkable – a virtual benefit concert organized and executed in less than three days. Kady confidently said that she had a good feeling the Lord would bring good to the horrible situation:

“I just said, ‘God, show up. Show up and show out.'”

Now, the money that was raised has to be allocated to certain portions of the flood relief. Josh Weather and his wife would love to see the money go directly to families to cover things like funeral costs and rebuilding, but at the end of the day, they know that it’ll help someone that’s in need in some way:

“I think food and water is probably going to be pretty handled. What are people gonna need? They’re gonna need money. So let’s just raise as much money as we can, as quickly as we can and give it to these folks.

I’m a Texas artist and Texas means a lot to me. When something this tragic happens, and it hits so close to home, (I’ve got to help). I legitimately know people who have lost loved ones in the flood.”

And the money just keeps coming in through the “Help The Hill Country” fundraiser. That $300,000 number has actually climbed to $437,267, and the Weathers’ are still accepting donations through their non-profit organization Love Like You Mean It International.

You love to see country music being a catalyst in the Texas flood relief efforts. Shoutout to Josh and Kady Weathers for acting fast and not hesitating to help those in need during this difficult time in Texas.

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