An Evening with Jimmy Wayne - Benefit for the Cowan Police Dept. Toy Drive

WHO: JIMMY WAYNE

WHAT: Speech and Performance

WHEN: Saturday, December 13 at 3:00 p.m. CST

WHERE: The Franklin House - Firefly Gala Room
108 Cumberland Street E., Cowan, TN 37318

HOW: This is a benefit for the Cowan Police Department Toy Drive. Admission is a new unwrapped toy for kids in need. Due to limited seating, you will need to reserve a seating ticket. Click on link and download here https://www.eventbrite.com/.../an-evening-with-jimmy... There is no charge to reserve a seat. Doors open at 2:00 p.m. CST

JIMMY WAYNE is a former foster kid turned award-winning country recording-artist whose songs and story highlight his mission to raise awareness for children in foster care. Jimmy’s hits include “Stay Gone,” “Paper Angels,” “I Love You This Much” and “Do You Believe Me Now,” which earned BMI’s prestigious Million-Air Award for receiving more than one million radio spins in America. In 2009, Jimmy toured with Brad Paisley and recorded “Sara Smile” with rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame duo Daryl Hall and John Oates.

In 2010, Jimmy walked halfway across America (from Nashville to Phoenix) to raise awareness for kids aging out of the foster care system. While walking, he wrote the Christmas novel Paper Angels (2011, Simon & Schuster).

In 2012, Jimmy lobbied to pass legislative bills extending the age of foster care from 18 to 21 in California and Tennessee

In 2013, Jimmy’s first film, Paper Angels (UPtv) became an instant holiday classic and in 2014 he released Walk to Beautiful: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way (2014, Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins) which became a three-time New York Times bestseller, crossing the 170,000 sales milestone in early 2019, and became a #1 Bestseller at Amazon.

In 2017, Jimmy was honored with the inaugural Community Maker award by Verizon and received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from William Woods University.

In 2018 he received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Cal State University San Marcos and most recently, (May, 2019) he was honored by the National Council For Adoption with the Warren and Mary Alice Babineaux Award in recognition of his continued commitment to creating positive change in the lives of children in foster care who need permanent families.

Jimmy has shared his story — The Power Of One — around the world as a keynote speaker and has performed on the Grand Ole Opry 224 times. He lives in Nashville and continues to work tirelessly on behalf of at-risk foster youth.For information on his awareness campaign, Project Meet Me Halfway, please visit: www.projectmmh.org