Emerald City Band had the honor to perform for Minnie’s Food Pantry’s 10th Anniversary Gala.  Minnie’s Food Pantry is a Plano, Texas based nonprofit organization that aims to reduce hunger by providing healthy meals to those in need.  To date, they have provided more than 6 million meals to families in the community and around the nation.

This year’s event sold out quickly, and included a star studded guest list including celebrities such as: Floyd Mayweather, Emmitt Smith, Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle, Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Fraiser, and many more.  Head of Minnie’s Food Panty-Cheryl (Action) Jackson, delivered a powerful speech on how she built this company from the ground up in the past ten years, before introducing the key speaker for the night, OPRAH WINFREY.

Oprah made a goal of raising $250,000 at the gala.  That was quickly surpassed with the event raising well over a million dollars.  Emerald City Band was proud to donate $5,000.00 to such an incredible local charity.  EC also donated their time and served as the entertainment that brought this whole party to their feet and ended the night with a bang.  Oh, what a night.