Maren Morris recently donated $70,000 to a band program at East Nashville Magnet High School through her Heroes Fund.

She told The Tennessean that “public school music and theater departments (have) always held a special place in my heart.” She said that she remembers how her own high school choir had to perform in “decade-old hand me down uniforms and sight read from torn books.” She said, “Now that I am where I am, it gives me so much joy to give back money to the spark that enflamed my interest as a creative human being. With so much uncertainty for public schools this year during COVID, I wanted East Nashville Magnet to have one less worry for their fine arts department.”

.@MarenMorris donated $70K this week to the band program at East Nashville Magnet High School as part of her HEROES Fund to support music education AND 10K to The Fox amid the struggles of small businesses during this pandemic. AMAZING ❤ pic.twitter.com/chSlQjCpvL

— Change The Convo (@changetheconvo) August 7, 2020