With nine #1 singles to her name, country superstar Jo Dee Messina has the ability to raise lots of money and awareness for the biggest of charities — and she has, from St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital to the Special Olympics. But this Dec. 5, she's opening her heart and lending her talent to something smaller: Messina is throwing a concert in Nashville to aid a tiny church organization called Harvest Hands, a Community Development Corporation that's focused on improving the inner-city neighborhood of South Nashville in country music's capital.

"This concert is for the little guy!" Messina tells Tonic. "It's like the independent charity vs. the major-label charity," she adds with her big hearty laugh.

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