Chase Rice is doing his best to raise money for both California and the Carolinas… and there could be something in it for you.
The country music star is an avid hunter, and while he was out in Montana hunting elk last year, he came up with an idea. Rice’s hometown had just been devastated by Hurricane Helene, and the “Bench Seat” singer wanted to somehow be able to give back to his community. He thought a cool way of doing so would be to down a bull elk and see if there would be some interest in auctioning off a knife made out of the animal’s antlers.
His plan started to come to fruition when he successfully killed a massive elk. However, the scope of the fundraiser changed a bit as of late when Los Angeles, California got hit with devastating wildfires, as Rice elaborated on in his post:
“This September I killed this bull in Montana with my bow and had it in mind the whole hunt that I had to get one down to try and get meat and make a knife out of the antler to auction off for Carolina flood relief.
Josh at Montana Knife Company and I got on the phone and he was gracious enough to build a knife out of one of the antlers. With everything going on in California we talked again and decided to make TWO knives, one for Carolina and one for California. These things are absolutely incredible.”
So how does the fundraiser work, you might be asking?
Glad you asked, and Chase Rice was happy to share that the auction has now turned into more of a “give away.” How will the give away work? I’ll let Chase Rice explain:
“Every $5 spent on the ‘Come Hell Or High Water’ T-shirt or Zippo lighter you have one entry to be able to win one of these two knives. As of right now, I believe we’re over $100,000 dollars and have no plans of slowing down. THANK YALL FOR CARING.
This shows the power of people when we come together for those who need it most. Send this message to anybody you know who would be willing to help and let’s spread the word on this amazing fundraiser. We can’t leave our own folks hanging.”
Fans can visit this link, which will take them to the official page of the “Come Hell or High Water Fundraiser.” There, they can view an informational video about the Montana Knife Company’s give away, which will eventually see two lucky winners each taking home a custom made blade. Other companies have also jumped in to offer prizes, including Yeti and Turtlebox, and the more money you spend to help with relief efforts, the more chances you have to win.
And Chase Rice rally talked up the knifes in his announcement, even saying that he too is going to enter into the give away to try and win one of them:
“They’re made out of the elk that I killed this year in Montana. (They’re) unbelievable knifes. I’m entering. I doubt I’ll win, but let’s raise as much money as we can for Carolina and California. Definitely don’t forget about Carolina.”
Probably one of the most unique and creative give aways I’ve ever seen. Props to Chase Rice and the Montana Knife Company for coming together and doing this to help those who really need on both the east coast and the west coast.
We actually had Chase Rice on the Whiskey Riff Raff podcast not too long ago, and the country music star talked about playing at Concert For Carolina and the devastation in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina from Hurricane Helene, the evolution of his music over the years and his new album Go Down Singin’, as well as the new music that fans can expect in the near future.
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Cheers, y’all.
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