The Community Foundation has established the Music City Care Fund in order to help those injured in the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
So far, a total of 59 lives were lost and more than 500 people were injured in Sunday night's shooting at a country music festival.
Visit the Community Foundation's website in order to donate.
Below is the foundation's press release on the fund:
Country music knows heartache songs, and it’s singing one today.
The country music community joins the nation and world in a state of mourning after a gunman rained bullets onto a sea of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night, killing more than 50 and injuring more than 400 people in one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.
Country star Jason Aldean was performing onstage as the gunman, perched on a high floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, interrupted the three-day festival with a hail of gunfire from automatic weaponry.
About 22,000 people were at the concert, police said.
Today The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee established the Music City Cares Fund, with 100% of the donations going to Las Vegas to help with the immediate and long-term needs of victims in the shooting.
Donations to the Music City Cares Fund are tax-deductible.
Another way to help is to donate to a gofundme accountwhich was set up by the Clark County Commission Chairman and Clark County Sheriff.
The Chairman said the donations will be used to help with the all the victims' needs as well as funeral expenses.
It has surpassed its goal, reaching more than $1 million.
