Danny spoke about Sophia’s Heart, and announced some exciting personal news that he is now engaged to his girlfriend Leyicet, and looking forward to a January wedding. Congratulations Danny and Leyicet!

Danny and Leyicet request that anyone who would like to celebrate their occasion with a gift do so by donation to Sophia’s Heart.

You can read the official engagement announcement and donate HERE.

Watch Danny’s interview with Fox News below, and a separate, pretaped “Beyond the Dream” segment with Danny Gokey and Kelly Wright that aired Friday.

‘American Idol’ Contestant Gives Back via FoxNews.com


Former ‘Idol’ Pays Tribute to Late Wife by Serving the Poor via FoxNews.com

Downtown Milwaukee’s Shops of Grand Avenue has been the subject of several stories detailing businesses on their way out of the downtown area. In 2011, the mall has been welcoming new tenants including one with a connection to Milwaukee area American Idol star Danny Gokey.

Gokey is making a difference with his Sophia’s Heart Foundation, which offers performing arts and academic programs to benefit young people. He talked about the continuing effort and excitement while standing in Sophia’s new place at the Grand Avenue Mall.

The need and Grand Avenue’s available space have led to the development of the Creativity Works Here program that Grand Avenue’s Tracy Korpela says helps fill space at a negotiable rate.

Read the full article: http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110927-grand-ave-creativity,0,6945825.story

Ncompass Nashville and GourmetZing Cafe are throwing the second annual Rock Away the Blues benefit concert on September 14, 2011 at Limelight, with last year’s headliner rock legend Mickey Thomas and Danny Gokey.

Benefitting Sophia’s Heart, advance tickets are only $15, $20 at the door.

Rock Away The Blues
Rock Away the Blues 2nd Annual Benefit Concert
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Limelight Concert and Events Center
201 Woodland St.
Nashville, TN 37213
Phone: (800) 595-6269

Danny Gokey will be joining Lisa Rinna as a celebrity guest speaker at the “All About You” Women’s Expo September 24th at Milwaukee’s Frontier Airlines Center.

Come and Meet from Season Eight of American Idol, Danny Gokey in a Sophia’s Heart Event Saturday, September 24th at the It’s All About You Expo.

Tickets go on sale July 15th.

via http://www.allaboutyouexpo.info/

To support Sophia’s Heart today, consider a donation to the Sophia L. Gokey scholarship fund, through the fundraising drive sponsored by SH volunteer and iheart poster Jan. Her goal is to raise funds for three SH scholarships, she’s over halfway there but can still use more help!

Just confirmed by Sophia’s Heart and the travel company handling Danny Gokey’s 2012 concert cruise for Sophia’s Heart:

Artist added to the Danny Gokey Cruise
benefiting Sophia’s Heart
February 2, 2012
Gary LeVox
Lead singer for Rascal Flatts

What could be more fun than joining a cruise with Danny and one of his favorite singers!  Learn more about Gary and Rascal Flatts country super-group at www.rascalflatts.com.

The cruise departs from Miami February 2nd, 2012, for several days of fun, music, and travel to Mexico and back!

Book now at:  Travelin Inc

via SophiasHeart on Youtube

If you’re attending any of the 11 days of Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI) this year, including Danny’s July 6th concert at the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard with Coors Light and Tap Milwaukee stage, buy your tickets through THIS LINK to benefit Sophia’s Heart.

This year Summerfest is partnering with non-profit organizations to assist them with fundraising. Through this program you, your family and friends can purchase and print your Summerfest tickets online and help raise money for your preferred non-profit organization at the same time.

For every $15.00 General Admission ticket you purchase on this website, Summerfest will donate $3.00 to your selected participating non-profit organization. For every $8 weekday ticket you purchase on this website, Summerfest will donate $2 to your non-profit organization.

via: https://summerfest.ezinstanttickets.com/B2C/Fundraising/support_organization.aspx?code=sophiasheart

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Join Sophia’s Heart Foundation volunteers and our community of Danny Gokey fans and supporters from iheartdannygokey.com today in the last special online “voting party” event to help Sophia’s Heart win a $30,000 first-place grant from WaterStone Bank! (Second through fifth place finishers win $15,000 each.)

In these difficult economic times, this is an awesome opportunity for SH to win precious funding for programs dear to Danny’s heart and charitable vision. Voting ends today, so let’s make sure Sophia’s Heart comes out on top!

It’s also a chance to win some cool prizes from SH, simply for voting!  International fans, please join in if you can! All are welcome

Here is the announcement from Sophia’s Heart.

Sophia’s Heart is hosting a special Voting Party today from noon to midnight CST.  Danny Gokey’s #1 Fan site www.iheartdannygokey.com will be co-hosting the event with us to help promote the event and encourage as many fans and supporters as possible to join us in voting.

All fans and supporters who vote with us during the voting party can register to win fun prizes from Sophia’s Heart which will be given away in a random drawing. Watch for special announcements during the voting party!

Voters can register to win in the following ways:

• Sophia’s Heart Facebook page – Under our Voting Party – post the number of times or how long you voted to be entered into a random drawing to win a fun thank you prize, or email facebook@sophiasheart.org!
• Sophia’s Heart Twitter – Tweet @sophiasheart during the Voting Party and let us know the number or how long you voted for Sophia’s Heart.
• www.iheartdannygokey.com – Post a comment below at the IHDG Sophia’s Heart Voting Party page and let us know the number of times you voted or how long you voted. Or email ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com.

Be sure to follow @sophiasheart and @ihrtdannygokey on twitter for updates and encouragement during the event.

Votes will be counted and winners will be notified by Sophia’s Heart! Thank you in advance for your support!

Please vote with us to the finish line in this worldwide voting party. We’re in the lead, let’s stay there!

Some of our voters have found they can contribute many hundreds of votes with focused effort in an hour, even reaching thousands of votes in a day — so let’s all see SH’s lead build to win that extra $15,000 for much needed programs for disadvantaged children and families.

This should be fun and exciting … Let’s vote! Remember, Danny has been voting too!

Questions? Leave us a comment below or in today’s iheartdannygokey.com Discussion page, and we’ll do our best to answer.

Vote Here

Vote with Us for Sophia’s Heart!

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Chat & Vote with Us for Sophia’s Heart!

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Danny Gokey will be performing tonight at the Grand Ole Opry (7:00-7:30 CST), and celebrating his 31st birthday this weekend!  We will be listening at wsmonline.com and chatting here to celebrate Danny’s performance and birthday while voting up a storm all night  for his charity Sophia’s Heart.

Join Sophia’s Heart Foundation volunteers and our community of Danny Gokey fans and supporters from iheartdannygokey.com tonight in this fourth special online “voting party” event to help Sophia’s Heart win a $30,000 first-place grant from WaterStone Bank! (Second through fifth place finishers win $15,000 each.) In these difficult economic times, this is an awesome opportunity for SH to win precious funding for programs dear to Danny’s heart and charitable vision.

It’s also a chance to win some cool prizes from SH, simply for voting! International fans, please join in overnight! All are welcome

Here is the announcement from Sophia’s Heart.

Sophia’s Heart is hosting a special Voting Party tonight from 6pm – midnight CST. Danny Gokey’s #1 Fan site www.iheartdannygokey.com will be co-hosting to help promote the event and encourage as many fans and supporters as possible to join us in voting tonight.

Our goal is to hit a minimum of 20,000 votes between 6pm – midnight! All fans and supporters who vote with us during the voting party can register to win one of five Sophia’s Heart tshirts in a cool new design not yet available anywhere else online!  And watch for special announcements during the voting party!

Voters can register to win in the following ways:

• Sophia’s Heart Facebook page – Under our Voting Party – post the number of times or how long you voted to be entered into the random prize drawing.
• Sophia’s Heart Twitter – Tweet @sophiasheart during the Voting Party and let us know the number or how long you voted for Sophia’s Heart.
• www.iheartdannygokey.com – Post a comment below at the IHDG Sophia’s Heart Voting Party page and let us know the number of times you voted or how long you voted. Or email ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com.

Be sure to follow @sophiasheart and @ihrtdannygokey on twitter for updates and encouragement during the event.

Votes will be counted and winners will be notified Monday by Sophia’s Heart! Thank you in advance for your support!

Please vote as many times as you possibly can with us tonight in this worldwide power voting party. Competition is fierce!  Questions on how to vote faster, ask us here – we can help

Some of our voters have found they can contribute many hundreds of votes with focused effort in an hour, even reaching thousands of votes in an evening — so let’s all work hard and see SH’s vote count race up and up!

This should be fun and exciting … Let’s vote! Remember, Danny is voting too!

Questions? Leave us a comment below or in today’s iheartdannygokey.com Discussion page, and we’ll do our best to answer.

ps – Email us at ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com with your iheart follower information from Facebook, twitter, or comment posts here and we may be able to forward you some voting tips to make your efforts as productive as possible

Vote Here

Vote with Us for Sophia’s Heart!

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Join Sophia’s Heart Foundation volunteers and our community of Danny Gokey fans and supporters from iheartdannygokey.com tonight in the third special online “voting party” event to help Sophia’s Heart win a $30,000 first-place grant from WaterStone Bank! (Second through fifth place finishers win $15,000 each.)

In these difficult economic times, this is an awesome opportunity for SH to win precious funding for programs dear to Danny’s heart and charitable vision.

It’s also a chance to win some cool prizes from SH, simply for voting!  International fans, please join in overnight! All are welcome

Here is the announcement from Sophia’s Heart.

Sophia’s Heart is hosting a special Voting Party tonight from 6pm – 10pm CST.  Danny Gokey’s #1 Fan site www.iheartdannygokey.com will be co-hosting the event tonight with us to help promote the event and encourage as many fans and supporters as possible to join us in voting tonight.

Our goal is to hit 10,000 votes between 6pm – 10pm! All fans and supporters who vote with us during the voting party can register to win one of five autographed DVDs of Danny’s television movie Truth Be Told (*) which will be given away in a random drawing. And watch for special announcements during the voting party!

Voters can register to win in the following ways:

• Sophia’s Heart Facebook page – Under our Voting Party – post the number of times or how long you voted to be entered into a random drawing to win a Sophia’s Heart T-Shirt.
• Sophia’s Heart Twitter – Tweet @sophiasheart during the Voting Party and let us know the number or how long you voted for Sophia’s Heart.
• www.iheartdannygokey.com – Post a comment below at the IHDG Sophia’s Heart Voting Party page and let us know the number of times you voted or how long you voted. Or email ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com.

Be sure to follow @sophiasheart and @ihrtdannygokey on twitter for updates and encouragement during the event.

Votes will be counted and winners will be notified Monday by Sophia’s Heart! Thank you in advance for your support!

Please vote as many times as you possibly can with us tonight in this worldwide power voting party. Competition is fierce!

Some of our voters have found they can contribute many hundreds of votes with focused effort in an hour, even reaching thousands of votes in an evening — so let’s all work hard and see SH’s vote count race up and up!

This should be fun and exciting … Let’s vote! Remember, Danny is voting too!

Questions? Leave us a comment below or in today’s iheartdannygokey.com Discussion page, and we’ll do our best to answer.

ps – Email us at ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com with your iheart follower information from Facebook, twitter, or comment posts here and we may be able to forward you some voting tips to make your efforts as productive as possible

Vote Here

Vote with Us for Sophia’s Heart!

(*) DVDs autographed by Danny Gokey will be provided after they become available for purchase through Walmart.com on or about May 31st.

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19/RCA NASHVILLE artist DANNY GOKEY is appearing in the made for TV film “Truth Be Told,” which airs at 8p (ET) onSATURDAY, APRIL 16th on FOX-TV. GOKEY has a small roll in the movie, which also stars CANDACE CAMERON BURE, DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT andRONNY COX. GOKEY has some speaking lines and also performs in the film.

GOKEY said, ““I’m playin’ myself, but the storyline behind myself is fictional. I’m livin’ in, I believe NEW MEXICO, and I got a ranch out there –- a nice, multi-million dollar ranch –- and I live next to another millionaire, and he brings me in to sing for some of his friends. And it was great, man. I love…man, I love bein’ in front of the camera, so that was a great opportunity, and it’s just cool.”

In other DANNY GOKEY, news the 2nd Annual DANNY GOKEY CRUISE benefiting GOKEY’s charity SOPHIA’S HEART will take place FEBRUARY 2ND through the 6TH, 2012, and will hitMIAMI, KEY WEST and COZUMEL, MEXICO.

Among the programs of SOPHIA’S HEART is the ongoing COMPASSION NASHVILLE PROJECT. DANNY unveiled his vision for the initiative earlier this year, as SOPHIA’S HEART works to transform a long-dormant EAST NASHVILLE facility into a resource for the community. The building, received as a $2.6 million charitable donation, covers more than four acres and close to 77,000 square feet. The building will ultimately serve as a transitional home for up to 30 pre-qualified families, as well as offering tutoring in literacy and life skills, job training, and more.

Check out more details on all things DANNY GOKEY at www.dannygokey.com.

via: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/90141/danny-gokey-to-appear-in-made-for-tv-movie-continu

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UPDATED:  International fans, please join in overnight! All are welcome

Join Sophia’s Heart Foundation volunteers and our community of Danny Gokey fans and supporters from iheartdannygokey.com tonight in the second special online “voting party” event to help Sophia’s Heart win a $30,000 first-place grant from WaterStone Bank! (Second through fifth place finishers win $15,000 each.)

In these difficult economic times, this is an awesome opportunity for SH to win precious funding for programs dear to Danny’s heart and charitable vision.

It’s also a chance to win some cool prizes from SH, simply for voting!

Here is the announcement from Sophia’s Heart.

Sophia’s Heart is hosting a special Voting Party tonight from 6pm – 10pm CST.  Danny Gokey’s #1 Fan site www.iheartdannygokey.com will be co-hosting the event tonight with us to help promote the event and encourage as many fans and supporters as possible to join us in voting tonight.

Our goal is to hit 10,000 votes between 6pm – 10pm! All fans and supporters who vote with us during the voting party can register to win five Sophia’s Heart newly designed T-shirts (pink or teal) which will be given away in a random drawing. And watch for special announcements during the voting party!

Voters can register to win in the following ways:

• Sophia’s Heart Facebook page – Under our Voting Party – post the number of times or how long you voted to be entered into a random drawing to win a Sophia’s Heart T-Shirt.
• Sophia’s Heart Twitter – Tweet @sophiasheart during the Voting Party and let us know the number or how long you voted for Sophia’s Heart.
• www.iheartdannygokey.com – Post a comment below at the IHDG Sophia’s Heart Voting Party page and let us know the number of times you voted or how long you voted. Or email ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com.

Be sure to follow @sophiasheart and @ihrtdannygokey on twitter for updates and encouragement during the event.

Votes will be counted Sunday night and winners will be notified Monday by Sophia’s Heart! Thank you in advance for your support!

Please vote as many times as you possibly can with us tonight in this worldwide power voting party. Some of our voters have found they can contribute many hundreds of votes with focused effort in an hour, possibly reaching thousands of votes in an evening — so let’s all work hard and see SH’s vote count race up and up!

This should be fun and exciting … Let’s vote! Remember, Danny is voting too!

Questions? Leave us a comment below or in today’s iheartdannygokey.com Discussion page, and we’ll do our best to answer.

ps – Email us at ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com with your iheart follower information from Facebook, twitter, or comment posts here and we may be able to forward you some voting tips to make your efforts as productive as possible

Vote Here

Vote with Us for Sophia’s Heart!

]]> http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2011/04/10/hot-voting-party-tonight-with-prizes-for-sophias-heart-6-10pm-cst/feed/ 68 http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2011/04/03/ccn-magazine-2011-midwest-urban-empowerment-awards-danny-gokey-2011-recipient-of-the-philanthropic-award/ http://iheartdannygokey.com/index.php/2011/04/03/ccn-magazine-2011-midwest-urban-empowerment-awards-danny-gokey-2011-recipient-of-the-philanthropic-award/#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:31:34 +0000 Erika http://iheartdannygokey.com/?p=23146 Danny was honored with the 2011 Midwest Urban Empowerment Awards – 2011 Philanthropic Award yesterday, April 2nd 2011 and featured on CCN Magazine‘s April/May edition, as seen below.

Get your copy of this edition via the CCN Magazine website or on a retailer near you!

Thanks Michelle for the scan.

The Sophia’s Heart April 2011 Newsletter is already available. Check it out HERE.

Want to be a power voter to help us with this campaign? Stop in the discussion room to exchange ideas or email ihrtdannygokey@gmail.com to ask about our targeted voting tips!

To celebrate WaterStone’s 90th anniversary, the Bank is giving away a total of $90,000 to a few lucky local charities or schools during the month of April… and the community gets to choose!

The $90,000 will be donated based on the votes submitted by the general public from April 1 through April 30, 2011 at WSBonline.com.

The lucky charity or school that receives the most votes during April will receive $30,000! The four charities or schools with the next highest number of votes will each receive $15,000.

Votes may be placed through WSBonline.com with regular updates being posted on the Bank’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/WaterStoneBank) and Twitter account (www.twitter.com/waterstonebank).

Let’s vote for Sophia’s Heart!!!