Forty of country music's hottest stars, including Carrie Underwood, Jewel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steve Azar, Danny Gokey, Little Big Town, Darryl Worley and Joe Nichols, joined Country Music Hall-of-Famer Randy Owen to help kick off the 21st annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® seminar on January 15.

When St. Jude patient Ellen Taylor walked out on the stage, microphone in hand, everyone in the audience was reminded of why country music cares for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.