PHOTO: Carrie Underwood Hand-Delivers Massive Check to Make-a-Wish

Carrie Underwood Hand-Delivers Massive Check to Make-a-Wish [Picture]

Carrie Underwood just wrapped her Reflection residency at Resorts World in Las Vegas, and she wanted to do something good with some of the money she earned.

The superstar gave $1 from every ticket sold for for her residency to Make-a-Wish America, to the tune of $236,844.

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Per Underwood’s record label, Universal Music Group, the “Jesus Take the Wheel” singer made the donation on behalf of all the fans who have attended Reflection over the past few years. Make-a-Wish has been granting life-changing wishes for kids with critical illnesses since 1980.

The donation comes at a fitting time for the organization, as April is World Wish Month and 2025 marks the 45th anniversary of Make-a-Wish.

Underwood has been involved with the organization as a WishMaker for roughly 20 years. Celebrities can make themselves available as a WishMaker as soon as they rise in fame and someone would make their wish to meet them.

On the last night of her Reflection residency, the country star did something extra special, in addition to presenting Make-a-Wish with a hefty check. The Grammy winner had an extra special reunion with former Make-a-Wish child Noel Miller, whom she met through the organization in 2008 ,when he was just 12.

Noel is now 28, and he came out onstage to join Underwood to sing “All American Girl.”

Underwood’s Reflection residency will go down in history for numerous reasons. To date, she has the longest-running Las Vegas residency of any solo female country music artist. That is a huge accomplishment in entertainment, and a a historic milestone on the iconic Las Vegas Strip.

The fact that a star that shines as bright as Underwood’s still takes the time to not only to grant wishes, but to hand-deliver and donate a quarter of a million dollars, is just the cherry on top of the pie that makes this all-American girl one of our favorites.

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Carrie Underwood has been, well, busy since winning Season 4 of American Idol in 2005. Since the confetti fell, the country singer has released nine albums and embarked on seven tours. She’s also tried her hand at acting and launched a handful of businesses.

Over the years she’s become one of the biggest success stories to come out of the show, winning countless awards and amassing a staggering net worth of over $100 million.

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Released Nine Studio Albums
Released Nine Studio Albums

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Released Nine Studio Albums

Since her American Idol win, Underwood has released nine albums. Her first project after the show was Some Hearts, which arrived in 2005, followed by Carnival Ride in 2007 and Play On in 2009. She then dropped Blown Away (2012), Storyteller (2015) and Cry Pretty (2018). In 2020 she deviated from country music with her Christmas album My Gift, then released a Gospel covers project, My Savior, the following year. Underwood’s most recent album Denim & Rhinestones came out in 2022.