Larry The Cable Guy Helping Children’s Center

Larry the Cable Guy will lend his comedic talents to a fundraising campaign for a new children's center building in Lincoln.

Child Advocacy Center of Lincoln, Nebraska announced today that Larry the Cable Guy made a $1 million donation to kick off the public campaign to build a new facility.  The contribution comes from the comedian's recently created charity, the Git-R-Done Foundation.

The “Building a Promise” campaign is raising $2.5 million to build a facility in Lincoln, Neb. that will provide additional space to serve child victims of serious physical and sexual abuse and their families.  The Git-R-Done Foundation gift brings the campaign within $250,000 of their goal, according to Lynn Ayers, Child Advocacy Center Executive Director.

Officials say its current building was designed to handle 20-30 children each month. So far this year, the center has been helping an average of 65 children.

The comedian's real name is Dan Whitney. He's a 46-year-old native of Pawnee City, Neb., and is known for his self-professed redneck comedy.

Since opening in 1998, the Center has helped over 4,600 child victims of abuse.  In ten years, the number of children seen at the Center has tripled.  In 2008, the Center served 669 children.  Seventy-five percent of these children are under the age of 12. 

For more information, or to make a donation, log onto www.smvoices.org or mailed to the Child Advocacy Center, 3200 Sumner Street, Lincoln, NE 68502.  For more information or to donate, visit www.gitrdonefoundation.org