Tim McGraw fundraiser entertains fans on land and sea along Lake Minnetonka shore

Outdoor concert raises $200,000 for two causes benefiting veterans and their families.

July 29, 2018 at 12:01PM
Music fans soaked in the opportunity to hear Tim McGraw at a Lake Minnetonka concert Saturday.
Music fans soaked in the opportunity to hear Tim McGraw at a Lake Minnetonka concert Saturday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Country music star Tim McGraw entertained fans on land and sea along the Lake Minnetonka shoreline and reeled in a six-figure sum for two causes.

For a second consecutive year, McGraw gave his time and talents while staging Liberty on the Lake, a concert put on by Snap Fitness founder and CEO Peter Taunton outside his Palmer Pointe home on the southwest edge of Lake Minnetonka.

Liberty on the Lake raised more than $200,000 for two Minnesota charities. One is Folds of Honor, which provides scholarships to families of military men and women who have been killed or disabled in combat. The other is Helping Paws, a nonprofit that breeds, trains and places assistance dogs with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The 51-year-old McGraw has joined forces with Chanhassen-based Snap Fitness to start a line of fitness centers that reflect his music and workouts.

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