While in Angola, Underwood visited an all-girl orphanage in Luanda where the girls performed songs and poetry for her after she delivered bed nets and backpacks with school supplies to the orphanage. Underwood also participated in a community bed net giveaway in Ngangula, and wrapped up her 3-day trip by visiting a health center in Luanda where pregnant women received malaria counseling and treatment.

American Idol and the Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF) partnered last year to raise awareness and funds for organizations that provide relief programs to help children and young people in extreme poverty in America and Africa. ExxonMobil sponsored Underwood’s most recent trip to Africa.

NEW 2009 Official Merchandise has been added to Carrie’s on-line store! Special to all Official Fan Club members – you get 10% off your purchase <a href="http://www.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/artist?sourceCode=CAUWEB&couponCode=  CAU10OFF509&artistName=Carrie+Underwood&utm_source=fanclub&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=caunewstore10off_200905″>by clicking here. Check out the new t-shirts, hoodie, poster and more!

For those of you planning to attend the Carrie Underwood Fan
Club Party on June 9rd, 2009 now is the time to reserve your hotel
room, airline ticket, and car rental at a special discounted rate!
We’ve blocked off a limited number of rooms at the exclusive Hotel
Preston so act fast to get the special Official Fan
Club rate!

American Airlines and Avis Car Rental have joined together for the
Carrie Underwood Fan Club Party 2009 to offer a program designed to
fulfill all of your transportation needs. Discounted flights are
available from any location within the United States to the Nashville,
TN area, as well as discounted car rental once you have reached your
destination. The discount for car rental also includes unlimited
mileage and is available seven days before to seven days after the
event. Book your flight now to receive this special group rate!

Below are instructions on how to book online or by phone.

Hotel Preston

Click the direct link for Attendee Registration or go directly to the site:

1. www.HotelPreston.com

2. Click on “Reservation” on the bottom of page

3. Click on “Groups” at bottom

4. Type “carrie09” as Attendee Code

5. Proceed with online check-in

You can also call (615) 361- 5900 and tell them that you are part of
the Carrie Underwood Fan Club; make sure to mention the promotional
code: carrie09.

American Airlines

For American Airlines please call the American Airlines Meeting
Services Desk at 1-800-433-1790 from anywhere in the United States or
go to www.AA.com and refer to Promotion Code: 6469BP

Online go to www.AA.com

1. Under home page “book flight” tab

2. Type in destinations and dates

3. Type in promotional code 6469BP

4. Continue with reservation.

Avis Car Rental

For Avis Car rental please call Avis directly at 1-800-331-1600 and
provide them with the The Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) Number:
G028236 or click here to book your reservation.

We look forward to seeing you at Carrie’s Fan Club Party. Rooms and
flights are going fast so if you’re coming to the party, be sure to
reserve your room, airline tickets or car rental now!

Once again, Carrie wants your help in deciding her set list for the Fan Club Party! This time, though, she’s completely opening up the options. Is there a song by another artist you have always wanted to hear Carrie sing? Or maybe you want to request one of the hits from Carnival Ride or Some Hearts or another song she’s sung in the past? The sky is the limit. Each member is only allowed 5 song requests so give it some thought and send your 5 song requests to CarrieUnderwood_PartyPoll@carrieunderwood.fm by May 1. If the song you are listing is by another artist please note the artist’s name next to the song title in your email. Only one email per member will be considered.

Once we have all of the song submissions, we will narrow the list down to 25 “finalist” songs. Those finalists will be posted on the site for you to make the final votes for the set list which will be unveiled on June 9th at the Fan Club Party as Carrie sings them!

Get your submissions in and stay tuned for the final round of voting!

Start summer early by voting for Carrie at the Great American
Country’s Top 20 Songs of Summer Fan Voted Video Countdown!

Carrie’s “All-American Girl” video has been nominated as part of GAC’s
Top 20 Songs of Summer Fan Voted Video Countdown! Let’s start off the
summer right by voting Carrie into the top 20! Get out the vote by
posting one or all five of the super-summery GAC banners located in
the Vote & Promote section of the message boards and be sure to
share them with friends, family and fellow fans!

Once you’ve posted your banners, visit www.GACTV.com
to vote for Carrie and your other country favs. Users may vote for up
to 10 songs daily, so be sure to vote often! The count-down polls
close Monday, May 11th, 2009.

Here’s to the best summer yet!

Carrie’s “Just a Dream” video has been nominated for Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year at the 2009 CMT Music Awards! Register online at CMT.com to vote for Carrie as one of the top four finalists. Go to the Vote & Promote on the forum to download official CMT Music Award banners to post on your MySpace and personal pages to let everyone know about the voting!

The first round of voting for the top eight nominees with run from now until Monday, May 11th, 2009. The final four nominees for each category will be announced on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 on CMT. The CMT Music Awards will air on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 8:00 PM ET on CMT.

Click here to vote for Carrie now!

The Official Carrie Underwood Fan Club is gearing up for this year’s Fan Club Party on the morning of Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN (exact time to be announced). The Fan Club Party is Carrie’s way of thanking her wonderful fans for all of their love and support. It’s also a fun way to celebrate the CarrieUnderwood.fm community! We’re working on some special surprises for everyone to make this year even better to celebrate Carrie’s ACM Entertainer of the Year win! Be sure to keep checking-in for announcements.

For a chance to attend Carrie’s Fan Club party, visit the Tour page, find the Fan Party ’09 tab, select the “More Info” button and then click on “I’d like to go.”

By clicking “I’d like to go,” your name will be added to the Fan Club Party registration. Please RSVP by Friday, May 1st. We will be sending out email confirmations the week of May 4th with all the party details. Stay tuned to www.CarrieUnderwood.fm for more details on the Fan Club event of the year!

Be sure to RSVP for Carrie’s fan club party by May 1st for a chance to attend! We hope to hear from you soon!

Not a fan club member? Join now for the opportunity to attend this year’s event!