STOMP, Blumenthal and Second Harvest Food Bank Partner To STOMP Out Hunger

Charlotte, NC – Blumenthal Performing Arts encourages you to join the fight to STOMP Out Hunger. STOMP is coming to Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center April 3-8 and will offer a Buy One, Get One Free discount on tickets to anyone who brings at least five canned food items to Founder’s Hall on Wednesday, March 21, from 11-2 p.m., to help STOMP Out Hunger. All canned goods will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.
If you can’t make it Wednesday, visit BlumenthalArts.org/STOMPouthunger for a special offer where you can save $10 on tickets.  As an added bonus, for every ticket purchased through the offer, STOMP will donate an additional $10 to Second Harvest Food Bank.
STOMP makes its triumphant return to the Belk Theater April 3-8. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms.  The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans.
Tickets for STOMP are available at BlumenthalArts.org, 704-372-1000 or from the box office in the Belk Theater lobby, 130 N. Tryon St. 
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More about STOMP Out Hunger:
STOMP has made it its mission to partner with food banks across the country to STOMP Out Hunger. The show began its quest to reduce hunger in North America with a partnership with Philabundance, the Philadelphia region’s largest hunger relief organization, in December of 2007. The producers were looking for a way to give back to the community and with the timing of the holidays the partnership was a natural one. However, due to the current economic climate including high unemployment rates and state budget cuts, hunger organizations have seen an overwhelming demand for food assistance. As such, STOMP has dedicated itself to bringing attention to the heightened needs of food charities across the country all year round by sponsoring canned food drives and donating ticket proceeds in as many cities as possible. Cities in which STOMP has conducted a STOMP Out Hunger campaign include Philadelphia, PA,  Calgary, Canada, Peoria, IL, Detroit, MI, Toronto, Canada, Jacksonville, FL, Orlando, FL, Aurora, IL and Honolulu, HA, just to name a few.