METALLICA's Ottawa Concert Raises $8,000 For Food Bank
November 5, 2009580 CFRA reports that Tuesday night's (November 3) METALLICA concert at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is helping to fill the shelves at the Ottawa Food Bank.
METALLICA has donated a portion of each ticket to the sold-out show to the Food Bank, delivering a cheque for CAD $8,700 (approximately USD $8,200) to the agency.
Executive Director Peter Tilley says every dollar donated to the Ottawa Food Bank generated $5 worth of food into the community.
According to The Montreal Gazette, METALLICA donated CAD $21,462 from the box-office take of their two sold-out shows at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 19-20 to Sun Youth, a local community services organization.
"It's a beautiful gift," said Sid Stevens, co-founder of Sun Youth. Stevens said he was told the group makes a practice of turning over part of its receipts to a local charity at every stop on its tour.
Sun Youth was asked, however, to keep the donation under wraps until the group had left Montreal.
"People sometimes look at groups of this nature in a derogatory or negative manner," said Stevens, who is not familiar with METALLICA's music. "But it's very interesting to see them donate in every city they visit."
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