Comedy for a Cause: Six Jokesters Under One Roof to Benefit The Salvation Army's 25th Annual Bed &
Michigan Financial Companies sponsors Feb. 7 event at Comedy Castle
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak will host Comedy for a Cause, a night of charity and chuckles, sponsored by Michigan Financial Companies. The event is set for Tuesday, Feb. 7 and will benefit The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit's 25th Annual Bed & Bread Club® Radiothon.
"We're proud to support The Salvation Army and its 25th annual Bed & Bread Club® Radiothon," Nick J. Valenti, President & CEO, Michigan Financial Companies.
"Comedy for a Cause is not just about getting together and sharing a laugh, it's about supporting our community - supporting those who, without the help of The Salvation Army, would likely go without food and shelter."
Comedy for a Cause will bring in six of metro Detroit's funniest comedians including:
Ken Brown, Mitch Albom Show on News/Talk 760 WJR-AM
Mike Green, voted best comedian of 2011 by HOUR Detroit
Tim Rowlands, comic-magician
Kevin McPeek
Darryl Earl
Phenecia Banks
Detroit radio legend Dick Purtan, who is the "father" of the Bed & Bread Club Radiothon, will emcee the evening, and Garden Fresh Gourmet Founder and President Jack Aronson will prepare a variety of delicious finger food, which will be included with the purchase of a ticket.
All proceeds from this inaugural event will go directly to The Salvation Army's 25th annual Bed & Bread Club Radiothon, airing live from Oakland Mall on News/Talk 760 WJR-AM from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24.
"We're excited to host The Salvation Army and its supporters for this new event benefitting the Bed & Bread Program," said Mark Ridley, owner of Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle. "When the community can get together for a good cause and share a good laugh, it makes for a really great time."
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle at 248.542.9900. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. Although the jokes will be kept squeaky clean for this comedy event, the show is open only to adults age 18 and up. Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle is located at 310 S. Troy St. in Royal Oak.
Over its quarter-century, the Bed & Bread Club Radiothon has grown to become the largest single-market, single-day fundraiser in the country raising more than $25 million to provide food and shelter to those in need.
The Bed & Bread Program serves nearly 5,000 meals to the hungry each day. That's approximately 1.7 million meals every year to men, women and children that would otherwise go without. In addition, The Bed & Bread Program provides nearly 500 homeless individuals shelter each night. That's nearly 167,000 nights of shelter annually.
While other Bed & Bread Programs do exist throughout the country, The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit's Bed & Bread Program is unique in that it also serves people via mobile soup kitchens. Detroit's mobile soup kitchens are The Salvation Army's only traveling Bed & Bread units.
The Bed & Bread trucks leave from The Salvation Army's Acres of Hope campus in Detroit 365 days a year to visit many designated Bed & Bread stops throughout the day.The Bed & Bread program's mobile feeding trucks also assist clients in receiving critical social services from The Salvation Army.
Founded by William and Catherine Booth in London, England in 1865, The Salvation Army is a faith-based, non-profit organization dedicated to serving people in need without discrimination. For more information about The Salvation Army, please call 877-SAL-MICH, or visit us at www.salmich.org.