On Wednesday, October 9th at Bloomfield Avenue Cafe & Stage, 347 Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, NJ, Sulton will be performing along with 3 other bands, including fellow '1 of 52' Artist Hunger Network member John Taglieri, a New Jersey-based pop/rock artist. A food drive will be held to benefit The Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Project Hospitality of Staten Island, and the New York City Food Bank. These agencies help feed and clothe the area's neediest. Admission is $10, plus non-perishable food items and/or clothing. The concert starts at 7 p.m.

The '1 of 52' Artist Hunger Network is a grassroots organization of local and national artists whose goal is to help end hunger in America. The artists are organized in a simple and unique program that unites 52 artists in each state, each artist representing one week of the year, who agree to take action annually. By this method, the artists are utilizing their talent to create ongoing, cumu lative actions - in a 'Musical Movement' - to help end hunger.

Spokesperson Steve Maciel states, "They hope to accomplish their goal by continually focusing the influence and resources of America’s arts and entertainment community toward capitalizing existing hunger agencies. These agencies, such as America’s Second Harvest and their national network of food banks, have the capability of ending hunger daily and long term – if fully capitalized. We also hope to inspire greater public involvement from the example these artists set."

"Most people only remember charities during the holidays," says Sulton, "but people are in need all year round, which is why we're holding this benefit in October. I want to give back to the community where I grew up (Staten Island), so a portion of the food and clothing donations collected will go directly to Project Hospitality. They opened the first soup kitchen and overnight emergency shelter on Staten Island, and serve more than 5,000 people of our community annually who are low-income, homeless, or infected with HIV."

Bloomfield Avenue Cafe & Stage manager Marc Calamaras says, "I think this is a great effort. With all the focus on international affairs in the mid east, we sometimes forget about the basic needs of our own people in our local communities. It's great to have an artist like Kasim working with the Hunger Network at our venue to focus on this most important issue."

Anyone wishing to learn more about becoming involved with the '1 of 52' Artist Hunger Network can call 401-397-2888, email ENDHUNGER@aol.com or visit http://members.aol.com/hungerzero.

If you are unable to attend the show, you can help support these organizations through direct donation:
Community Food Bank of New Jersey: www.njfoodbank.org
Project Hospitality: www.projecthospitality.org
New York City Food Bank: www.foodforsurvival.org

SHOW INFO: Wednesday, October 9th, Bloomfield Avenue Cafe & Sta ge, 347 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ. Phone: 973-783-2100. Music starts at 7:00 p.m., Kasim Sulton performs at 9:00 p.m., John Taglieri Band at 10:30 p.m. Admission is $10 plus non-perishable food items and/or clothing.