Comedy on the Cumberland to help deliver Christmas Gifts to Clarksville children

Clarksville, TN – The next Comedy on the Cumberland show is set for Wednesday, December 15^th at 7:00pm in the Riverview Inn Ballroom. The show will feature the very funny Henry Cho, “I’m an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny.” According to Comedy on the Cumberland Founder Hank Bonecutter, “Henry Cho is one of the most popular stand up comedians in the country, we are fortunate to have Brian Bates and Barb Neligan returning to share the stage with him for the evening.”

The proceeds from the December Show will go to benefit the Downtown Kiwanis Club, and their children’s Christmas programs. Each year, the Downtown Kiwanis Club sponsors a Christmas party and gifts for 125 Head Start children, they also provide books to every third grade student in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, making this truly an event “for the kids”

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Comedy on the Cumberland provides post-flood assistance to local branch of the American Red Cross

The Second Comedy on the Cumberland benefit has come and gone. The charity event held on Tuesday evening brought five very funny comedian to Clarksville; raising over $4,000 to help the local chapter of the American Red Cross start on their own road to recovery after the Great Flood of 2010.

Interim CEO Randy Weddle related how they were affected by the flooding. “The flood of 2010 affected your Red Cross just as it did so many citizens of the county and surrounding areas. We had about three feet of water that came through our building, but you would never know it by the way that our strong hearted volunteers responded to the needs of our citizen”. The Red Cross spent a lot of money and expended a lot of their resources, helping local residents during the May 2010 flooding.

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