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Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex Hosts Soup Packing Event to Feed Raleigh Residents
11/25/2025
RALEIGH N.C., – The Raleigh Convention Center hosted an event on Monday afternoon to pack over 11,800 servings of soup to be donated to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Staff from the Convention and Performing Arts Complex and catering partner Sodexo Live!, as well as volunteers from the Convention and Visitors Bureau, hospitality partners, and other city departments lent their time and hands to supporting the effort. In addition to The Complex, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts resident companies, the North Carolina Symphony and PineCone, both joined as first partners to support this initiative, bringing the total number of meals to 13,000.
This volunteer event launched a larger, ongoing effort from the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex to provide visitors to conventions and other events at the venues the opportunity to leave their mark on Raleigh with a soup packing event of their own. This vision provides event participants with the chance to make their time in Raleigh a meaningful experience beyond what most convention and event goers ordinarily expect.
“We’re incredibly proud to be part of something that brings real care to our community,” said Kerry Painter, Executive Director of the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex. “There’s a special kind of energy that comes from doing good together, and our team feels it deeply. We believe in the power of kindness to create memorable moments, and we’re excited to see more events in our venue embrace that same spirit. It’s a beautiful reminder that what we do here can reach far beyond the walls of our building.”
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex, and its catering partner Sodexo Live! will facilitate this giving opportunity for events visiting Raleigh that want to add an impact-oriented element to their event. This effort is part of the Convention and Performing Arts Complex’s mission to continue broadening the venues’ impact as The Complex expands to bring more events to Raleigh. This ongoing vision is aimed at not only increasing the number of events in Raleigh, but also making them part of a larger legacy of meaningful community moments.
About The Complex
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex ("The Complex") encompasses four city-owned and managed facilities that bring together residents, out-of-town visitors and a host of performing artists from around the country and the world.
In the heart of North Carolina’s vibrant capitol city, three of the four venues welcome some 1 million visitors to downtown Raleigh each year. The award-winning, 500,000-square-foot Raleigh Convention Center is a leader in innovation, sustainability and guest experience. Next door sits the city’s signature open-air music venue, Red Hat Amphitheater, with 6,000 seats and a buzzworthy schedule of musical performances.
A short walk away, the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts offers four unique theaters, seating from 150 to 2,369, and is home to resident companies Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Opera and PineCone. Beyond Downtown Raleigh, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek boasts a 20,000-person capacity amphitheater on 77 rolling green acres and regularly packs the house with big-name acts.
www.raleighconvention.com/complex
Contact:
[email protected]
RALEIGH N.C., – The Raleigh Convention Center hosted an event on Monday afternoon to pack over 11,800 servings of soup to be donated to the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Staff from the Convention and Performing Arts Complex and catering partner Sodexo Live!, as well as volunteers from the Convention and Visitors Bureau, hospitality partners, and other city departments lent their time and hands to supporting the effort. In addition to The Complex, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts resident companies, the North Carolina Symphony and PineCone, both joined as first partners to support this initiative, bringing the total number of meals to 13,000.
This volunteer event launched a larger, ongoing effort from the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex to provide visitors to conventions and other events at the venues the opportunity to leave their mark on Raleigh with a soup packing event of their own. This vision provides event participants with the chance to make their time in Raleigh a meaningful experience beyond what most convention and event goers ordinarily expect.
“We’re incredibly proud to be part of something that brings real care to our community,” said Kerry Painter, Executive Director of the Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex. “There’s a special kind of energy that comes from doing good together, and our team feels it deeply. We believe in the power of kindness to create memorable moments, and we’re excited to see more events in our venue embrace that same spirit. It’s a beautiful reminder that what we do here can reach far beyond the walls of our building.”
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex, and its catering partner Sodexo Live! will facilitate this giving opportunity for events visiting Raleigh that want to add an impact-oriented element to their event. This effort is part of the Convention and Performing Arts Complex’s mission to continue broadening the venues’ impact as The Complex expands to bring more events to Raleigh. This ongoing vision is aimed at not only increasing the number of events in Raleigh, but also making them part of a larger legacy of meaningful community moments.
About The Complex
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex ("The Complex") encompasses four city-owned and managed facilities that bring together residents, out-of-town visitors and a host of performing artists from around the country and the world.
In the heart of North Carolina’s vibrant capitol city, three of the four venues welcome some 1 million visitors to downtown Raleigh each year. The award-winning, 500,000-square-foot Raleigh Convention Center is a leader in innovation, sustainability and guest experience. Next door sits the city’s signature open-air music venue, Red Hat Amphitheater, with 6,000 seats and a buzzworthy schedule of musical performances.
A short walk away, the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts offers four unique theaters, seating from 150 to 2,369, and is home to resident companies Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Opera and PineCone. Beyond Downtown Raleigh, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek boasts a 20,000-person capacity amphitheater on 77 rolling green acres and regularly packs the house with big-name acts.
www.raleighconvention.com/complex
Contact:
[email protected]
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