Philanthropy
Stapp is involved in various philanthropic activities. In 2000, Stapp founded the With Arms Wide Open Foundation, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to helping underprivileged children and families around the world." He has donated over US$1 million of his own record sales to support the foundation's worldwide humanitarian efforts. In 2006, Stapp embarked on a solo tour and provided over 244,000 meals to several local food banks affiliated with America's Second Harvest throughout the United States, and in early 2010 he joined with the Wheelchair Foundation and DC3 Music Group to assist in the "Plane to Haiti" project, a humanitarian mission to help the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Over three tons of medical supplies were donated, and Stapp, along with other artists including New Kids on the Block, Alter Bridge, Tom Morello, and David Archuleta, together helped raise over $1 million for the cause.
In early 2012, to provide musical therapy and promote fundraising for victims of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami, Stapp and his wife, in cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, IsraAid, the U.S. Armed Forces, and the United Service Organizations, traveled to Japan and visited with victims of the tsunami in affected towns including Sendai and Ishinomaki along Japan's northeast coastline. Stapp also performed an acoustic show on board the USS George Washington at the Yokosuka Naval Base for U.S. troops stationed in Japan to thank and express his appreciation for them.
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