Actor to live in box to raise money for hungry

David Arquette will be staying above MSG for two days

Haraz N. Ghanbari / AP

David Arquette plans to stay in a Plexiglas box for two days to raise money for the hungry.

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updated 1:56 p.m. ET July 10, 2009

NEW YORK - David Arquette is going to live in a box in New York City to raise money for the hungry.

The 37-year-old actor plans to stay in a Plexiglas box above the Madison Square Garden marquee on Tuesday and Wednesday to raise $250,000 for Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger relief charity. He'll stay in the box each day for about eight hours.

Donations can come on site or through text messages or a Facebook page set up by Mars Inc., the company that makes Snickers candy bars.

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A Mars spokesman says Arquette will eat during his two-day stay in the plastic enclosure.

Arquette starred in the "Scream" movie franchise.