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 Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls

For information on the 2018 Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls 
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Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger growing across the nation and world. The idea is that potters, artists, and community members work together to create custom hand crafted bowls, which are then sold or auctioned off at a simple soup and bread dinner for the community. The funds raised go to benefit an organization that feeds people in need, and the guests each take home their bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. 

It's an idea that combines compassion with creativity, public awareness with community building. In our own backyard,
Leavenworth has been hosting an Empty Bowls festival for its residents for over 22 years, and because of their overwhelming support, they suggested that we start one here in Wenatchee. We began hosting our Empty Bowls event in 2012 and each year it gets bigger and better. This year will be our sixth Wenatchee Empty Bowls event.

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Here's how ours works: For a donation of $10 on the day of one of our community paintings guests will receive their own ceramic bowl to glaze and customize to their liking and later pick up and keep at our dinner to serve as a reminder of all the bowls that go empty in our area each day. Guests will also receive a ticket to our Empty Bowls dinner in the Spring where they will enjoy a simple soup and bread dinner donated by local restaurants. At the dinner, guests will have the opportunity to bid to win silent auction items donated by local businesses and participate in a raffle. All proceeds of the Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls event will go to supporting the North Central Washington Food Distribution Center, which delivers over 1 million pounds of food annually to food banks and meal programs in Chelan and Douglas Counties.

Thank you to the Financial and In-Kind Sponsors of the 2018 Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls 

Confluence Health - 2018 "Protein" Sponsor
Kerry & Cris Lease - 2018 "Protein" Sponsor
Crunch Pak - 2018 "Fruits" Sponsor
Inspirations Ceramics & Art Cafe - 2018 "Creative" Sponsor
Pybus Public Market - 2018 Painting "Hearth" Sponsor
Wenatchee High School - 2018 Dinner "Hearth" Sponsor
Apple Valley Honda - 2018 "Dessert" Sponsor
Thrivent Financial - 2018 "Dessert" Sponsor
Joe's Log Cabin - 2018 Soup Sponsor
San Francisco Style Sourdough Eatery - 2018 Bread & Soup Sponsor
Weinstein Beverage Company - 2018 Beverage Sponsor
Ravenous Catering - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Garlini's Napoletana - 2018 Soup Sponsor
The Hunter's Wife - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Fire by Visconti - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Lemolo Cafe & Deli - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center - 2018 Soup Sponsor
SOUTH at Pybus - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Cottage Inn - 2018 Soup Sponsor
Want to help local food banks and meal programs year round? Sign up for our Green Bag Program and participate in a bi-monthly, door to door sustainable food drive.
Learn more about the Green Bag Program

Interested in Becoming a Sponsor?

We need your help to make Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls a success! If you would like to learn more about our Empty Bowls sponsorship opportunities click HERE.

Join our Planning Committee or Become a Volunteer

We would love your help in planning and implementing this event each year! To learn more about the various volunteer opportunities we have for this event please visit our Empty Bowls Volunteer webpage by clicking HERE!

Future Events

Keep watch for information about the upcoming Wenatchee Empty Bowls events! To Visit the Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls 2018 webpage click HERE!
If you would like to make an individual contribution click the button below and please specify Empty Bowls.
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Nearly 1 out of 4 children in the Wenatchee area suffers from food insecurity.

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Questions? 
​Call Kristi at 662-6156 ext. 225 or email at kristih@cdcac.org or kayleep@cdcac.org for more information!
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