Wenatchee Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls is a grassroots effort to fight hunger growing across the nation and world. The idea is that potters, artists, and community members work together to create handcrafted or handpainted 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 organziation 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 15 years, and because of their overwhelming support, they suggested that we start one here in Wenatchee.
Empty Bowls is a grassroots effort to fight hunger growing across the nation and world. The idea is that potters, artists, and community members work together to create handcrafted or handpainted 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 organziation 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 15 years, and because of their overwhelming support, they suggested that we start one here in Wenatchee.
Here's how it works: Come to our community painting and buy a bowl and paint it for $15. Your $15 includes the finished bowl and the soup supper, so after your bowl is fired come pick it up and join us at the Empty Bowls dinner! The proceeds go to the Wenatchee Food Distribution Center, which delivers food to 13 area food banks in Chelan and Douglas Counties, 4 of which are in Wenatchee.
Creative Kindness Community Painting
|
Thank you to everyone who came out to our community painting on either February 25th or March 10th or both! It was a huge success! We painted 90 bowls on Feb. 25th and 125 bowls on Mar. 10th, which brought in a total of $3,272! Follow this link to see photos from our community paintings!
|
|
Blue Spoon Fundraiser
|
Thank you to everyone who came and supported Empty Bowls at our
Blue Spoon fundraiser! We were busy all night and brought in close to $700 for the Wenatchee Food Distribution Center! And thank you Blue Spoon! |
|
|
Empty Bowls Community Dinner
|
Thank you to all who came to our soup and bread supper! We hope you enjoyed the soup, the live music, and finding your bowl! Follow this link to see photos from the dinner! Thank you for your help in alleviating food insecurity in Wenatchee. And thank you to the Anita Eaton and the Eastmont High School Art Club for glazing beautiful bowls to sell at the dinner! (Bowls in photo on right.)
|
|
1 out of 4 children
|
|
Artist Bowl RaffleWe also had a raffle for artist bowls donated by local artists Tim Lynch, Matthew Kimmel, Anita Eaton, and Virginia Martin. Winners have been notified, and thank you everyone for your support of the raffle and the food banks!
Follow this link to see our artist bowls! |
Thank you community!
The first ever Wenatchee Empty Bowls was a great success!! We made a grand total of $3,826 net for the Wenatchee Food Distribution Center. That's close to 7,000 pounds of food! We couldn't have done it without all the support of those who came and participated, and the 30+ volunteers who helped out at the various events.
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to our sponsors, who gave so generously in support of our project, so that we could give all of that $3,826 to the food banks to fight hunger in our area.
Funds: Apple Valley Kiwanis, Wenatchee Downtown Rotary, Numerica, and Blue Spoon Frozen Yogurt
Dinner: Visconti's, McGlinn's, Olive Garden, Lemolo Cafe and Deli, San Francisco Sourdough Eatery, The Cellar Cafe, Wenatchee Safeway, Costco
Publicity: The Wenatchee World, The Good Life magazine, Cherry Creek Radio, Positive Life Radio, PepsiCo
Space: The Wenatchee Public Library, Two Rivers Gallery
Bowls: Anita Eaton, Matthew Kimmel, Tim Lynch, Virginia Martin, Eastmont High School Art Club
Live music: Old Gold
And thank you especially to Tim Lynch, who volunteered to fire ALL the bowls in his kiln!
Thank you everyone! See you next year!
We'd also like to extend a special thank you to our sponsors, who gave so generously in support of our project, so that we could give all of that $3,826 to the food banks to fight hunger in our area.
Funds: Apple Valley Kiwanis, Wenatchee Downtown Rotary, Numerica, and Blue Spoon Frozen Yogurt
Dinner: Visconti's, McGlinn's, Olive Garden, Lemolo Cafe and Deli, San Francisco Sourdough Eatery, The Cellar Cafe, Wenatchee Safeway, Costco
Publicity: The Wenatchee World, The Good Life magazine, Cherry Creek Radio, Positive Life Radio, PepsiCo
Space: The Wenatchee Public Library, Two Rivers Gallery
Bowls: Anita Eaton, Matthew Kimmel, Tim Lynch, Virginia Martin, Eastmont High School Art Club
Live music: Old Gold
And thank you especially to Tim Lynch, who volunteered to fire ALL the bowls in his kiln!
Thank you everyone! See you next year!
Questions? Call Annie at 662-6156 ex.236 for more information!
