Hopkins School District #270

2012 Empty Bowls

The 14th annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Hunger will be Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 11am - 7pm at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet Hopkins. Be a part of the fun, entertainment and art, and fight against hunger. Come choose your favorite bowl, enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread, and make a free will donation

If you would like to get involved in this community event, contact Barb Westmoreland at 952-988-4069 or click here to email.

What is Empty Bowls?

Since its small beginnings in 1990 at Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Empty Bowls has become an international grassroots project to raise funds for local food shelves. In 1999, Hopkins Public Schools art teachers and leaders in Hopkins Community Education saw the growing need for a fundraiser for hunger in our own community. Art students and community potters have been creating hundreds of unique soup bowls for the event ever since! Our bowls are daily reminders of all the empty bowls in our community and throughout the world.

You are invited to join us at our 14th annual Empty Bowls Event to choose your favorite handmade soup bowl, eat a simple meal of donated soup and bread, enjoy a variety of musical entertainment, and make a generous free will donation. Professional potters have donated beautiful bowls and related art for our silent auction. Proceeds will assist our local families through the services of ICA Food Shelf and ResourceWest.

Are there hungry people in our community?
• ICA Food Shelf provided 10,207 food assists in 2011, an 80% increase since 2008, and distributed $357,290 last year to assist families with rent, mortgage and utilities.
• ResourceWest connected over 10,000 area residents to the resources they needed in 2011. The resource center on Mainstreet Hopkins distributed 1,300 Second Harvest commodity food packages and 200 emergency food bags for ICA Food Shelf.

How can I help?
• Be a sponsor in the SUPERVALU Challenge! You decide your sponsorship level, send it in by March 1st, and be recognized on all print materials at the event. Sponsors of $250+ will have their logo prominently displayed.
• Make a ceramic or felt bowl in a Hopkins Community Education class.
• Be an in-kind sponsor of soup, bread, coffee, and other needed materials.
• Volunteer at the event.
• Artists can donate a fine art bowl or hunger related art for the silent auction.
• Musicians can donate their time and talent by entertaining at the event.
• Schools can include hunger issues in the curriculum, bowl making in art classes, promotional poster design in art and tech classes; students and staff can help serve soup or perform at the event.

If you would like to get involved in this community event, contact Barb Westmoreland at 952-988-4069 or click here to email.