Empty Bowls combines art and food to help the hungry

Published 5:00 pm Sunday, March 17, 2013

By Staff reports

Hundreds of hand-crafted bowls made by the Peninsula Clay Artists and teachers and volunteers of local Peninsula schools are donated for the annual Empty Bowls lunch fundraiser.

SEAVIEW, Wash. – The community is welcome to enjoy handmade art and support local charities at the Long Beach Peninsula’s fifth annual Empty Bowls lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Peninsula Church Center, 5000 N Place.

Sponsored by local artist organizations, churches, community service organizations and schools, the event’s purpose is to raise funds to feed the hungry, spread hunger awareness and education, and advocate for arts education. All proceeds are donated to local charities that feed the hungry, including His Supper Table, Community Table and FISH.

For $10 per person, guests will be treated to a soup and bread lunch, and choose one of approximately 600 thrown and hand-built bowls made by members of Peninsula Clay Artists, and the teachers and volunteers of local Peninsula schools.

For more information, contact Empty Bowls chairwoman Karen Brownlee at 360-642-4780 or tnkbrown@charter.net

 

 

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