Empty Bowls Raises Awareness and Funds to Fight Hunger

The signature event of Longmont's OUR Center, Empty Bowls takes place March 10, 2012

 

Announcing the 9th Annual Empty Bowls Event, "Feeding the Hungry in our Community", a Benefit for Longmont-based OUR Center.

Taking place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Longmont High School (1040 Sunset Street  Longmont, CO 80501), this popular event attracts more than 750 people from throughout the region, and calls attention to hunger. The OUR Center's signature event, Empty Bowls raises money specifically for the OUR Center's food program, which provids hundreds of thousands of hot nutritous meals and tens of thousands of pantry food boxes to low-income families and individuals in the greater Longmont area each year.

This is a fun, family and community-oriented event, and for a ticket price of only $20 in advance ($25 at the door), attendees select a pottery or ceramic bowl made especially for the event to take home as a reminder of those who are hungry.

Enjoy delicious homemade soups, bread, and dessert (all donated by more than 20 area restaurants and included in the ticket price) at the event with hundreds of others from the community. Empty Bowls includes a silent auction featuring the work of over 100 local artists using various mediums. 

In advance of the event, many people gather together at Crackpots Studio on Main Street in Longmont to hand paint a vibrant array of bowls. Once at the event, attendees select one of the custom bowls. They not only get to enjoy their meal in the creative pieces, but they get to keep the bowls as a reminder of the event and the meaning behind it.  

There are many ways to get involved in this fun and important event. You can become a sponsor, paint bowls, and, most importantly, plan to attend! This is a wonderful way to get the whole family involved in a really great cause. If you are looking for something different and worthwhile to do as winter comes to a close, plan to make the short drive up to Longmont on March 10!

For more information about Empty Bowls, please visit www.ourcenter.org or contact Elaine Klotz at 303-772-5529 or elaine@ourcenter.org.

For more information about Crackpots or bowl painting, visit www.ecrackpots.com.

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