Empty Bowls
THE PROJECT
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger. The Imagine/RENDER group was the parent organization to this project but it has since spread independently to communities all over the US and Canada. This project has helped communities raise millions of dollars to aid in the fight against hunger.
Not only is the focus of the project to raise money to help feed those in our community, it is also to raise awareness of the issues of hunger in both our community and the world.
Empty Bowls allows “artists” - in our case, student artists from Snoqualmie Middle School, Twin Falls Middle School, Chief Kanim Middle School, and Mount Si High School create a bowl which will then be donated to the cause.
Community members will buy tickets to a dinner event where they will be able to choose and take home a bowl created by our student artists. They will also receive a dinner of soup and bread that will be donated by local restaurants.
There will be musical entertainment from a Mount Si High School band ensemble.
100% of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank and the Fall City Food Pantry. Mount Si Cheer has volunteered to spearhead the revival of this event, along with support from Mount Si Culinary Arts, and we are excited to a part of bringing back this wonderful event that benefits our community.
BENEFITS:
From the Fall City Food Pantry:
The Fall City Community Food Pantry is an all volunteer organization. We serve people who live throughout the Snoqualmie Valley on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. During the past year, we distributed food and personal hygiene items to 6,459 individuals.
On a given day, a family of 4 that comes through the Food Pantry receives about $75 worth of groceries and personal hygiene items (retail price) including cereal, canned goods, pasta, fresh produce, toilet paper, toothpaste, a great variety of donated miscellaneous items and pet food. We also distribute baggies of sugar, salt and laundry soap. Families with infants also receive baby wipes and diapers (until age 2) and 2 cans of formula (until age 1) valued at $65 per visit.
For your ticket price of $15, the Fall City Food Pantry can provide the following, thanks to purchasing being able to purchase a lot of our items in bulk.
