• Empty Bowls Project

Empty Bowls Project

Empty Bowls is a project sponsored by the Kenyon College Craft Center, the Kenyon Review, and the Mount Vernon Nazarene University ceramics students as a fundraiser to fight hunger in Knox County. Bid on bowls made by students and community members, and enjoy a delicious soup dinner! All proceeds benefit Food for the Hungry in Knox County.

The Third Annual Soup Dinner and Auction will be Friday, November 6, 2009 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Peirce Hall's Alumni Dining Room. Requested donation for the dinner is $5 for students and children and $8 for adults .

2009 Update : In our third year of Empty Bowls, we raised over $5,000 for Food for the Hungry!

Empty Bowls Video

Kenyon Collegian, 11/5/09: "Empty Bowls Dinner"
Mount Vernon News, 10/26/09: "Empty Bowls soup supper and art auction to fight hunger"

2008 Update: Thanks to all who attended our Empty Bowls dinner in 2008. In our second year, we raised over $3,500 for Food for the Hungry!

See pictures from Empty Bowls 2008

Mount Vernon News, 11/10/08: "Lit fest fundraisers score for Food for the Hungry"
Mount Vernon News, 9/29/08: "'Empty Bowls' Fundraiser Shaped at Kenyon"
Kenyon Collegian article, 9/25/08: "Craft Center Sponsors Charity Dinner, Auction"
Empty Bowls 2007 Photo Gallery

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