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The Empty Bowls Project
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2016/09 - September
At least 16 percent of the residents of Jackson and Macon Counties suffer from food insecurity. Many more are self-sufficient so long as no emergency arises. However, injury, sickness, or the loss of a job can suddenly throw an individual or a family into a crisis situation. No one should be forced to live without food.
The Empty Bowls Project is an international movement to help feed the hungry right here in our own communities. Two local organizations, the International Friendship Center in Highlands and the Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry in Cashiers, are sponsoring The Empty Bowls Project in October to support our local food banks.
Each year, the Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts provides the space and materials for volunteers to create the bowls and local restaurants donate the bread and soup. Guests are invited to enjoy this simple meal and, in exchange for a cash donation, are asked to keep their bowl as a cherished keepsake and a timely reminder of the needs of the world. The money raised is donated to end hunger and food insecurity locally. The cost is $ 20 per bowl.
The Highlands event will be held on Sunday, October 2. The First Presbyterian Church of Highlands is once again hosting the event from 11:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. All proceeds will benefit the Food Pantry of Highlands, originally established by The International Friendship Center and the Highlands United Methodist Church, and now supported by many local churches and organizations. There will be a silent auction of special bowls created and donated by professional potters.
The Empty Bowls Project in Cashiers is also Sunday, October 2, and will be held at The Orchard Restaurant from noon to 2:00 P.M. All proceeds go to the Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry in Cashiers. For anyone who cannot attend, bowls may be purchased prior to the event by calling Carole Stork at (828)743-3222. For more information about Cashiers Empty Bowls, or Fishes and Loaves in general, please go to FishesandLoavesCashiers.org or contact Fishes and Loaves Executive Director Larry Morris at (828) 508-0378 or Stork at (828) 743-3222.
In Highlands, call Andrea Smith, Executive Director of the International Friendship Cen-ter, at (828) 526-0890.
