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The Empty Bowls Project
Written By: Jenny King | Issue: 2016/10 - October
The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts in Highlands will be providing 500 handcrafted bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraisers October 2 in Highlands and Cashiers, thanks to open studio members and volunteers. This is the fifth year they have participated and once again will be providing space and materials to those who wish to create bowls for the fundraiser.
The Empty Bowls Project is an international initiative to help feed the hungry. Two local organizations, the International Friendship Center in Highlands and the Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry in Cashiers, are sponsoring The Empty Bowls Project to support our local food banks. Guests are invited to enjoy a simple meal and, in exchange for a cash donation, take their bowl home as a timely reminder of the needs of the world. The money that is raised is donated to end hunger and food insecurity locally. The cost is $20.
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 will be held at The Orchard restaurant from noon until 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 Carole Stork.
In Highlands you may call Andrea Smith, Executive Director of the International Friendship Center, at (828) 526-0890.
