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Empty Bowls Event in Oxford Help Put Food on the Table
By Alyssa Schnugg
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alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com
‘Empty Bowls’ place setting
The annual Empty Bowls event has been helping to put food on the plates of the less fortunate in Lafayette County by providing hot, homemade soup in hand-crafted ceramic bowls for the past 16 years.
This year’s Empty Bowls will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Oxford Conference Center.
About 20 restaurants and individuals are participating in this year’s event, providing soup that ranges from the traditional chicken soup to hearty gumbos.
Bowls are handcrafted by various groups and individuals including the Ole Miss Mud Daubers ceramics club.
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The soups will be served in bowls created by the Ole Miss Mud Daubers ceramics club and other area artists and pottery makers like Coontown Pottery.
For $20, a participant will receive the soup, a bowl of their choice, water and bread.
In past years, the event has raised up to $15,000 for The Pantry — a nonprofit organization that began in 1982 to provide food on a weekly basis to any resident of Oxford or Lafayette County in need of assistance.
Scott Caradone from Proud Larry’s is in charge of the kitchen crew.
The soup can be purchased and eaten at the church or taken “to go,” however, organizers encourage people to eat the soup from their handmade bowls in keeping with the event’s theme that someone’s bowl is always empty.
The funds from the event will help The Pantry purchase food to supplement what they get from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Empty Bowls began in 1990 when a high school art teacher in Michigan conceived of the idea as a way for his students to raise money for a food drive.
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Lilly
April 17, 2019 at 5:09 am
This is a great event that does a lot to support the homeless community, I always take part when I go to Las Vegas for the Cirque Du Soleil Show, because part of the profit is given to charity. Don’t miss this amazing event and buy KA tickets online in advance.