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Mark your calendars - The Ninth Annual Empty Bowl Event 2012 will be held Friday night, April 20th at the Garten Verein (at the corner of Avenue O and 27th Streets, in Galveston, Texas) 6pm to 9pm. Tickets will sell fast - don't miss it. Table sponsors are welcome (please call us at 409-762-2233 for more information).
Advanced tickets will be on sale soon. There will be a limited amount of tickets.
Your donation provides you a handmade bowl, to be filled with your choice of delicious soups, plus bread, dessert and beverages.
Proceeds from The Empty Bowl Event support the nutrition programs of The Jesse Tree. These include:
- The food pantry
- Senior Food Box Program
- Friday Food Fairs
- Diabetes Classes
The event began when a Seventh Grade art teacher invited his students to learn about local hunger, by hand crafting ceramic bowls, offering them for sale and donating the proceeds to feed hungry people in their own community. The idea has spread across the nation. In Galveston, Madeleine Baker and several members of The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship took up the cause in 2003, hosting the first event in their beautiful chapel in Galveston, Texas.
The Unitarian "Bowlers" produce approximately four hundred bowls annually. These works of art are offered to those who attend the event, while local restaurants fill them with delectable selections of hot and cold soups. Patrons go home after a delightful evening with their ceramic art to cherish.
Whether purchasing tickets, donating soup or volunteering, this is an event for the entire community. Please mark your calendar for April 20, 2012.
Watch the video from last year's event!
Click here for pictures of last year's event!
Watch the video from 2010 year's event!
Purchase Tickets On-line coming soon!