The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight against hunger. The project was initiated by a Michigan art teacher during the 1990-91 school year as a way to raise charitable funds for his community. His idea has expanded across the US and to at least a dozen other countries. The basic idea of Empty Bowls is simple. Potters and others donate handcrafted bowls. Guests purchase tickets to a simple meal of soup, bread, and dessert. Each guest selects a handcrafted bowl to keep as a reminder of the empty bowls this event will help to fill. One hundred percent of each meal’s proceeds will be donated to local hunger-fighting organizations.
Our Mission
The Empty Bowls Virginia Peninsula committee is a fraternal organization of volunteers engaged in a grassroots effort to raise both money and awareness in the fight against hunger within our local communities.
Advance tickets available—cash or check only—in Newport News, at Peninsula Fine Arts Center, and in Hampton, at Gallery at the Chapman.