Have Fun Supporting Talbot County Empty Bowls!

Come spend an evening at

The Clay Bakers and help us support

Talbot County Empty Bowls!

Monday, February 1 or Thursday, February 4

5:30-8:00 pm
$10 per bowl

On Sunday, February 21 the Talbot County Empty Bowls community dinner will raise money for local food banks. The $20 cost of the meal includes home-cooked soup as well as the bowl in which it is served.

And that is where we come in.

The Empty Bowls committee needs bowls. Lots of bowls.

More bowls means more donations.

Come to Clay Bakers on Washington Street and have fun making a bowl -- or two or three! The $10 fee includes everything you need to complete your project. The Clay Bakers will donate your bowl and $5 of the fee to Empty Bowls.

The Clay Bakers is located at 1 S. Washington Street in Easton.

Adults and children are welcome.

Monday, February 1 or Thursday, February 4

5:30-8:00 pm $10 per bowl

For more information or to RSVP,

call Evergreen Cove at (410) 819-3395

WHAT IS EMPTY BOWLS?

The Talbot County Empty Bowls event is modeled after the first Empty Bowls fundraiser, which was the brainchild of John Hartom, a North Carolina high school art teacher. In 1990, Hartom challenged his art students to make enough ceramic bowls to host a meal for the school faculty. During the meal, Hartom and his wife, Lisa Blackburn, also an art educator, reminded the group that, even though they were not hungry because they had just eaten, many in the community still had empty bowls. The guests were invited to keep their soup bowls as a reminder of those less fortunate. This event evolved into the non-profit organization Empty Bowls, which now raises millions of dollars for hunger-related causes around the world.

WHO ARE THE TALBOT COUNTY EMPTY BOWLS ARTISTS?

Like the first Empty Bowls event, the Talbot County Empty Bowls fundraiser combines the arts and philanthropy. Local potters who have pledged handmade bowls are Paul Aspell, Forrest and Martha Bogan, Eileen Hebert, Ann Krestensen and Ken Sadler. Bowls are also being made and donated by local school students

HOW ELSE CAN I HELP?

Make a tax deductible donation.If you are unable to attend the meal, or if you want to do more to support our local food pantries, mail a tax deductible donation in any amount to the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, 102 E. Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601. Make checks payable to Mid-Shore/Empty Bowls. You can also donate online at www.mscf.org.

The second annual Talbot County Empty Bowls community dinner will be held on Sunday, February 21 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Easton (on the westbound lane of Rt. 50, west of the Maryland State Police barrack). [In the event of inclement weather, the meal will be served on Sunday, February 28.]

The cost of the meal is $20. You will enjoy a dinner of home-cooked soup and take home the handmade bowl in which it is served. Because the church hall as well as the bowls, soup, bread and dessert are being donated, every penny raised by the Empty Bowls event will be donated to local food pantries. During the meal, representatives from our local food pantries will talk about how these social service organizations are being challenged to meet the increasing need for food in our community.

To reserve your place at the Empty Bowls dinner table, mail a check for $20 per person to the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, 102 E. Dover Street, Easton, MD 21601. Make checks payable to Mid-Shore/Empty Bowls. Please include your phone number. You can also order tickets and make a donation online at www.mscf.org. For more information, contact Anna Harding, 410-822-6452.

We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you on February 21.

With gratitude,
The Empty Bowls Committee
Anna Harding, Walt Johnson, Jane Johnson, Aprille McKee-Wright, Linda Mastro, Susan duPont, Lee Nelson, Lainie Wrightson and Leslie Hamburger