Greenlife Grocery will be hosting an Empty Bowls fund-raising event to benefit the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
There will be a soup and cornbread dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4 at Greenlife Grocery. For $25 each, diners will receive a handcrafted bowl created by a local potter, soup and cornbread. All of the proceeds go to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank to help feed the hungry in our area.
Empty Bowls, a national fundraiser aimed at fighting hunger, was started in 1990 by a Michigan high school art teacher. A class project with the students producing ceramic bowls evolved, and people were invited to purchase them to benefit local food banks.
By the following year, the originators had developed the concept into Empty Bowls, a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens and other organizations that fight hunger. Since then, Empty Bowls events have been held throughout the world, and millions of dollars have been raised to combat hunger.
All food and bowls left over from Empty Bowls will be donated to The Chattanooga Area Food Bank.