Empty Bowls Warms Up!

Jan. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- A team of student volunteers are ready to warm your heart this Saturday, January 29th at the fifth annual Empty Bowls Naples Event in Cambier Park.  Take a stroll through the park between 11 am & 2 pm to listen to live music performed by Barron Collier High Schools marching band & jazz band, watch potter demonstrations on the wheel in front of the band shell and taste a delicious bowl of soup from one of Naples finest restaurants.  The cost is only $10 which is donated to the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

Students have been tirelessly working to prepare bowls for this event.  “The bowls are incredible this year,” stated Betsy Dawson as she walked from table to table at Barron Collier High School where the students were preparing the bowls for eating.  “Attendees will want to get in line early as these creative pieces of art will go fast!”

Bowl recipients will want to check the bottom of their bowl for a special surprise from the hands that have created the bowls.  “It’s like opening a fortune cookie with a special message,” stated Hayley Bajema, a student volunteer at Barron Collier High School.

According to Linda Brown, “local artists have donated special,original, artistic pieces to the event to raise money for our local food banks.”  An auction of these pieces will be held in the park pavilion.   All proceeds will go to the Harry Chapin Food Bank which distributes over 11.5 million pounds of food each year to our community.

The Naples Art Council received a grant to host a, “Paint an Empty Bowl” table.  Stop by and paint a bowl for next year’s event.  The council will have 70 bowls that will be available to paint throughout the day.  It’s a fun way to donate your time to the event.

Join Panera Bread, Sweetbay, Bond, Schoeneck & King, and many other local businesses and restaurants in the community as we work together to make this year a success.  The goal is to raise over $30,000 this year.  Warm up with Empty Bowls and help fill an Empty Bowl in your community.

For more information, visit http://www.emptybowlsnaples.com or contact us via phone at 239-377-1387 or via email at naplesemptybowls@yahoo.com .

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Naples Empty Bowls, a nonprofit organization, is committed to raising awareness of the issue of hunger the Collier County. This goal is achieved through an annual fundraiser event and other initiatives that support local food and hunger programs.