The first Union College “Empty Bowls” dinner will be Saturday, May 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Hale House dining room with proceeds benefitting the Northeast Regional Foodbank.
The dinner, which is open to the public, costs $10.
Participants who attend will receive a warm chili dinner, provided by Dining Services, as well as a commemorative ceramic bowl. The bowls were made in the ceramics studio by Union volunteers, including Ceramics Instructor Nancy Niefield who brought the program to Union.
“Empty Bowls,” created in 1990 by a Michigan high school art teacher, aimed to raise money for a food drive at the school. From there it developed into a worldwide project to help fight hunger. Niefield mentioned the project during her ceramics class to overwhelming reception from the students, who spent the winter and spring terms making the 150 bowls needed for the dinner.
For further information, contact blanchec@union.edu.
