Kids and volunteers work their clay magic at Project Carson City Empty Bowls event
The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, Project Empty Bowls Carson City and Deloitte Consulting partnered Friday for a pottery event that brought dozens of children who created and crafted more than 150 clay mugs and bowls.
Deloitte Consulting provided 10 volunteers for the event and has donated 600 pounds of clay that will be used for bowl making projects throughout the year. Friday's event brought nearly 100 children, plus their parents, grandparents and family members.
In all, 152 pieces of clay were turned into Bowls for the Empty Bowl Project. Deloitte Consulting contributes time and volunteers for community events such as the Empty Bowl Project.
There will be free pottery making events at Carson City Farmer's Market this summer, Saturday mornings, June Through August at Third and Curry from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls.
Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread at the Silver and Snowflake Festival of Lights in December. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity. In Carson City it is FISH.
For more information on the Carson City Empty Bowls Project, go to Facebook here and its website here.
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