Carson City ladles soup for the soul as part of 2017 Empty Bowls Project hunger campaign
For the sixth year, Carson City residents lined up Friday night to feast on delicious, savory soup served in handmade clay pottery created by local artisans as part of the Empty Bowls Project to raise money for local families and individuals who often go without daily hot, nutritious cooked meals.
The annual event that was started in 2012 by Carson City Art Gallery owner Robin McGregor returned Friday, this time with a new home at Carson City Hall.
Dozens arrived early to buy the hand-crafted clay fired bowls and had them filled with delicious, piping hot soup served up by several local Carson City area restaurants.
For those unfamiliar with the Empty Bowls Project it is a hunger awareness campaign that got its footing in Michigan and has spread throughout the U.S., including Carson City.
Artisans donate bowls made throughout the year, restaurants donate soup and bread, the public makes a minimum donation, chooses a bowl or bowls, has them filled with soup, and then takes the bowl home with them as a reminder of the empty bowls in their community.
Proceeds from the Carson City Empty Bowls Project benefit Friends in Service Helping, also known as FISH. Empty Bowls coincided with Friday's Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights in downtown Carson City.
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