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Serving up Art, Music, and Specialty Soups!
Please join Feeding Umpqua for our annual meal of soup and bread. By supporting Feeding Umpqua and our network of partner agencies, you are feeding children and families struggling to access food.
Empty Bowls Project dinner attendees will get their choice of an artisan bowl to use to taste an array of signature soups made by some of Douglas County’s top restaurants and cooks.
Mark your calendar now, and later this year, return to this web-site to purchase your ticket for this one-of-a-kind event!
Join your fellow community members, businesses, and community organizations in supporting the Empty Bowls Project Dinner! In previous years, we have had up to 12 delicious soups made by local restaurants and chefs and a selection of beautiful, one-of a kind bowls for attendees to choose from. At our last event, we had over 180 attendees come out to the warehouse and help us raise over $49,000. This is all made possible by incredible sponsors like you. Check back in the coming months to find out about how you can support this wonderful community event while having us feature your name as a sponsor!
October 7, 2024 from 5:30pm-7:30pm
Join your fellow community members, businesses, and community organizations in supporting the Empty Bowls Project Dinner! In previous years, we have had up to 12 delicious soups made by local restaurants and chefs and a selection of beautiful, one-of a kind bowls for attendees to choose from. At our last event, we had over 180 attendees come out to the warehouse and help us raise over $49,000. This is all made possible by incredible sponsors like you. Check back in the coming months to find out about how you can support this wonderful community event while having us feature your name as a sponsor!
At an Empty Bowls Dinner, people from across the county come together to share a simple meal with a simple mission: to end hunger. Friends and family members share warmth and laughter while doing something good for our community.
The basic premise of Empty Bowls (an international event) is simple: Potters and those with an interest in creating with clay gather to create handcrafted bowls. We are looking for those who would like to support our effort through creation of bowls.
If you would like to get together with others to help in this way, you can come to Over the Hill Ceramics on 400 SE Lane in Roseburg on the first Thursday of each month starting at 4:30pm. Here you can purchase a bowl for between $10-15 and paint it.
Nearly 1 in 4 of Douglas County’s children are hungry, their parents often unable to feed them 3 meals a day. Children are the most vulnerable to the effects of persistent hunger as it reduces their ability to learn and negatively impacts their health, growth, and development. These effects can last a lifetime.
40% of county residents live in a food desert, lacking easy access to a supermarket with healthy, affordable food options. These residents often must pay high prices to shop at local convenience stores with few food options. Or, if they have reliable transportation, they face a long drive to a town with a full-service grocery store that stocks fresh produce, milk, eggs, and other staples.
To address this need, Feeding Umpqua, through our network of partner agencies, provides over 1,000,000 meals each year.
