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Article: Fill Empty Bowls with warmth
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2007
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It is hard to imagine a charity event that is anticipated with
all the anxiety and excitement of rock concert, but Empty Bowls is
certainly one of them.
This event, now in its ninth year, raises money for area food
pantries and soup kitchens by providing a hearty serving of soup
from local restaurants served in a handmade, one-of-a-kind bowl.
The line can wend through the parking lot.
Students, artists and art teachers across Milwaukee County work
for weeks crafting unusual ceramic bowls. There are bowls in every
conceivable shape and color.
Donors pay $20 for the bowl of their choice, which is filled with
soup. They keep the bowls as a reminder that "someone's bowl is
always empty."
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