As the holidays approach, hunger is never far off. But area residents are continuing to do their part to make sure people in need can still find help.
Tickets are still available for the fifth annual Empty Bowl FUNdraiser from 11:30 a.m. -2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8 on Potter’s Alley in downtown Taylor in support of Shepherd’s Heart Taylor’s food pantry. According to organizers, this event raises thousands of dollars each year to support the pantry’s mission to provide basic assistance with food, clothing, and emergency shelter to area people in need.
“This is an event that unites,” said Loretta Masters, the executive director and co-founder of the pantry. “It unites friends, family and acquaintances to join together and have some fun to support Shepherd’s Heart and our operation of buying food for the family and providing emergency assistance.”
Tickets are $15 per person through shepherdshearttaylor. org, and provide attendees with a beautiful hand-made bowl crafted by volunteers as well as coupons from area businesses.
“We plan to have activities for the kids; we have sidewalk chalk,” said Cheryl Cornelius, a Shepherd’s Heart volunteer who has worked on the Empty Bowl project since the project’s beginning in Taylor. “It will be a fun time for the whole family.”
Melanie Shaw, owner of Art Off Center, which has co-sponsored this event since 2017, said volunteers have been busy all summer making pieces for the fundraiser.
“We do volunteer times, and they make either hand-made bowls or wheel thrown bowls,” Shaw said. “And those of us who are more expert, we throw.”
For more information, call 512-666-9003.
