This was the second-year art teacher Jaime Shafer has challenged her high school students to craft food-safe bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser at the library. Her students exceeded expectations by creating close to 300 bowls for the event, almost double that of last year. Many of the bowls were on display at Churchill County Library before the Sunday, April 16 event. From noon until 3 p.m. one could select a hand-crafted bowl to keep and then indulge in any of the varieties of soups donated by community members.
For a small donation of cash or non-perishable food or hygiene items, attendees enjoyed a community meal of homemade soups and chili, with freshly baked bread and rolls. About 26 crockpots containing more than 34 gallons of soup were available for folks to eat their fill. At the end of the event, the only things left empty were the crockpots.
Donated non-perishables will be used to restock the Karma Box located outside the Chamber of Commerce office at 290 West Williams Avenue. The box is always open, and anyone in need can help themselves to anything in there, the contents are free. Cash donations received were just over $3,400 and are used to fund library programs.
Library Director Carol Lloyd said, “This was a wonderful partnership again for this event. And what a great community, I am so very proud to be a part of it.” Shafer added, “I am amazed and overjoyed even more than last year. This community's generosity is incredible, and well beyond what I ever expected.”
Empty Bowls is a nationwide effort to raise awareness of hunger in the community. Sunday's event at the library was sponsored by the CCHS Ceramics Class students who made and donated the bowls, the Fallon Chamber of Commerce, and the Churchill Library Association.
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