Originally published in the Battle Creek Enquirer on 3-21-07

Local, state notables making art in hopes to fill 'Empty Bowls'

The 13th Annual Empty Bowl night featured dignitaries from around the city making their "Empty Bowls" at Springfield Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.

The artistically decorated bowls will later be sold in a fundraiser to help support the Food Bank of South Central Michigan, an organization which helps to put food on the tables of needy families in the area.

For more information, call 964-3663 or visit www.foodbankofscm.org.

Doug Allen/The Enquirer

(Left) John Hallacy, Calhoun County Prosecutor, works on his bowl featuring a painted American flag.

(Center) A packed room of would-be artisans create bowls for the 13th Annual Empty Bowl night.

(Right) Al Bobrofsky's "Empty Bowl" is a sunfish as he's an avid outdoorsman.