Empty Bowl Sale
Saturday June 14th,
8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Visit us in Horse Park during the
Cereal Festival
in Downtown Battle Creek
What is the Empty Bowl?
The Empty Bowl Project is the brainchild of
two art instructors at Bloomfield Hills searching for a way to raise funds for a
food drive. What developed was a fund raising event that incorporated
making ceramic bowls for a fund raising meal.
The Food Bank of South Central Michigan
initiated its own version of this activity in 1992, linked to the Cereal
Festival in Battle Creek. The Empty Bowl represents the hunger that many
children face.
The Empty Bowl Exhibit has been developed to consist of 3 separate Empty Bowl Collections which are:
¨ Student Bowls (about 600) created by students in local school systems under the guidance of their art instructors.
¨ Dignitary Bowls (about 40) usually made in March by local leaders, under the supervision of Jan Cramer, art instructor at Springfield Middle School & some of her students. Click here to see pictures of this year's dignitaries in action.
¨ Signature Bowls (about 50) created by 15-25 professional artists.
Each collection is offered to the general public
during the Cereal Festival on Saturday, June14th, 2008 (the second
Saturday in June each year). Each collection has its own donation category and
are marked accordingly at the exhibit.
Each year the food bank solicits corporate
sponsors of the event which help to underwrite materials and signage. The 2008 sponsors include:
Battle Creek Optimist Club, Binda Foundation, Kellogg's Corporate Citizenship Fund,
Southern Michigan Bank & Trust and is supported by Battle Creek
Public Schools and the Art Center of Battle Creek.
The Empty Bowl Project is under the guidance of
the Empty Bowl Planning Committee, led by event chairs Robert & Eleanor DeVries.
Schools supporting this year's Empty
Bowl event include:
Battle Creek Public Schools
Athens Middle School and High School
Harper Creek High School
Lakeview High School
Pennfield Middle School and High School
St. Philip Middle School and High School
Arts & Industry Council
Stop by the Empty Bowl sale to purchase a bowl made by students from your
favorite school.
For additional information on the Empty Bowl Project, please contact the Food Bank at 269-964-3663.
