Empty Bowls 2015

Highlights

Joining together to fight hunger in our community!

The fifth annual Empty Bowls fundraising event was held Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Warwick Valley High School. The Warwick Valley School District and community members JOINED TOGETHER for this successful fundraising effort to fight hunger in our community! The event included:

  • Community meal of gourmet soups, fresh bread, dessert
  • Kids’ games and fun activities
  • Beautiful pottery bowls for sale
  • Pottery demonstrations
  • Silent Auction
  • Basket Raffle
  • Performances by Student Musicians

Many thanks to all who helped with this event, and to all who supported it.  A special thanks to our platinum sponsor Cindy R. & Roger Vander Plaat.

The $10,000 raised went to the Backpack Snack Attack program, Warwick Community Kitchen and the Florida Community, Greenwood Lake and Warwick Ecumenical Food Pantries.

Charity Champions 2014/2015 Winner

Warwick Valley High School Named Charity Champions Grand Prize Winners for Greater Hudson Valley.

Charity Champions
2014/2015 Charity Champions
EB-Charity Champions 2014-15-1
2014/2015 Charity Champions

Event Photos

Community Meal
Deborah Bernstein – Silent Auction
Calling the Basket Raffle
Enjoying the Kids’ Activities
Enjoying the Kids’ Activities
Deborah Bernstein
Lion’s Club volunteer at Kids’ Activity Table
Hand Thrown Pottery Soup Bowls
Roberta Green
Making Pinch Pots
Cats Meow
Enjoying the Evening
Roberta Green
Our Audio Guys
Roberta Green
Deborah Bernstein
Roberta Green
Roberta Green
Look What I Made
WVMS Guitar Club
Deborah Bernstein
Two of our Student Helpers
Making Pinch Pots
Warwick Valley Rotary
WVCSD Superintendent, Dr. Leach and Family
Making Pinch Pots
Warwick Valley Rotary
Coloring at the Kids’ Activity Table
Roberta Green
Forming a Pinch Pot
WVHS Empty Bowls Club welcoming everyone
Selling Soup Bowls
Admiring the Silent Auction items
Community Meal
Roberta Green
Roberta Green
WVMS Guitar Club
Basket Raffle
Talking with potter Deborah Bernstein
Our Audio Guys
Deborah Bernstein – Silent Auction
Empty Bowls Committee member
Decorating a Pinch Pot
Student volunteers with Empty Bowls T-Shirts
Basket Raffle
Pottery Bowls & the WVMS Guitar Club
Kids’ Activity Table
Look at That One
Purchasing Bowls
Searching for a Bowl
Hand Thrown Pottery Soup Bowls
Roberta Green
Pinch Pots with Potter Roberta Green
2015 Warwick Valley Empty Bowls Committee
WVHS Orchestra
Calling the Basket Raffle
Training WVHS volunteer pottery assistants
Face Painting
Pinch Pots with Potter Roberta Green
Making Pinch Pots
Roberta Green
Deborah Bernstein
Yummy Desserts
Making Pinch Pots with Potter Roberta Green
WVHS Cats Meow
Hanging Out With Friends
Roberta Green
Who Made This Bowl?
Learning About Throwing Pots
Making Pinch Pots
Enjoying the Kids’ Activities
Pottery Soup Bowls
Roberta Green
Roberta Green
Lion’s Club volunteer playing bingo at the Kids’ Table
Backpack Snack Attack Volunteers
Decorating Pinch Pots
Enjoying a Cup of Soup
A Nice Crowd
Enjoying the Kids’ Activities
Potter Roberta Green with raffle winner of her ceramic piece
Face Painting
Look What I Made
WVMS Guitar Club
Making Pinch Pots
Roberta Green
Logo – WVHS grad Eliza Bender
Roberta Green
Basket Raffle