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

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