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

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