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

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