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

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