September is Hunger Action Month and MANNA FoodBank has a calendar brimming
with events and ideas to raise awareness and resources for WNC’s population
experiencing food insecurity. MANNA is hosting the 11th annual Empty
Bowls lunch and dinner on September 24, 2012, as an opportunity to support
MANNA FoodBank as well as walking away with a locally handcrafted bowl.
The Empty Bowls
Lunch will take place from 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (drop-in) at the
Doubletree Biltmore Hotel in Asheville (115 Hendersonville Road, in Biltmore
Village); tickets for lunch are $25. A dinner will also take place at the
Biltmore Park Hilton in Asheville (43 Town Square Blvd., in Biltmore Park). The
dinner is a family friendly event, tickets are $30 and kids under 12 eat free.
All funds raised directly support MANNA FoodBank.
All lunch
attendees receive a handmade bowl of their choice – and the bowl choices
will be renewed throughout the day no matter what time guests arrive. Local artists
include: Tisha Cook, Barbara Gerber,Denise Baker, Paul Frehe, Gabriel Kline, David Voorhees, and Lori Theriault.
Several items
will be featured in the “Collector’s Corner” and offered at a fair market price
from well-known local artists.
Soups sponsors
for the two events include: Carmels, Corner Kitchen, Chestnut, Cucina 24,
Deerfields, Destinations, GO Kitchen Ready, Harrah’s, Lexington Avenue Brewery,
Luella’s 12 Bones, and Roux.
Bread and sweet
confections will be provided by: Annie’s Bakery, City Bakery, Brixx, The
Biltmore Estate, French Broad Chocolate Lounge, GO Kitchen Ready, and Mosaic
Café.
Additionally,
live music will be provided during lunch by the Mark Guest Trio and during
dinner by the Alarm Clock Conspiracy Duo.
The co-founder
of the Empty Bowls project, John Hartom, will be in attendance at the event.
John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn started the Empty Bowls project 22 years ago and
it has since expanded into an international grassroots effort that has raised
millions of dollars to help end hunger.
Always a local
community effort, this year’s sponsors include:
Harrah’s
Cherokee Casino & Hotel
Highwater Clays
Biltmore Farms
Hotels
Clear Channel
Mission
Hospitals
CarePartners
Foundation
Lamar
Advertising
Pepsi Cola
Bottling Co
Arden Dental
Group
Blue Ridge
Orthodontics
New Belgium
Brewing
TD Bank
ALSCO
Tickets are
on sale now and going fast. For more information,
or to purchase tickets, call MANNA FoodBank at (828) 299-3663 or purchase
tickets online at mannfoodbank.org.
The Empty Bowls
event on the 24th is a featured event of Hunger Action Month. MANNA
FoodBank has an entire month of events and suggestions (calendar follows) for
how to help end hunger and raise awareness in Western North Carolina.
Also on display
during the event-
The Paper
Plate Campaign is another way MANNA FoodBank supporters can raise awareness.
Food recipients and supporters decorate paper plates to express what hunger
does to them and their community. The resulting collection of plates will be
mailed to lawmakers in Raleigh and Washington D.C. at the end of the month.
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