Empty Bowls is a global fundraising movement started in 1990 started by, of course, a teacher. The concept is simple:
Pottery studios make and donate the hand-made bowls, restaurants donate the soup. Local organizations who receive the proceeds work on (unending) logistics and details behind putting the event together. The community comes together, buys tickets, takes a piece of functional art (bowls!) home, eats some great local food- all for the benefit of the chosen nonprofits.
In Roslindale, this annual event is a collaboration between Create, NFAC, and The Substation. It embodies everything we’re about: craft, community, being a source of goodness in our community. We are thrilled to join together with NFAC (details below) to support food access in Roslindale and Hyde Park. In our partnership’s first year of Empty Bowls in 2022, we served a sold-out crowd 300 people and raised much-needed funds. In 2025, we’re aiming even higher.
Our next event will be held March 23, 2025 at The Substation in Roslindale Village! The bowls are already underway at Create, restaurants are signing on, and logistics are going strong! Tickets are on sale now. Click here!
More about NFAC: Proceeds benefit the member organizations of the Roslindale/Hyde Park Neighborhood Food Action Collaborative (NFAC): Food Access Volunteers of Roslindale (FAVOR), the Roslindale Food Collective (RFC) & the Hyde Park Food Pop-Up. NFAC aims to continue to build, facilitate & coordinate a network of community members & organizations focused on increasing access, choice, & affordability to healthy food to improve overall community health.
Funds raised will go directly towards providing fresh culturally appropriate fruit & vegetables to our community members!
