Empty Bowls
We had an incredible turnout for our Empty Bowls fundraiser! Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers, potters, and the amazing restaurants who contributed soups!
Congratulations to The Sumner Cafe for winning the people's choice Golden Ladle award for their Chicken Tortilla Soup!
Empty Bowls 2025
Event Details
Join us 11am - 2pm Saturday, November 15th during Hometown Holidays for Empty Bowls! We'll be serving delicious soups and selling beautiful local pottery, and all proceeds will go to helping our neighbors in need! Don't forget to vote on your favorite soup - the winner will take home the Golden Ladle Award!
Thank you to our partner, the Sumner Main Street Association and to our sponsors, The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse and The Hill and Anderson Family Fund.
About Empty Bowls
In 1990, the Empty Bowl Project was conceptualized by John Harton, an art teacher from Michigan, as a way to help his students creatively support a food drive. He had his class make ceramic bowls and invited the community to come have a simple dinner, with food donated by local restaurants - and the project was born. Those first diners did not even know that they were going to take home the bowl that they had just used for soup, as a reminder of all the empty bowls that still need filling, every night, around the world.
This concept began a movement and now Empty Bowl events are held around the world. While each bowl is unique, they share a common purpose: to raise awareness about the acute problem of hunger in our communities.
Restaurants
We have many wonderful restaurants in Sumner, and we're looking forward to trying some delicious soups from the following participating restaurants this year!
Pottery
Empty Bowls would be nothing... without the bowls! We want to thank all of the amazing artisans who donated their time and talents to make these incredible works of art for our event. A special thanks to:
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The Advanced Ceramics volunteer students at Sumner High School
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Cindi Hochstatter
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Open Arts Studio in Tacoma
