Empty Bowls Fundraiser and Awareness Event for Food Insecurity

Saturday, November 1st from 5-7 pm

Mount Anthony Union Middle School

What is Empty Bowls?

At Empty Bowls, members of the community come together to share a simple meal of soup and bread, donated by local restaurants and organizations, to raising funds to support the Kitchen Cupboard at GBCS while bringing awareness about food insecurity.

Please join us for this in-person event at Mount Anthony Union Middle School on Sunday, November 1, from 5-7pm. 100% of proceeds benefit the Kitchen Cupboard at GBCS, which helped feed 3,000 Bennington area residents last year!

You, our generous community, have consistently exceeded our expectations in giving and we are tremendously grateful. We are asking for your support – again – to help us meet our campaign goal!

Why Empty Bowls

The empty bowl is a wonderful metaphorical image. In Thailand, for example, Buddhist monks and nuns have a single possession: their bowls. Each morning, they knock on doors and receive a bit of food from each house. In this way, the empty bowl represents human interdependence, the truth that we only survive by giving and receiving.  Bennington, Vermont makes the empty bowl metaphor a reality by hosting its annual Empty Bowls Soup Supper.

Many Ways to Help

Advance tickets can be purchased for $25 from  SCC members Kathy Clark, Daryl Callirgos or Janice Lerrigo,  You can also purchase a ticket at the Bennington Bookshop, Martin’s Mini Mart (both in Bennington) or at Powers Market in North Bennington.   

Day of Event Tickets can be purchased at the door for $25 (children 6 & under are free)

Purchase a ticket for local people who are experiencing food insecurity. If you would like to donate a ticket to a shopper at the Kitchen Cupboard, go to the gbicsbennington.org.

Can’t Attend?  You can still participate. If you have questions or want to participate in the planning of Empty Bowls, please contact us at 802-447-3700. If you are unable to attend, but would like to support our work, we would appreciate any financial donation you could give.

Donations can be made online or by check. Please make checks out to GBCS, include “Empty Bowls” in the memo line, and mail them to: GBCS, Inc., PO Box 702, Bennington, VT 05201.