As many as 50 Wittenberg art students, faculty, staff and alumni personally crafted 600 soup bowls for the annual fundraiser Empty Bowls, April 6.
The event, which raised $6,056 for Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield, offered all-you-can-eat soups and breads for a $10 donation. The beautiful handcrafted keepsake bowls were included in this donation as a reminder of all those in the community who go hungry each day.
Empty Bowls organizer Scott Dooley, assistant professor of art, and Elliott Nguyen ’06 from West Chester, Ohio, student organizer for this year’s event, were overwhelmed with the response from the community.
We had tremendous success,” Nguyen said, noting that 20-30 students also assisted during the dinner.
IMANI Gospel Choir and Just Eve, Wittenberg’s women’s a cappella group, provided the entertainment as did Clint Davis ’06 from Lebanon, Ohio, Sam McCabe ’06 from Greenville, Ohio, and Carly Kuhn ’06 from Lakewood, Ohio. n