Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls fundraising event helps South County Outreach feed the hungry in Orange County South County Outreach will be holding its fourth annual Empty Bowls hunger-awareness event on March 24, 2016 at El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel. Local artisans, chefs, businesses and volunteers come together to help raise funds to prevent hunger and homelessness in Orange County. Empty Bowls is an international grassroots movement created to fight food insecurity. Hosted locally by South County Outreach, it features a unique tasting event with soups prepared by local chefs. Each guest will receive a handmade ceramic bowl as a reminder of those who are hungry - whose bowls are truly empty. The event will also include live entertainment, wine tasting and a silent auction. Reservations are $100 and are available at www.sco-oc.org or by calling 949-380-8144. ?We love this Empty Bowls event - it is so uplifting to see everyone enjoy the simple meal of soup and to know that they are making contributions to feed people who struggle to put food on the table for their families,? said South County Outreach Executive Director Lara Fisher. Again this year the artist Wyland will create a bowl to be featured in the silent auction and children from South County Outreach housing programs will decorate bowls for the event. Local ceramic artists, high school art students and clubs are making and donating the bowls that will be given to guests. Lake Forest ceramic artist Ryan Mennealy and Irvine ceramic artist Rebecca Gaut are creating special pieces for the auction. Other ceramic partners include Capistrano Valley High School, Mission Viejo High School, Trabuco High School, Laguna Hills High School, Los Alamitos High School and the Ceramic Slipcasting Club and the Potters & Sculptors Club, both of Laguna Woods. This humble meal of soup is intended to create awareness about the problem of hunger in Orange County where more than 380,000 people do not know where there next meal is coming from - that number of people would fill Angel Stadium more than eight times. South County Outreach provides almost 800,000 pounds of food each year to 3,000 people each month. The proceeds from Empty Bowls fund the food pantry and housing programs that keep people safely housed and off the streets. Local restaurants are great supporters of Empty Bowls and this year?s participating restaurants include Hanna?s in Rancho Santa Margarita and new partners, Trevor?s at the Tracks in San Juan Capistrano and Amazing Grapes also in Rancho Santa Margarita. ?We have the best partners for this event. Each year the chefs work to come up with new and interesting soups and to outdo each other ? but in a very friendly competition,? said Fisher. ?We also appreciate all the great auction items that are donated. Our guests love to enjoy their soup and wine while choosing what to bid on. It?s just a fun evening of doing good.? Since 1989, South County Outreach has been helping local people in crisis - the unemployed, under-employed, seniors, veterans, the disabled and children in Orange County. With the support of local residents and the Orange County business community, the agency was able to provide 55,000 services last year, helping people in need get back on the road to self-sufficiency. Based in Irvine, South County Outreach serves the communities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
Date and Time
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
March 24, 2016, 6-9 p.m.
Location
El Niguel Country Club
Fees/Admission
Reservations: $100
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Contact Information
Terry Moore
South County Outreach
Marketing Director
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