Last Chance for Families to Glaze Bowls!

This Saturday, November 22, from noon - 2pm, the Westbrook Public Library is hosting the final public glazing session for the Empty Bowls Project.  We invite all members of our community--and all ages-- to come and glaze a bowl with us.  The session will be led by art teacher Liz Egan and a staff of helpers.  The event is free and no experience is necessary.  And if it's not exciting enough to just glaze a bowl, we have a special treat:  Daisy Elementary Principal Ruth Rose and Rose Orchards are donating pies for you to sample during this session!  So come out this weekend and support the Empty Bowls Project!

Unified Arts at WMS

As the WMS community prepares for tomorrow's Fall Arts Festival, the Empty Bowls Project would like to send one more thank you to the unified arts faculty at our middle school.  They have generously donated $250 worth of glazes for use at our bowl glazing sessions.  In challenging budget times for schools, this donation means a great deal to us.  In addition, members of the unified arts faculty have also donated their time, expertise, and assistance to us as we hold our glazing sessions and plan the empty bowls dinner.   To all of our Empty Bowls' supporters, please be sure to go out tomorrow evening to enjoy the fall arts displays and performances at Westbrook Middle School, beginning at 6pm.

Thank You to Our Newest Sponsor

The Empty Bowls Project would like to thank the Belz Family and Paper, Plastic & More for their generous donation of paper products for our glazing sessions and our January 28th Empty Bowls dinner.  We're happy to add them to our sponsor page and to the list of community businesses that are supporting this project!

Rose Orchards Becomes a New Sponsor

Welcome to Rose Orchards of North Branford!  Many thanks to Ruth Rose, our new principal at Daisy Ingraham, for offering pies from Rose Orchards for our November 22nd glazing session at the Westbrook Public Library.  We can't wait to sample delicious pies as we glaze bowls for the Empty Bowls Dinner.

Please remember to support all of our sponsors by visiting them often--and remember while you're there to thank them for supporting our community through the Empty Bowls Project!

Multiplying Bowls!

When are 250 bowls not enough?  Well, when we have over 200 glazed bowls by November 1st, it means it's time to order more bowls!  We just received a new shipment of bowls to meet the needs of our remaining glazing sessions.  Join us to get them ready for our January 28th dinner!

Education and Outreach at WMS

 Thanks to the great work of Monica Selmont, Tammy Overchuk, and interested students at WMS, we have a great educational campaign underway in our middle school.  Check out the cafeteria tables and the student council bulletin board for information, and stay tuned as students initiate other ways to help us think about the issue of food insecurity and our role as change agents.  Students have also been assisting new participants in our glazing sessions.  Beginning with our meeting tomorrow, we welcome students to attend our Empty Bowls committee meetings and to take a larger part in making our project a success.

Glazing at the Westbrook Library and the Senior Center

We're taking our glazing sessions on the road!  We have been invited to bring glazing sessions to the Westbrook Public Library on Saturday, November 22, noon-2pm; and the Westbrook Senior Center in Town Hall on Thursday, December 11, 3:30-6.  The Empty Bowls Project belongs to our community!  Stay tuned for news about how to join us as glazers and/or helpers at these sessions.