Chip's Pub III is on Board

Chip's Pub III in Clinton is on board! They will donate their Cheeseburger Chowder. Thank you to the owner, Steve Sinni, who is, as he said, "we're on, whatever you need." Thank you Chip's Pub for your generosity.

Welcome FoodWorks

FoodWorks Natural Market in Old Saybrook has joined our project and offered to be one of our soup donors for our dinner in January! Thank you Deb Rose and to everyone at FoodWorks for joining the Empty Bowls Project. We can't wait to taste what your going to cook up!

Dessert Anyone?

Wow! Big Y will be our provider of desserts..... Bob, the general manager from Big Y has offered 250 individual desserts to compliment our soup dinner in January. Welcome to our community Big Y and thank you for your generous offer.

Atlantic Seafood and Shop Rite Join

Today Lisa from Atlantic Seafood has joined the Empty Bowls Poject and offered to make fish or crab chowder for our dinner! "To find fish any fresher, you'd probaly have to throw out a line and catch them yourself."-New York Times.

Shop Rite has also generously offered to make 50 loaves of bread for our dinner! The Capano family has always been so generous and involved in our school and community. Thank you Atlantic Seafood and Shop Rite for joining our project.

Amazing Support

Today the owner of Cafe Routier, Brian Parri,  joined as a soup donor for the Empty Bowls Dinner.  He was so supportive and enthusiastic about our goals and even offered to contact other restaurants! We are grateful for the generosity we have received, from all of the local restaurants and businesses that will be donating soup for our January dinner.

Sometimes a Bowl is Not Just a Bowl

The great thing about Empty Bowls is that it links the creative task of glazing a bowl to the educational task of learning about hunger and food insecurity.  We seek to be artists, educators, and activists.  In keeping with these goals, the WMS Empty Bowls Project Committee has decided that we will donate all proceeds to the following organizations:  

Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries: provides 900,000 meals worth of food per year to shoreline CT communities of Essex, Chester, Clinton, Madison, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, Lyme-Old Lyme, Killingworth, Westbrook and Deep River.  www.shorelinesoupkitchens.org

End Hunger CT!: advocacy/outreach/education group seeking to eliminate hunger in Connecticut.  Current projects include improving childhood nutrition and facilitating development of school breakfast and summer meal programs in CT.  www.endhungerct.org

We think it is important that we support the daily work of those who put food in the hands of others in our community, and it is equally important that we support those who are working for legislation and outreach that will improve access to sustaining, healthy food.  In the words of Jacques Diouf, former United Nations Food and Agriculture Director-general, "Hunger is not an issue of charity.  It is an issue of justice." 

 

New Restaurant in Westbrook joins the Empty Bowls Project

The Bistro Mediterranean & Tapas located at 704 Boston Post Road, Westbrook, CT has become one of our new soup donors for our January dinner. They offer a wide array of Tapas ranging from mozzarella cheese croquettes, grilled baby squid, jumbo shrimp, bay shrimp and fried eggplant.  Their entrees include pasta, meat and seafood. Bistro Mediterranean offers a warm and cozy atmosphere and the staff is ready to make a memorable dining experience for you. Thank you to our new sponsor!