Empty Bowl Fundraiser a Huge Success

Huntington, WV — Marshall University ceramics students have raised more than $13,000 for a tri-state food pantry.  The university says the 2014 Empty Bowls event raised enough money to allow the Facing Hunger Foodbank to provide nearly 100,000 meals.  Students created about 1,300 ceramic bowls, and an additional 300 were donated by local potters and others. For a $15 donation, patrons received a handcrafted ceramic bowl and a modest lunch meant to emulate a soup kitchen meal. More than 100 students and community volunteers ran the event.  www.fundraising-ideas.org