Empty Bowls 2021 will be a socially-distanced, non-food event this year!  What does that mean?  Instead of gathering for a meal of soup, rolls, and dessert, you are invited to come to any or all of the Empty Bowls events to choose a hand-made pottery bowl and take home a packet of Soup Recipes!  Each Empty Bowl event will be held outdoors in the parking lot of the venue with tables of bowls set out for you to browse.  Make a donation (suggested donation is $10/person), choose a bowl, get your recipe book and head on home to make some soup!

We could have just skipped this year – serving food indoors for over 100 people at each event just isn’t safe right now – but our local food charities need our support more than ever!  So we put our thinking caps on and came up with a novel way to continue with this beloved and much needed program.  We hope to see you at EMPTY BOWLS 2021!


Saturday, March 20th ~ 11am to 1:30pm
VFW Post 7726, 115 Klondike Road, Independence
Benefiting Food Independence

Friday, March 26th ~ 11am to 1:30pm
1st United Methodist Church, 225 Fulcher St., Hillsville
Benefiting Carroll County Ministerial Assoc. Food Pantry

Saturday, March 27th ~ 11am to 1:30pm
Galax Public Library, 610 West Stuart Drive
Benefiting Galax Backpack Buddies

SOUP RECIPES & A BOWL

Marshaling the arts to feed more than just the soul

For information, please call The Arts Council at 276-238-1217