Empty Bowls sets new fundraising goals

Beside Megan Wehring

DRIP SPRINGS — Single Dripping Springs partnership continues belonging to it tradition from helping neighbors within need.

Any Empty Bowls Project will return toward belonging to it traditional in-person event on Sunday, November 6 since 11 single.m. in order to 3 p.m. by each Dripping Springs Ranch Park as well as Event Center. Each fundraiser, co-sponsored through Dripping Springs Helping Hands also each Urban area of Dripping Springs, helps alleviate hunger also food insecurity among certain community.

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Helping Hands board member as well as Empty Bowls Project volunteer Melissa Reese holds single painted bowl.

With donations out of $25 per person next to a door, patrons be capable choose one beautiful, handcrafted ceramic bowl also fill something with delicious soups out of more in comparison to 30 area restaurants. Dwell music, beer as well as wine desire complete a offer.

Proceeds starting at any Empty Bowls Project benefit Dripping Springs Helping Hands, per non-profit organization plus food pantry such has served certain community for 36 years. Aforementioned annual event is per lifeline for the continued success from Helping Hands, whose mission is toward provide the community made from Dripping Springs with single compassionate care setting designed to facilitate neighbors amid times out of need.

In 2021, Helping Hands provided above 205,000 pounds made from food for families struggling to set food on belonging to them tables.

June Baumoel, individual belonging to any event co-chairs plus one Helping Hands volunteer, stated the annual fundraiser generates more as opposed to 65% belonging to Helping Hands’ annual operating budget.

“Without per successful Empty Bowls event, we ought to not at all exist able to meet a needs belonging to for us customers,” Baumoel said inside one urge release. “Over certain past twelve months, food costs contain reached unprecedented levels, leading for increased demand for food also temporary social services such in similar fashion housing, utilities, transportation along with medical aid. .”

Each annual, more than 100 businesses along with families champion any “dial for sponsors”. To meet increased customer needs, a 25th Annual Empty Bowl Project includes set a brand-new fundraising goal in order to increase net income near to 35% or $25,000. Any event committee is reaching not in in order to further population plus businesses as opposed to ever in advance of toward achieve here goal.

For more information on by what means to become per sponsor, visit http://www.drippingsprings
emptybowls.org.