Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Art One - Empty Bowls

Before we start on our next project, we will make a simple bowl for the Empty Bowls Project.  This is fund raiser for area food ministries that FPD art students began participating in three years ago.  We have a soup dinner and sell our ceramic bowls, platters and vases.
Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.
Why should FPD participate?
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.
It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.
Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called Empty Bowls so that the idea can continue to spread. Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.
The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, Feeding America,  reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever. Please find the time, make the commitment, get involved. Your single effort can have a profound impact.
“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.”
-Marjorie Moore

34 comments:

  1. I can't wait to make bowls and raise money for this cause. It will be a great experience
    -Emily Garnett

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  2. Sounds like a great idea. Ecstatic about making bowls to help some hungry people. #BowlsAreKewl
    _Bryce Little_

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  3. It will be fun making these bowls. Making them for empty bowls will make it even better, because we know that we are making them for a good cause.

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  4. The bowls sound like it will be a very fun and creative project, and i am excited to do it
    -Zack Carter

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  5. Bowls sound pretty exciting and I think it'll be a creative experience
    ben Monfort

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  6. It will be fun making these bowls i think it will be a great project
    William Dasher

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  7. I think this will be a great thing to do. I know it will touch many peoples hearts and I cant wait to do this!

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  8. This looks like a fun thing to do for a good cause.
    Jacob Richardson

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  9. I think its a great way to earn money for great causes! And also a way to bring people to come and look at the work people have done!

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  10. I think FPD should do this because it reminds us of how privileged we are to live in a place where we do not have many empty bowls and to help us remember that there are people out there that don't have 3 meals a day like we do.
    ~Mackenzie Johnson

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  11. I think this is a great thing that FPD does because we are so blessed, and we should share our blessings with others
    -carsondingler

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  12. FPD should participate, because we're helping other people. And it's a really great way to donate money to other people. I can't wait to make bowls in class for this program!

    ~Vivianna Chang

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  13. FPD needs to participate in the Empty Bowls because we are a Christian school full of Christian people, and we need to help those in need!

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  14. I think this a great program and I cannot wait to contribute by making a bowl. Also looking forward to seeing the positive outcomes this program has for the hungry.

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  15. I think that this will be fun and it's for a great cause. It's an easy way to help others in need.
    ~Jenna Dawson

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  16. This is always one of my favorite projects. It's a great way to help others and realize how blessed we are at FPD. I can't wait!

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  17. I am very excited to do our Empty Bowls project because it will touch many people's lives and sounds like a lot of fun. -Gibson Daniel

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  18. I think it is a great cause and a great way to help others. I can't wait for us to participate in it!

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  19. I think that this will be a lot of fun and it is very important to help others. It helps us realize how blessed we are.

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  20. I cant wait!!! I love helping people

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  21. i think it will be really fun to help out people
    - hunter boyle

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  22. yes, it helps us know how blessed we are and will help us be more thankful

    - luke ford

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  23. this is cool

    -Levi Griggs

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  24. I think that it's great that FPD helps with empty bowls because it goes along with our mission statement in that we are trying to change the world for God's glory and it's a reminder to us that we are very fortunate and there are people in Macon with empty bowls.
    -Hannah Pittman

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  25. i think its a great idea and it will raise a good amount of money
    -Will Kennedy

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  26. I think that it is a great thing for FPD to participate in Empty Bowls because at FPD our goal is to help everyone we are capable of helping and this is a simple but very efficient way to raise money so that we can help those in need. We are very lucky to be getting the education we are so we need to use the things we've been blessed with to help serve.

    -Caroline Harrison

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  27. its for a great cause.... love charity!
    mark estes

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  28. good idea for charity and great way to raise money
    -olivia boggess

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  29. it think that this is a really great thing to do for charity. This is a great way to support less fortunate people.

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  30. This is for a great cause so I can't wait to make these bowls

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  31. This is one of my favorite projects! i cant wait to do it again

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  32. i loved doing this project last year. its an amazing cause.
    -sophie seneker

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