Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls is next Friday night. Your beautiful white clay pots will raise money for Macon Outreach! We will put some great glazes on them next week.
Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.
Before we start on first projects, we will make a piece for the Empty Bowls Project. These pieces are our "first fruits".
Proverbs 3:9-10 tells us: "Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine."
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.
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
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
“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
Why should FPD participate?
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ReplyDeleteNancy Butler
FPD should participate as it would be a great opportunity to help out the community and provide food and money for homeless people within the area.
ReplyDelete- Connor Moore
DeleteThe money that FPD can donate can work to end hunger.
ReplyDeleteFpd should participate because raising money for those in need of food is a way of changing the world for Gods glory, which is our mission statement
ReplyDeleteJack Beeland
I think that FPD should participate in the Empty Bowls projects because we are supposed to be changing the world in God's glory. Raising money for the Feeding America organization can help change the world and show others God's love for them.
ReplyDelete- Mary Daniel Windham
DeleteFPD should participate in helping empty bowls because it will raise money for the organizations helping to fight world hunger. It will also help the population in our community that are in need of food daily.
ReplyDeleteAt FPD, it is good for us to remember how lucky we are and how many empty bowls there are in the world. This program is also a great (and fun) way to help those who struggle with providing food for themselves and their families. FPD is a school dedicated to serving Christ and being good representatives of Him in the community, and Empty Bowls gives us all a great opportunity to do just that.
ReplyDeleteWE should participate in Empty Bowls because most of us at FPD are fortunate enough to have food everyday and so we need to give back and help those who aren't as fortunate as we are. Eden Hill
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate to help the people in need and to spread the word for God's glory to set an example
ReplyDeleteRives Watson
FPD should participate because we have a good art program to make bowls for this event and a lot of generous parents who will help raise money and make food. This is a good thing for FPD to do because we have the resources to help our community.
ReplyDeletesavannah terrell
DeleteFPD should participate in the Empty Bowls Project to help out the less fortunate. We are a Christian school that should do the Christian thing which is to help change the world for God. We are here to do His work in His name.
ReplyDeleteAt FPD we believe that we need to do good for our community around us and this is a great way for us to do it. It not only is a great fundraiser for the empty bowls fundraiser but is it also a great time to fellowship with different people around the FPD community. The Statistic that 1 and 8 people struggle with hunger is crazy to me and makes me wanna help people get jobs so they can feed themselves and their family. There are many ways we can help fight hunger and this is a great way to start.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Ryle
FPD should participate because it is a organization to help relieve hunger. we at FPD have life a lot easier than others who are less lucky. so we need to help others who arent as lucky.
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate because it is our job to help others in need. Us at FPD are very fortunate and the least we could do is raise money for the hungry. We have been taught all our lives to help those in need so FPD should act on that statement by participating in Empty Bowls.
ReplyDeleteTaylor Gordy
FPD should participate in this event because we have the resources and people willing to help such a good cause. Our art program an draw people in to buy bowls and the people in the FPD community will help serve.
ReplyDelete-Ella Tanner
fpd should participate in empty bowls to help spread awareness about world hunger and it helps educate the students about problems in the world that other people are facing, and it helps students give back to the community and spread awareness.
ReplyDeleteMary Dixon Turley
FPD's participation in Empty Bowls shows the community what we are about. We should do it to help Macon Outreach but also for us, because the bowls are our "first fruits" and it is a great reminder to start off the year thinking about the right things.
ReplyDeleteMaddie Bass
It is important for FPD to participate in these types of things becasue more and more people are starving these days. It is a school like Fpd's job to help take care of those people and a way we can take care of them is by participating in empty bowls
ReplyDelete-Brady Roper
It can help other people to join together to fight hunger. This is a great activities. (Kevin Wang)
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate because this is a good service to teh community to help raise money for those who are less fortunate
ReplyDeleterebecca ennis
FPD should participate in the empty bowls program for many reasons. one being that we are a christian school and we need to help others and share our resources but most importantly we are using the money that we make to give to people and feed people that might not be as fortunate as we are in this world. the money we raise will help people at the Macon outreach felicity and theirs no telling we might raise more money that we think we will and use it towards more that one place. I have personally served at the Macon Outreach this summer multiple times for community service hours and it is crazy how many people come in there just to save a little money and get a free meal. it is a awesome thing to do because everyone is so nice and grateful for all the help they have and all the volunters that they have helping them serve food.
ReplyDeleteCarson Green
By FPD participating in this event puts Macon Outreaches name out there. It shows people in the community that hunger is an issue that is prevalent in the community and it needs to be addressed. Empty bowls is a smaller yet great way FPD can help impact the community. -karsten herron
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome.
ReplyDeleteNancy Butler
FPD should participate because this is a very good way to help other people who need it in the community. This is a perfect way to raise money for the people who really need it.
ReplyDeleteDeldra Draper
I think its awesome for FPD to participate in empty bowls. This shows others that there are people out here helping in the community. Its also just a great thing to do.
ReplyDeleteFpd should participate in this because we are called to help others. We should use this program to help others and spread the Gods word.
ReplyDeleteChet Thompson
FPD should participate because it's a good way to help out the community we live in. We are privileged enough to have enough food to eat and we can also afford to help others in need. Since we are capable of helping others it's the right thing for us Christians to do
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate because this event helps those in need and allows us to get an awareness that there are people less fortunate than us. When we make the bowls, we are constantly reminded that there are people in our own community that struggle with food insecurity and it is our job to help them.
ReplyDeleteAnnabel Wilson
FPD Should participate in the Empty Bowls program. Empty Bowls is a good program that is helping out those who are in need. I think that is good for FPD to be helping out those who are less fortunate. -Bryce Ball
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of Empty Bowls its a great way to spread the importance of eating and nutrient. Its a great way to help people in need as well, great idea.
ReplyDelete- Cam Tims
FPD should participate because we love helping people. Community service plays a major role in our high school and we love to help others. So why not participate in something that could stop one of the worlds worst problems. No one should have to worry when they're next meal is going to be.
ReplyDeleteLuke Dasher
This is a great opportunity for FPD to participate in an organization that not only shows students how real and tragic this is but also the whole Macon community. Hunger issues occur throughout the world every day. This is what God would want us to do, help others in need.
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate because this is a good cause that will help many people. God wants us to help people and FPD is a Christian school we need to set a good example and help those in need. This is what God would want us to do. Lillie Mealor
ReplyDeleteBy FPD participating in this event we will have helped the many families struggling with food insecurity. This is a great way to help people in need.
ReplyDeleteFpd should participate in the empty bowls because it will help many people who have no food and also because it will show that our town cares about this sensitive topic. Fpd can impact the community by helping and raising money to help.
ReplyDeleteCardin Weaver
FPD should participate in this event because hunger is a real issue, and as a christian school and as people in the community this event is the least we can do to help.
ReplyDelete-Miriam Kim
FPD should participate because it gains notoriety for a small program such as Macon Outreach and not only does it promote the program it allows students to showcase their artistic abilities
ReplyDeleteNaijul Day
FPD should participate because it is great for our community while providing a fun and enjoyable way of helping people. Empty Bowls gives students a real reason to make the bowls because they will be used for actually doing something with them. Empty Bowls is a great way for FPD to feed the homeless in a fun and Christian-like way.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a great event for FPD to take place in. It is a great way to raise money for people that are less fortunate. it will also be a learning experience by making the pottery as well.
ReplyDeleteReid Wilson
FPD should participate because it helps people who are not as fortunate as we are. We should help out anyway possible, because we need to look out for one another.
ReplyDeleteJosh Raines
DeleteFpd should participate in empty bowls because it is a good way of showing how good of a person you are. It also can probably be some community service hours because your helping other people.
ReplyDeleteI think we should participate because it helps others less fortunate than the rest of us. It not only makes us feel good, but aids people who need something he most.
ReplyDeleteCharles Upshaw
FPD should participate in empty bowl beacause God calls us to help those in need. it helps us spread the word of God to others who are in need. it also helps us spread awearness for the people who have food insecurity.
ReplyDeletewalker self
This is such a humbling organization and it really shows the students at FPD how thankful we should be for all that we have. Participating in Empty Bowls gives the art students a chance to serve our community and help those in need.
ReplyDeleteFPD should participate in the empty bowl because it will give FPD families a chance to give back to our community. This will also show us how thankful we should be for our meals and lives. Finally, this will give us a chance to spread the word of God.
ReplyDeleteBailey Casteel
i have always wanted to work with Photoshop but i have never had the opportunity to. all of the photos are great but the best one has to be the lion with his mouth open being expect by the dentist. this is the best because of how outlandish it is.
ReplyDeleteReid Wilson