Empty Bowls

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Empty Bowls, to be held March 5 and 6, is River City Food Bank’s biggest fundraiser, and this year it’s going to be more fun and bigger and better than ever. The event has experienced so much growth in the past few years that this year’s event will be held at the Sacramento Convention Center. We are excited about having the opportunity to move our event to this new location! Moving to the Convention Center will allow us to better serve those attending Empty Bowls. We have an entire room set aside for bowl selection so you will have more options than ever when selecting your bowl. The new layout will also allow you to go straight to a soup station instead of having to wait in one long line. Don’t forget that parking is right across the street for those who will be driving to the event as well.

We are still in need of volunteers for this event. If you are interested in helping, please contact us at email@rivercityfoodbank.org, and our Volunteer Coordinator will contact you. We hope that you are as excited about our new location as we are. It will be the same wonderful Empty Bowls event, but in a new location. Empty Bowls provides more than ten percent of our entire operating budget for the year. Because of the increasing need for our services, the success of Empty Bowls is now more important than ever! Join us!

Our goal is to raise $125,000 to provide emergency 3-day food supplies to the increasing numbers of families and seniors who need help getting by.

When

Supper: Monday, March 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m., $60 per person
Luncheon: Tuesday, March 6, 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. seatings, $30 per person

Where

Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814

Tickets

Tickets are now on sale online as well as two retail locations: The Cathedral Bookshop at 2620 Capitol Avenue, and the Avid Reader at the Tower, 1600 Broadway.

Your ticket includes

A beautiful handmade bowl of your own choosing, a reminder of the many empty bowls in our community
Delicious soup supper or luncheon featuring soups created by Sacramento’s best chefs as well as dessert
At the soup supper, wine and hors d’oeuvres in addition to gourmet soups
A contribution to a great cause and the knowledge that you made a difference
New this year
Our event’s new location at the Sacramento Convention Centers provides more room for you to sit with friends, peruse the handmade bowls, choose your gourmet soup, and shop the Potters’ Market.
We’re excited that Classique Catering is sponsoring the evening supper and will provide delicious appetizers, soups and deserts.
How you can help
Besides buying a ticket and attending, please share information about the event with friends and colleagues. Most people hear about Empty Bowls from someone they know. Please spread the word via email or share with your social networks!

Sponsorship

The success of Empty Bowls depends on sponsors. Please consider sponsoring Empty Bowls! View the 2012 Empty Bowls sponsorship options. Contact Empty Bowls, Sponsorship Chair, Sherri Norwood at snorwood1028@gmail.com for sponsorship opportunities.

A special thanks to our current sponsors:

Presenting Sponsors

Strategic Sponsors
	Jerry and Marilyn Burke	Lucinda Woodward
Sustaining Sponsors

	Pam and Steve Kepler	Katie Griffin
Community Sponsors
			Emanuels Jones & Associates
Al and Norma Lammers
			Jim and Betsy Myers
Diane Cummins Steve Szalay	Lisa Campondonico	Judy Cruz/KCM Inc.	Barry & Karen Brokaw
Steward Sponsors
Jane and Steve Baker	Steve O' Brien Mary Healy	Gill and Margo Hayes
	Allied Waste Services – A Republic Services Company	Lunger Family/GSL Construction	Loftus Investment Advisors
Heather Hubbard	David and Connie Wright	Jose Cueto	Kay Gist