Oxford Empty Bowls 2024 • November 9, 2024 • 11:00am - 2:00pm
It's a wrap! Oxford Empty Bowls 2023 is now concluded, and what a treat it was to welcome hundreds of people from all across this wonderful, giving community as we once again gathered at the
Oxford Community Arts Center in support of our friends and neighbors in need! In 2023, between luncheon receipts, donations, and our Silent Auction, we were able to distribute
$16,282
to our local beneficiaries.
THANK YOU!!
You are invited to join us again in 2024 as we work together with our beneficiaries in the fight against hunger and food insecurity in our community. See you on November 9th!
The Empty Bowls Story
Empty Bowls is an international hunger relief effort, though all activities and events occur at the local, or grass-roots, level. The event was started in 1990 by a Michigan art teacher named John Hartom who was looking for a creative way to involve his students in a local food drive. Before long, the idea of Empty Bowls spread, and Empty Bowls events are now held all across the United States and in twenty different countries, raising millions of dollars worldwide toward hunger relief.
Our Story
Oxford Empty Bowls began in 2002, the inspiration of Camilla Flinterman and Alice Laatsch. Hosted for many years at the Oxford United Methodist Church, as our local event grew and expanded it relocated to the Oxford Community Arts Center, both to accommodate larger crowds and to further its connection to the arts.
What We Do
Raise funds for local hunger relief
Raise awareness of food security issues
Advocate for service learning through the arts
Build a caring and inclusive community
How It Works
When and Where
Oxford Empty Bowls is held annually on the second Saturday in November at the beautiful and historic Oxford Community Arts Center.
What You Get
This donation then provides you with a simple lunch of homemade soup, bread, a beverage and dessert, as well as a handmade or hand-decorated bowl of your choice.
Entrance Donation
At the luncheon, each guest gives a donation of $15; children 10 and under eat for free (bowl not included).
Why It's Great!
Guests then keep their bowls as a reminder of the fun they had but more importantly as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world.
$155,857Raised as of December 2023
100% of all receipts are given directly to our beneficiaries; every single penny, every single year, goes directly to the hunger relief organizations we support to be used toward alleviating hunger in the Oxford community.
Soup's On!
We hope you will join us in the fight against hunger and food insecurity by supporting Oxford Empty Bowls 2024 on Saturday, November 9, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Mark your calendars now!
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About Us
Oxford Empty Bowls is a benefit soup luncheon held annually to help fight hunger in Oxford, Ohio. While coordinated by a small (but mighty!) organizational team, it is the collective impact of all efforts, large and small, that make Oxford Empty Bowls the celebration of service, art, and community it has grown to be.