Empty Bowls
For a $25 donation to the IFC, you will receive soup and a bowl of your choosing!
Brought to you by:
The Interreligious Food Consortium (IFC),
Clayscapes Pottery, Inc. ,
Syracuse University and
Cazenovia College
Join together each year to fight hunger in Onondaga County by organizing an Empty Bowls fundraiser.
The event is held at lunchtime on Friday, September 27 at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse on West Fayette Street. For a donation, you will receive a bowl of soup provided by restaurants in Syracuse AND you may select a handcrafted ceramic bowl. There are always hundreds to choose from!
All of the money raised is donated to the Interreligious Food Consortium, an umbrella agency for more than 70 food pantries and meal sites throughout Onondaga County. It assists each of these programs with donations of food, money, and program support, and connects people in need of food assistance with appropriate resources.
The Independent Potters’ Association is excited to support this endeavor by donating handcrafted bowls each year.
Together we make a difference.
Empty Bowls
Come choose from 100’s of handcrafted bowls by local artisans
Enjoy a bowl of soup made by one of our local restaurants
Bring home a handcrafted bowl
Bread by Pastabilities
Proceeds benefit the Interreligious Food Consortium (IFC) to help feed those most in need in the Syracuse Community.
Empty Bowls 2022
In the last couple of years, EB has had to undergo some transformations. 2020 EB was virtual due to Covid. Our main potters from SU and Clayscapes…Peter Beasecker and Dr. David McDonald volunteered to donate their wonderful pottery to sell online, donating the proceeds to IFC.
2021 we were allowed to have an in-person event at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse….but not indoors. Instead, a large tent was set up in the back of the building and we were able to socially distance and have folks look over and purchase the bowls. There was no soup allowed. Cazenovia College provided glass bowls to sell which was an added bonus. Despite the brisk wind which challenged our tent and decorations we were able to sell many bowls and make many new IFC friends.
Now it’s 2022—we are formulating our plan for the Empty Bowls
Last Friday in September… the 30th from 11 to 2
inside the Nancy Cantor Warehouse
350 West Fayette St. 13202.
This is our current plan with approval from Syracuse University to be able to serve soup from local restaurants. There will be beautiful bowls to give as special gifts or keep for yourselves. This is our biggest and only fundraiser so we hope you will come.
The whole philosophy of Empty Bowls is
Create lasting social change
Raise awareness of world hunger
Collect money to support programs to feed the hungry
Build community
Come back to visit this page for any updates.