We raised $210,000 to Fight Hunger Locally
Food resources for those in need faced significant challenges this year. Shifting federal funding, new policies, and rising costs have driven more community members to seek help from food pantries just to make ends meet.
In response, the seventh annual Empty Bowls Attleboro Area event at Capron Park was a resounding success. We extend our deepest gratitude to our anonymous matching donor, every sponsor, donor, and all who participated in the September event, and the Attleboro Foundation grant for clay supplies. Your generosity directly empowers local organizations to ensure everyone in our community has access to food.
Impact by the Numbers: By our September 21 Bowl Pickup event, we had raised $198,000. While preparing those initial distributions, we received an additional $5,000 from the Robbins Family Foundation. Most recently, during the weekend of December 13–14, we raised another $7,000 by selling nearly 300 bowls at the Briggs Nursery Craft Fair. This brings our year-end total to $210,000.
We have distributed over $180,000 to the following “boots on the ground” organizations fighting food insecurity in the Attleboro area:
- The Food n’ Friends program of the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative
- Attleboro Norton YMCA Senior Meals
- Hebron Food Pantry
- Murray Unitarian Universalist Church Food Pantry
- Second Congregational Church Food Pantry
Empty Bowls is part of an international initiative where artists create handmade bowls to remind guests of the hunger existing in their own neighborhoods. We want to offer a special thank you to to our Anonymous Matching Donor, The Robbins Family Foundation, the Larson Cederberg Charitable Foundation, all sponsors and donors, our artist friends for their craft, Briggs Nursery, and to Morin’s 1911, Russell Morin Catering and Events, Bliss Brothers Dairy, and musicians Andy and Jackie Solberg for making our pickup event and picnic a truly memorable experience.