One Bowl at a Time

Did you know?

  • The poverty rate in Attleboro is 10%
  • 12% of children in Attleboro live below poverty level
  • 57,430 people in Bristol County are food insecure
  • 14% of the children in Bristol County are food insecure

Food n’ Friends and the Attleboro YMCA need your support to continue their crucial work in fighting hunger. Empty Bowls Attleboro offers you a way to help.

Food n’ Friends

This program of the Attleboro Interfaith Collaborative alleviates food insecurity and hunger in our local community.

  • Between March of 2020 and August of 2021 Food ‘n’ Friends prepared, packaged and delivered 70,311 meals at its Daily Kitchens, Kid’s Summer Cafes and Family Cafes.
  • Daily Food Kitchens operate Monday through Saturday and throughout Attleboro, Mansfield, North Attleboro and Seekonk.
  • Family Cafés faithfully served over 1,500 meals to families, operating 3 times a month.
  • Summer Kid’s Cafés served over 3,800 bagged lunches in 2018 to any child who needed one at 5 area parks in Attleboro, North Attleboro and Norton.

The Attleboro YMCA

Approximately 35% of the population surrounding The Downtown Branch lives below the poverty line.

  • Provides hot meals 3 times per week to its low income residents.
  • Provides 600 hot, healthy meals to seniors who are economically or physically disadvantaged.
  • In collaboration with Food n’ Friends operates a monthly Family Café program.
  • Has 14 residents who often need food assistance.

The Hebron Food Pantry

Their mission is to assist working persons, seniors, and other low-income persons in need within the greater Attleboro Area by providing resources to reduce hunger.

Murray Unitarian Universalist Food Pantry

They are an all-volunteer-run outreach program dedicated to helping those in financial need with food assistance.


Join us for a Community Event on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Newell Shelter in Capron Park, to raise money and awareness in support of fighting hunger locally.

All proceeds from Empty Bowls Attleboro Area are dedicated to alleviating food insecurity and hunger through the Attleboro Interfaith Collaborative’s Food n’ Friends ProgramAttleboro YMCA, Hebron Food Pantry, and Murray Unitarian Universalist Food Pantry.

You can make a donation today by using the button below.

Do you have your ticket for a bowl?

Join us on September 25, 2021 at the Newell Shelter in Capron Park for a special community event to raise money and awareness in support of fighting hunger in the Attleboro Area.

Bowls made by local artisans will be available for pick-up only. Each bowl is a reminder of how you helped fill the many empty bowls in our own neighborhood.

Tickets are $25 per person for a handmade bowl crafted by local artisans, soup to-go by Morin’s Hometown Bar & Grill and Russell Morin Catering and Events, and a coupon for an ice cream cone from Bliss Bros. Dairy.

Choose your ticket time between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM to pick-up your bowl!

Bowl Pick-up will be at the Newell Shelter – Capron Park in Attleboro, MA.

All proceeds from Empty Bowls Attleboro Area are dedicated to alleviating food insecurity and hunger through the Attleboro Interfaith Collaborative’s Food n’ Friends ProgramAttleboro YMCA, Hebron Food Pantry, and Murray Unitarian Universalist Food Pantry.


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