April 15, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Empty Bowls Bay Ridge 2015 event on May 2nd to raise funds for local community food pantry.
Bay Ridge – Empty Bowls is set to return to the Bay Ridge community for it’s third annual event on Sunday, May 2th from 12 to 5 pm at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, located at 6753 4th Avenue, in Brooklyn. The Empty Bowls Bay Ridge Project is part of a grassroots movement by artists to end hunger in local communities throughout the nation. In Bay Ridge, local potters and artists have worked with the community to create dozens of unique, handcrafted ceramic bowls. “I realized that in our own neighborhood, there are many families that don’t have enough to eat, “ said Ed Huml, co-organizer of the event. “Being an artist and potter and having grown up here, I knew organizing this kind of fundraiser would be a way we could help.”
The beautiful, one-of-a-kind bowls will be on sale for $25 each at the Empty Bowls event on May 2nd. All proceeds from the sale of the bowls will benefit the Community Food Pantry at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, which helps hundreds of hungry people in Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
“The partnership with the Empty Bowls Project is one artful way that our neighborhood can join together to extend a hand of compassion to those who are in need,” says Pastor David Aja-Sigmon. “Without such help we would not be able to serve the homeless, working, poor and fixed-income seniors of all backgrounds that regularly come looking for help.”
In addition to the sale of the handcrafted bowls, there will be activities for children and refreshments. Musical entertainment will be provided by local musicians/groups The Children’s Chorus of Bay Ridge, Secretly Famous, Bob Other and Valerie Gates & Friends.
The Empty Bowls Project is a successful nationwide model for allying artists and communities to fight hunger. The symbol of an “empty bowl” reminds us of the many people in the world who have an empty bowl – and essentially, not enough food to survive – every day of their lives. Events like this have now taken place across the country and abroad, raising many millions of dollars that have been donated to hunger-fighting organizations.
Contact: email: Emptybowlsbr@gmail.com
phone: Ed Huml, co-organizer : 718.781.5651
or Danielle Bullock, co-organizer: 347.495.1472
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