RHS and Foodshare Team Up
February 10, 2010 • Emily Kurban, Staff Writer
Filed under News
Empty Bowls was held on December 8-9, 2009. The event was held in Mrs. Gilmore’s food room, where faculty was welcomed to attend. Students sponsored the event by making the food and bowls. Mrs. Gilmore and Mrs. Bengston ran the event that would raise just over $1100 to help end hunger.
According to the Foodshare website, “[the organization] will work to end hunger as a part of the overall community effort to alleviate poverty in Greater Hartford.”
Foodshare is located in Bloomfield, CT. Their purpose is to end hunger by collecting and distributing food to pantries in the area. They collect their food from local farmers, restaurants, stores, and individuals. This food is taken to the warehouse, sorted, and redistributed. Money raised by Empty Bowls is given to Foodshare which is used to pick up and drop off the food items. Every dollar donated is ten dollars worth of food provided to people in need.
The purpose of holding Empty Bowls is to raise money for community hunger. Mrs. Bengston’s class provided the bowls, while Mrs. Gilmore’s class provided the soup and bread. Several batches of eleven different soup recipes were handed out in the bowls as take-out, in the classroom; which was turned into a “restaurant”, and refills.
Rockville’s Empty Bowls event raised just over $1100. $500 of that will go to Hockanum Community, and the balance to Foodshare to be used to help other communities in the state.
“It was steady. Many people were repeat customers. I think there is greater potential to include more staff.” comments Mrs. Gilmore when asked about the turnout.
Check out the Foodshare website at www.foodshare.org.
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