LOVELAND, OH -- Loveland’s Empty Bowl’s first event for LIFE Food Pantry was a great success explained Lisa Waddell of Empty Bowls.
LIFE, which stands for Lovelands Interfaith Effort, was started in 1988 and helps assist those in the Loveland area with food and assistance when needed. Along with family needs, LIFE also helps stock snack shelves at the areas local schools for children in need, as well as financial assistance to those in dire need.
LIFE serves hundreds of families each month, Waddell said explaining this is why the Empty Bowl fund raiser is and was so important.
Waddell went on to explain that Empty Bowls is a national movement. It is a way local artist and business come together to raise money for food related charities such as LIFE, she said.
Loveland’s Empty Bowls First Time Event was held earlier this month at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church where it raised $13,790 to benefit LIFE Food pantry.
The event was attended by 200 individual who purchased a $20 ticket... that not only provided a soup luncheon, but it came with a unique pottery bowl.
"The pottery bowls were handmade by local artist," Waddell explained.
Waddell added that along with food and pottery being donated, many local Loveland shops donated other items raffle baskets.
"The event was extremely successful," she said adding their goal is to be able to do this every year.
Company's and Businesses Empty Bowls would like to thank include:
FOOD
- Biggby Coffee
- Bishop's Quarter
- Cocoa Bites
- El Picante
- Graeter’s
- Hometown Cafe
- Kirby’s
- Love Bird Southern Fried
- Loveland Sweets
- Paxton’s Grill
- Penn Station | Eastgate
- Ramsey’s Trailside
- Rodi Italian
- Skips Bagel & Deli
- Skyline Chili | Loveland
- Tano Bistro
- Tony’s Steaks & Seafood
- Taste of Belgium
- The Veg Head
- The Works
- Trailside Provisions
RAFFLE BASKETS
- Alley Boutique
- Bond Furniture
- Branch Hill Coffee
- Busy Bee Boutique
- Camargo Racquet Club
- Cappy’s Wine and Spirits
- Cincinnati Reds
- Dale Robertson Jewelry
- Exquisite Design Salon and Spa
- Family Dentistry of Loveland
- Fleurish Home
- Friends of the LIFE Food Pantry
- Haven Grey
- Jack Rabbit
- Kendra Scott Jewelry
- La Crema Coffee Company
- Lemons and Limes Boutique
- Loveland Hardware General Store
- Loveland Music Academy
- Narrow Path Brewing
- O'Bryan's Wine and Spirits
- Pampered Chef - Cindy Johnson
- Paragon Salon and Day Spa
- Peachy Health Smart
- Pet Nation Lodge
- Plaid Room Records
- Power Ryde
- Premier Tumbling
- RP Diamond
- Simply Power Yoga
- State Farm Insurance
- The Chili Hut
- Welling & Co. Jewelers
EVENT DONATIONS
- ACE Hardware Loveland
- Jaybird Farms
- Greenfield Plant Farm
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
- Whistle Stop Clay Works
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