November 3, 2008
NEWS ABOUT EMPTY BOWLS!
Dear Bowl Makers:
The North Texas Food Bank has been faced with an exceptional demand for help. Katrina, Ike, and the current national financial situation have caused the NTFB to be asked to provide meals at unprecedented levels.
This year, the Board of the Food Bank called on the Executive Director to start making plans to deliver 50 million meals annually! Last year, the Food Bank provided 26 million meals, so the need will double.
The 2008 EMPTY BOWLS Events in the Tarrant Area and North Texas Area produced $ 237,000! Thanks for your many gifts of bowls.
EMPTY BOWLS will be in Dallas and Fort Worth on Friday, February 20th, 2009. North Texas Area Food Bank will be at the Meyerson Symphony Hall and Tarrant Area Food Bank will be at Will Rogers Coliseum between 11:00am and 1:00pm.
Please bring or send your bowls by Friday, February 13th, earlier will really be appreciated. For the North Texas Food Bank, please bring your bowls to:
Trinity Ceramic Supply, 9016 Diplomacy Row, in Dallas (214 631 0540)
In Tarrant County, Hart Street Pottery, 6346 Hart Street, Fort Worth, Janet Rodriguez (817 429 7222).
Don’t underestimate the importance of your handmade bowls for this event. We value and appreciate every bowl we get. Your help is an important part of this entire effort to raise money for the Food Banks. Over the past ten years EMPTY BOWLS has become a very popular and successful public event, due to your help. If you have never come to EMPTY BOWLS, please take time to see what a big event it has grown into and how important your help is.
Thank you for all your help and have wonderful year end holidays.
Sincerely yours:
John R. Williams
Every $1 donated by the generosity of the patrons like you become $12 in food and services. It is truley amazing what a difference you can make!
Bowls for the event can be brought to either of the following locations, by February 10th:
Texas Pottery Supply 365 Sansom, Ft Worth 76106 (817)626-2529
EMPTY BOWLS
2009
February 20th, 11am -1pm
Dallas & Fort Worth
Trinity Ceramic Supply, Inc 9016 Diplomacy Row, Dallas 75247 (214)631-0540
McKinney Art House, Sona Knox
(469)952-ARTS located in downtown McKinney www.arthousetx.com