About Empty Bowls
 Empty Bowls events provide a means to raise both money and awareness about poverty and hunger in our communities. Potters are the driving force behind these events, volunteering their time and energy to create soup bowls, which are then exchanged for money in support of local charities. As part of Sensational Elora, area residents and visitors alike will have a number of opportunities to obtain bowls and taste superb soups from area chefs and restaurants.
Here’s all you have to do:
 Throughout the 11 days of Sensational Elora (October 1st to October 11th, 2010), you can visit Styll Gallery, or the Sensational Elora offices at 9 Mill Street East and choose from a large assortment of hand-crafted pottery bowls. With your bowl you will receive a coupon for “A Scoop of Soup” redeemable at participating local restaurants.
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Buy a ticket to the Sensational Soup Off to be held on Thanksgiving Monday, October 11th, 2010, at Bissell Park in Elora. When you arrive at the Soup Off you will have an opportunity to choose a bowl from a fabulous selection of handcrafted bowls which have been set aside specifically for this event.
The Sensational Soup Off promises to be a fabulous competition between professional and amateur chefs who will create memorable soups using local ingredients. Use your empty bowl to sample all of the soups and then cast your ballot for your favourites. At the end of the event, your bowl will be rinsed for you and your Empty Bowl is yours to take home.
Our Participating Restaurants in 2009 were:
WHISPERS RESTAURANT, Elora
BAILEY’S RESTAURANT, Elora
THE DRAGONFLY CAFÉ, Elora
13 MILL. Elora
And these were our 2009 bowl makers:
Elsa Mann – Mount Forest, Paul Kaye – Mount Forest, Jinni Hartmann – Waterloo, Jan Bentley – Kitchener, Monique Lippert – Elmira, Barb Murphy – Waterloo County, Ruth Swanson – Ayton, Wanda Densmore – Elmira, Staci Barron – Elora, Dale Mark – Burlington, Sheilah Fournier – Kitchener, Pam Starrat – The Studio – Elora, Lorraine Eidlitz – Muskoka, Tim Smith – Wiarton, Tracy McEwen – Guelph, Dorothy Collin - Belwood, Rich Weiss - Toronto, Jenny Clark-Toronto
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About Empty Glasses
 Unique to Sensational Elora, the Elora Empty Glasses Project provides an opportunity for glass artists to give back to the community by creating glorious hand-blown and etched glass drinking vessels. These glasses and goblets will be available for purchase during select Sensational Elora events and patrons will have the opportunity to use these hand-crafted glasses to sample a variety of drinks at the Sensational opening Gala. There will be a limited number of these unique glasses available at select Sensational Elora events - so make sure you act fast!
How your donations help:
100% of the sale of these glasses and 100% of the sale of pottery soup bowls will be donated to local hunger-alleviating organizations like the Centre Wellington Food Bank! The Centre Wellington Food Bank assists residents of Centre Wellington and whenever possible provides support to surrounding food banks in Arthur, Mount Forest, and Harriston, which in turn provides support to their local residents.
This fundraising project is a perfect fit for the Thanksgiving season. At a time when so many of us have an abundance of family, friends and food, there are those in our community who, at times, need a little help. The Empty Bowls & Empty Glasses Project is one opportunity to share what we have with others.
Our glass artists for 2009 were:
Heather Wood
Mark Lewis
Tanya Zaryski
Mark Allwood
John Kepkiewicz
Tim McManus
Katherine McManus
Stephen Kitras
Check back soon for more details about the 2010 Empty Bowls/Empty Glasses Project!
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