Empty Bowls

Let this bowl remind you of those in our community who go hungry,

and that on this night you helped to fill Empty Bowls.

Thank You For Your Support!!!

Our Daily Bread is grateful to all of our community supporters who made our 4th Annual Empty Bowls event a night to remember – and to all the sponsors who made it happen! Thanks to generous community support, Empty Bowls 2012 was our most successful fundraiser to date, with a net revenue of morthan than $23,500!  That translates to helping 78 families avoid eviction - thank you! 

It was a heartwarming evening with great friends, beautiful bowls, excellent food, great jazz music and a fun silent auction. 

CLICK HERE to view Photos from the evening

READ the Connection Newspapers article

READ the Fairfax City Patch article

READ an article from the James Madison HS Hawk Talk

Our Daily Bread's 4th Annual Empty Bowls Event

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Open House

Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center in Fairfax City

CLICK HERE for Parking Map

(3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030)

Beautiful Artisan Bowls - Music - Simple Meal - Silent Auction - Flowers - Raffles

- CLICK HERE to share our Event Flyer (PDF) -

Our popular Empty Bowls dinner gathering is always a heart-warming and  family-friendly evening of great art, music, food and friendship -- our largest fundraiser of the year. Your ticket includes selecting a one-of-a-kind soup bowl to take home, handcrafted by a local artist or community member. Hundreds of beautiful bowls to select from! Then join your neighbors in a simple meal of soup and bread as a symbolic reminder of those in our community who go hungry.  All proceeds benefit local families facing financial crises - whose bowls and pantries are empty - so that they may be filled.  Funds go directly to ODB's programs to help our neighbors in need achieve financial stability.

CLICK HERE to watch a Public Service Announcement about Empty Bowls 2012.

Many thanks to Jerry Ferguson of Fairfax Public Access for producing and airing this segment!

Music by: The Fairfax Saxophone Quartet

Food Donated by Great Local Restaurants, including:

Coyote Grille - Dolce Vita -  Piero's Corner Ristorante Italiano - Hard Times Cafe - Vespucci's Italian Dining - Zoe's Kitchen Fairfax - Great Harvest Bread Burke

Beautiful Bowls by Area Artists 

CLICK HERE to see list of artists

Share our Invitation Flyer (PDF)

Many Thanks to All Our Generous Empty Bowls Sponsors!

ODB Depends on Community Support to Make Empty Bowls a Success!

Local Artists: Donate Your Handcrafted Bowls (PDF flyer)

Community Members of All Ages: Paint a soup bowl for Empty Bowls (PDF flyer) Courtesy of Paint Your Heart Out, Color Me Mine Fairfax and Clay Cafe Studios Chantilly.  Just Announced! Feb. 1- 19 at Paint Your Own Pottery in Fairfax City (contact store for details).

Be an Empty Bowls Sponsor: Provide a financial or in-kind donation (PDF flyer); (Sponsorship Form)

Donate Silent Auction Items (PDF form) - Click here for a list of current auction items!

WATCH the Fairfax Digest segment about Empty Bowls 2011

Contact ODB Development Manager Jennifer Rose by email or phone 703-273-8829 with questions - or if you can help!