Eyes On a Upcoming Empty Bowls Soup Event on October 11th

With the last of the glazed bowls being fired, the Empty Bowls Planning Committee is focused on OCTOBER 11th! Everyone in the Bennington area is invited to come to this dinner fundraiser from 5 - 8 pm held at the Mount Anthony High School. For $10 you receive a soup and meal and get to take a bowl lovingly decorated by over a hundred volunteers.

Last Wave of Glazing Surfed by Student International Club

On September 15th, a second glazing party gathered in Congregation Beth El's gathering hall. Mount Anthony High School's Student International Club was there making an impact upon the needs of the Bennington Community! This awesome effort finished off the glazing of the last 100 or so bowls. Again another healthy turnout of volunteers and artists. Pictures here are courtesy of and thanks go to the Teacher sponsor, Anja Pfeffer, for her involvement of the High School's students in this effort. The special nature of the International Club is learning and reaching beyond the bounds of everyday life to raise awareness of cultural diversity of and build relationships with others globally. This effort will raise funds as a whole community for those who in this tough economic time need assistance from the Food and Fuel Fund program of the Bennington Interfaith Community Services organization. For young people to see the significance of how important it is to make a contribution to this critical need in Bennington is totally cool. Glazing the bowls was just as fun as surfing so many thanks go to all who participated in achieving our goal of 500 bowls.

More Glazing Scheduled on September 15

Even with such a large attendance on August 26th, 100 bowls remain needing glaze. YOU are invited to Congregation Beth El to finish these last bowls up to be prepared for firing. If you would like to return to the fun of glazing please come on Tuesday, September 15th from 3 pm - 5 pm. You'll have a chance to meet the members of the International Club of Mount Anthony High School. After these last bowls are completed we can look forward to October 11th. That is the BIG DAY!

76 People from all over Bennington came on August 26

The Glazing Party was abuzz with creativity on August 26th! Four hundred plus bowls were glazed in the intimate quarters of the ceramic studio of Grace Christian School. The pictures show even Kasha the dog got into the gathering. As the Chairs of this event can attest we hardly expected 76 people from all over Bennington to gather - people of all ages. Ice cream sundaes were served under a canopy just outside the back door. Sanders were sanding, glazers were glazing and so many people and organizations helped. Stewarts Ice Cream Shoppes donated all the sundae makings. After the clean-up the three chairs sighed a huff of relief and gratitude for all the help, especially from Patty Herzfeld the Art Instructor for the School. A special thanks from Lisa Flynn, Patty Foley-Hess and Michelle Peattie, the chairs of this event, goes out to the whole Committee for Empty Bowls events, to all the volunteers (those in yellow T-shirts and a group of community outreach leaders from Bennington College), and to everyone who participated.