Empty Bowls

The annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon at Portland's Waterfront Park is a fundraising event which raises money for the Oregon Food Bank. The Oregon Food Bank provides food for the hungry all ofer the state of Oregon. The Oregon Potters Association raised $19,000 in our booth last year.

The total for the festival last year was $323,000.Read more about the Oregon Food Bank and the Waterfront Blues Festival. This years event will be July 4-8, 2007.

The Oregon Potters Association has, for the past decade or so, maintained a booth at the festifal. Pots of all sizes and shapes, not just bowls, are donated by local potters and sold at the OPA booth to generate monies to provide food for people in need. The OPA donations exceed $120,000 since we started participating.

If you would like to donate pottery, help out at the booth or get more  information please call Ginger Steele or Sandy Brown.

EMPTY BOWLS IN EUGENE: There will be a Throw-a-Thon on March 31st and April 1st
(no foolin’), 10am-4pm at Lane Community College Ceramics Department, Building 11, 4000 E. 30th Avenue, Eugene. LCC will provide clay, glazes and firing. Bring your favorite tools or use theirs. This Empty Bowls benefits Food For Lane County.

Thanhbinh Duong