E had dinner at the high school tonight. She and her friend, A, went to the school's Empty Bowls Community Dinner. About 20 local restaurants provide soup and bread and for a $10 donation, each diner gets all the soup and bread they can eat and a hand-crafted pottery bowl to keep. The bowls are made by students and professional potters who live in the village. The bowl is supposed to be a gentle reminder of the many empty bowls that need filling worldwide. Proceeds from the dinner benefit a local homeless shelter, the local food pantry and the Global Alliance for Africa. I'm not sure how much the dinner raised, but it's been close to $10,000 in years past. Obviously, it's a very popular fund raiser. E had chicken noodle and minestrone soup.
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