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Empty Bowls for Avery: Returns 2021

Empty Bowls Fundraiser NC

Update: Due to Covid-19, our 2020 event has been cancelled. It will return in 2021.

Please join us for Feeding Avery Families biggest fundraiser of the year! The annual “Empty Bowls for Avery” is held in August. This fun lunchtime gathering of friends is held inside the  Linville Land Harbor Recreation Center (20 Linville Harbor Parkway, Newland), just off US 221 between Linville and Pineola, 11 AM until 2 PM.

Empty Bowls

Handcrafted bowls are the heart and soul of Empty Bowls, raising funds to provide food for people whose bowls might otherwise be empty. The generosity and creativity of potters, along with hard working volunteer cooks and hosts, helped raise $16,000+ at 2019’s event to purchase food.

Empty Bowls Cooks

No advance reservations or ticket required. Donate what you can at the door. Then choose a handmade pottery bowl to keep and enjoy homemade soup, bread, beverage and dessert. Bid on 100+ items silent auction gift certificates for services and meals, as well as gift baskets and art pieces – every penny goes to Feeding Avery Families. Last bids taken at 12:45 PM, and winners announced at 1:30 PM.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser NC

Approximately 500 handmade pottery bowls are created and donated by talented potters from Avery, Watauga, Ashe, Mitchell and Yancey counties, as well as by artists from across the country. Approximately 100 of the bowls are created by Mickey Banner’s art students at Avery High School, and each one shines with distinctive unique artistic flair.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser, Avery County NC

Through donations like this, FAF is able to distribute food to 1,300+ Avery County individuals every month. Read more about us!

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News

  • FAF Top 20 Highlights of 2020
  • Dick’s 2021 Updates
  • Food Lion Weekly Donations
  • Generous Lowes Foods Customers
  • Southern Biscuit Donates Flour
  • Feeding Avery Children: Summer 2020
  • High Country Charitable Foundation & AMY Wellness Donation

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 1075

Banner Elk, NC  28604

Feeding Avery Families, Inc.

Email: FeedingAveryFamilies@gmail.com

Phone: 828-783-8506

We are an equal opportunity food provider.

Food Distribution Center

508 Pineola Street

Newland, NC  28657

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