A group of local artists put their work on display for a good cause at this year’s Empty Bowls Bay Ridge Sale, hosted on Saturday, May 7 as part of a grassroots movement by artists to end hunger in local communities across the country.
The event, now in its fourth year, was held just ahead of Mother’s Day at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church (6753 Fourth Avenue), and featured beautiful, one-of-a-kind bowls that were on sale for just $25 each, as well as activities for children, and exciting live music for the whole family.
“The empty bowls signify that some people don’t have food to eat, and if they do, many of them only have one bowl of soup for the whole day,” said organizer Ed Huml, calling this year’s Empty Bowls Sale the biggest success of all. “We’re looking to fill their bowls.”
And fill bowls, they did.
This year’s sale brought in over $2,000 – all of which, Huml said, is going straight to buying food.
“This year was a biggie,” he told this paper, noting that – as a tagalong event – he and his team will set up shop at the church’s Christmas Fair later this year to continue to raise funds. “We raised more than we have in previous years, and it was just a wonderful turnout.”
All proceeds from the sales benefited the Community Food Pantry at the church, which helps hundreds of hungry people in Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
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