Fourth Annual Empty Bowls

Name: Fourth Annual Empty Bowls
Start: 2025-10-04T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-04T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 1507 Grimm Dr, Erie, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16501

Schedule

Sat Oct 04 2025 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1507 Grimm Dr, Erie, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16501 | Erie, PA

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania is hosting the Fourth Annual Empty Bowls event on October 4, 2025. This fundraiser consists of a modest meal of soup and bread as a reminder that too many of our neighbors are facing hunger with “empty bowls.” Guests will enjoy a variety of soups, breads, and desserts donated by local restaurants. With hundreds of handmade bowls to choose from, all guests in attendance will select a bowl as a memento of their contribution toward alleviating hunger in northwest Pennsylvania.
Supporting Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania’s Empty Bowls event helps us provide nutritious meals for the more than 101,000 individuals facing hunger in our community, including 1 in 5 children.* Just a $25 donation to Second Harvest provides enough meals to feed one person for three weeks.
Tickets are $25 per person prior to the event and will be $30 at the door.
Session One
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Reserve Tickets: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E79213&id=7
Session Two
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Reserve Tickets: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E79213&id=6
With the price of admission, guests will enjoy a selection of many delicious flavors of soups from various local restaurants. The event will also feature live entertainment. All guests in attendance select a hand-made bowl to take home as a reminder that many of our neighbors need our help to fill their “empty bowls.”
This event is not possible without the support of our generous sponsors! For more information on how you can sponsor this event, please contact Alex Bohman at (814) 459-3663 x104 or at [email protected]. All sponsorships are due by August 29, 2025 to guarantee inclusion on promotional materials.
*2025 Feeding America Map the Meal Gap Study
Platinum – Presenting Sponsor
Lamar Advertising Company
Gold Sponsor
Morlin, Inc.
iHeart Media
Silver Sponsor
Paragon Print Systems
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Bronze Sponsors
The Erie Community Foundation
ECCA+
Card Heating & Air Conditioning
Soup Sponsors
Avonia Tavern
Engine House 39
Flip Cafe
Lorie’s Wildridge Restaurant
McGarrey’s Oakwood Cafe
Saigon Nights
Sauce
Bread and Dessert Sponsors
Giant Eagle
Wegman’s
Bowl Sponsors
Erie ClaySpace
James W. Parker Middle School
PennWest Edinboro Clay Club
Moosehead Pottery