Thanks to another successful Empty Bowls event, area families can worry less about going hungry.
The United Food Bank of Plant City’s flagship fundraiser was held at the train depot downtown from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 9, not long after the inaugural Fork Ran Away with the Spoon 5K ended there, and offered roughly 700 attendees the chance to taste locally-made soups and buy handcrafted bowls, as well as the official cookbook, to help the cause.
“I think this year was more exciting because we had such a variety of people come, the run added to it and more schools participated in the chalk art, which was fabulous,” UFB director Mary Heysek said.
Heysek said approximately $15,000 was raised between the Empty Bowls event and the 5K, which itself had 135 runners.