SPONSORSHIPS
Join us as a Soup-er Sponsor for the 2024 Austin Empty Bowl Project and make a compelling difference for individuals in need in Central Texas. By supporting this impactful event, you’ll provide essential funding for programs provided by Central Texas Food Bank and Meals on Wheels Central Texas. Sponsorship information can be found here.
VOLUNTEER
SIGN UP IS NOW OPEN for the 2024 Austin Empty Bowl Project event. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and willing to spend at least two and a half hours working at the event. Must wear closed-toe shoes.
DONATE BOWLS
AEBP welcomes bowl donations from potters and pottery students.
Specifications: Bowls must be ceramic, food-safe glazed bowls that will hold 2 cups of liquid. Bowls should not have any rough edges or rough or sharp spots. The interior of the bowls should be completely glazed with no pinholes or crevices that could harbor bacteria.
Boxing, Labeling and Drop off: Please wrap and box your bowls with your name, organization, contact email & phone number, and number of bowls clearly marked on the lid of the box. You may drop off your boxes through the Friday before the event at Austin Pottery Studio & Gallery, Broad Studios Club House, Cafe Monet, or Ceramics-N-More (Pflugerville). Please check their websites for directions and hours.
Bowls may also be dropped off at the Central Texas Food Bank, 6500 Metropolis Drive from noon to 4:00 the day before the event. If you need additional information, contact us at austinemptybowl@gmail.com.
We want to thank you for your donation. Please click here to fill out the donation form for your records and so that we can recognize you in our program and on our website.
Please note that the only contact information we will publish in the program and/or website will be what you designate in the box titled “Contact information to be published in program and online.” We will not release emails without permission.
DECORATING BOWLS
For those of you who are not potters or pottery students or don’t have access to a clay studio but would like to donate a bowl, there are opportunities to hand decorate a ceramic bowl and have it donated to the event.
Please contact one of the following studios:
OTHER DONATIONS
If you want to donate soup, bread, or other in-kind items, such as cooking equipment or storage facilities, please get in touch with us at austinemptybowl@gmail.com.
DONATE
Help potters fight hunger – All donations will go directly to fighting food insecurity in the Austin area.