The Bay School and Hands Across Mathews are excited to be hosting our eleventh annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser on Sunday, December 14, 2025 from 11:00 AM-1:30 PM.
An incredible assortment of handmade soups, breads, and cookies will be served during the event. For a $20 donation, you will receive a hand-crafted bowl to be treasured or given as a gift, a simple lunch of soup and bread that can be eaten at the gallery or taken to go that will nourish and remind you of all the empty bowls in the world, and the warm fuzzy feeling of having helped fill your neighbors’ empty bowls here in Mathews. Extra soup may be purchased for $5 a serving, and additional donations are of course welcome and appreciated.
When you arrive, you will select your bowl outside along the driveway and enter through the pottery studio to get your soup. To keep things simple please bring cash, credit card, or a check made to Hands Across Mathews. Bowls and soup will be replenished throughout the event.
All proceeds go directly to Hands Across Mathews. The mission of Hands Across Mathews is to help local families who have suffered some crisis that puts them in need of the basic amenities of food, clothing, shelter, prescription medications, or fuel. When all other avenues of support have been exhausted, Hands Across Mathews helps them get back on their feet. The organization combines the efforts of 35 churches in the area to provide non-denominational charitable aid to families, which have been evaluated and approved by the Mathews County Social Services Department. More than 100 families are currently being served each week. For more information about Hands Across Mathews, please visit their website.
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