Empty Bowls 2005

Empty Bowls - Dallas - 2006
Inspired by the Dallas area Potters, DAW members have been contributing turned wood bowls to the Empty Bowls project for the last five years. The Dallas event was held at the Meyerson Symphony Hall. The proceeds go to buy food for the North Texas Food Bank. Guests contributed $25 for a meal of gourmet soups, breads, and deserts supplied by top Dallas chefs. In addition they got to choose one bowl to take home. They had the option to trade up for an extra $5 to $50 for a bowl from a table of nicer pieces. Or they could compete with others in bidding to trade up for a very nice piece from the Silent Auction table.

Here are the totals for Empty Bowls 2006:

Ticket sales for the 1500 guests was $37,500. The corporate sponsorships, Silent Auction, and Upgrade Tables brought the grand total to $90,000! Both the number of guests and grand total were up 30% from 2005.

DAW members turned approximately 100 wood bowls for the 2006 Dallas Empty Bowls Project
Click here to see few of the DAW members spotted at Empty Bowls	Click here to see Silent Auction bowls turned by DAW members	Click here to see Upgrade Table bowls turned by DAW members
Click here to see general crowd pictures	Click here to see more empty bowls

Below is a quote from the wife of one of the DAW turners after her first trip to Empty Bowls.

I am sending this message to you because you sent the message to the Dallas Area Woodturners about the Empty Bowls event. My husband who is a member of DAW sent it on to me because each year I keep missing the Empty Bowls Luncheon. I attended it today. Oh My Word!!!! I was not prepared for all the good food, ALL of the people, all of the bowls, ALL of the people...I know I said that already, but there were people 4 & 5 deep around all of the tables with the bowls. With many hundreds to choose from, I had a terrible time picking just the right bowl to take home. But even cooler than that was that I spoke to the people who chose the bowls Paul had turned. One of the women was a potter who makes bowls for Empty Bowls. She said she was so happy to get a wooden bowl instead of another pottery bowl. I heard many people say they look for the wooden bowls each year. My boss, in fact, was disappointed that the wooden bowl she wanted was snatched up before she could make her way close enough to the table to reach it. Anyway, I wanted your members to know that in the sea of beautiful handcrafted pottery bowls, your wooden bowls were the pearls in much demand. Keep up the good work. Make more bowls!

-Charlie Grindstaff

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