“I still get goosebumps with gratitude that I’m able to do this,” says Danyel Dean, who founded the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s signature Empty Bowls fundraiser way back in 1998. When the event takes place on Sunday, December 3, at the organization’s new Sharehouse in Goleta, it will be the 26th year Dean has […]
The 22nd annual Santa Maria Empty Bowls event took place Wednesday at the Santa Maria Fairpark hosted by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. Volunteers from local restaurants and organizations served a diverse selection of soups to hundreds of community members to raise awareness and funds for hunger relief programs. […]
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County hosted its annual Santa Maria Empty Bowls event at the Santa Maria Fairpark Wednesday. The event aims to nourish the community with a handmade bowl and homemade soup made by local chefs. Attendees are able to not only choose their bowl but also take it home. […]
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The 22nd annual Santa Maria Empty Bowls, known as a culinary experience and a gesture of solidarity with those in the community who face food insecurity, will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at the Santa Maria Fairpark. Hosted by the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, the popular event aims to raise awareness and funds […]
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More than 300 guests turned out and lined up Wednesday afternoon to sample from a dozen delectable soups offered at the 18th annual Lompoc Empty Bowls event, where breaking bread becomes central to the fundraising efforts of the Santa Barbara County Foodbank‘s mission to end hunger. Guests were welcomed at the Dick Dewees Community Center by friends, volunteers, and local […]
LOMPOC, Calif. – The annual Empty Bowls event benefitting the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County returned to Lompoc today at the Dick DeWees Community Center on West Ocean Avenue. […]
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Soup is on for the 18th annual Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser slated for Wednesday, July 26, at the Dick Dewees Community Center, and the public is invited to enjoy an afternoon of friendship and breaking bread while helping to fight food insecurity in the community. Proceeds from the lunchtime soup event benefit programs and services provided by […]
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is busy preparing for one of its biggest fundraising events of the year, Empty Bowls. There are events planned in multiple venues and cities across the county. Hand-made and hand-painted ceramic bowls are sold along with homemade soups during the events that attract large […]
