Empty Bowls raises thousands for charity

They came, they ate, they danced and they raised thousands of dollars to help fight hunger.

People packed the house at the Empty Bowls fundraiser on Saturday at the Ballard Community Center.

Most of the bowls were a suggested donation of $10 while some bowls that were designed by professional artists were auctioned off at higher prices. Once the bowls were in hand, Ballard Market provided soup and Tall Grass Bakery provided the bread for dinner.

Although the specific dollar amount hasn’t been tallied, organizers tell us they raised more than $10,000 for the Ballard Food Bank and the Seattle Animal Shelter. Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger, executed at the community level. (Thanks Silver for the photos!)