Support the needy at Our Daily Bread’s Empty Bowls event
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| Sheriff Stacey Kincaid and Greg Kincaid. |
Enjoy a fun evening while helping to raise money for needy
families at Our Daily Bread’s Empty Bowls event. It’s Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. at the
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax.
families at Our Daily Bread’s Empty Bowls event. It’s Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. at the
Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax.
This is Our Daily Bread’s 30th anniversary. The nonprofit
organization provides food, financial assistance, and financial education to help
struggling families throughout Fairfax County achieve self-sufficiency.
organization provides food, financial assistance, and financial education to help
struggling families throughout Fairfax County achieve self-sufficiency.
Attendees at the Empty Bowls event will select a handcrafted
bowl made by a local artist, student, or community member to take home and
enjoy soup and bread donated by local businesses as a reminder of those who are
going hungry in our community.
Among those donating bowls for the event are Annandale
ceramics artist Susan Fox Hirschmann and her students. Local officials contributed, too, including Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid (in photo above), who painted bowls at an Asian American Day of Service hosted by Herndon Town Council member Grace Wolf, owner of Clay Cafe Studios in Chantilly.
ceramics artist Susan Fox Hirschmann and her students. Local officials contributed, too, including Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid (in photo above), who painted bowls at an Asian American Day of Service hosted by Herndon Town Council member Grace Wolf, owner of Clay Cafe Studios in Chantilly.
The evening will include live music by the Fairfax Saxophone Quartet, children’s activities, and a silent auction that includes an Outer
Banks beach house rental, a Wintergreen house rental, wine tastings, artwork by
local artists, gift baskets, local restaurant and business gift cards, and more.
A new feature this year is a raffle for a four-day family trip to Disney World
or the Kennedy Space Center.
Banks beach house rental, a Wintergreen house rental, wine tastings, artwork by
local artists, gift baskets, local restaurant and business gift cards, and more.
A new feature this year is a raffle for a four-day family trip to Disney World
or the Kennedy Space Center.
Admission to Empty Bowls is $30 per adult if you register in advance online or $35 at the door. It’s $10 per child or $25 for three or more
children (hand-crafted bowl not included).
children (hand-crafted bowl not included).
In 2013, Our Daily Bread provided short-term food assistance
to 309 families, emergency financial assistance to 333 families, and budget
classes, free financial counseling, and financial mentoring for 682 individuals
and families. The non-profit also provided school supply assistance to 1,500
children in the Fairfax High School and JEB Stuart High School pyramids, and
Thanksgiving and December holiday assistance to 3,467 families.
to 309 families, emergency financial assistance to 333 families, and budget
classes, free financial counseling, and financial mentoring for 682 individuals
and families. The non-profit also provided school supply assistance to 1,500
children in the Fairfax High School and JEB Stuart High School pyramids, and
Thanksgiving and December holiday assistance to 3,467 families.
Many of the individuals and families who receive Our Daily
Bread’s services are working, but are struggling to pay for housing, utilities,
gas, and food because of unemployment, reduced work hours, health care needs,
or other crises.
Bread’s services are working, but are struggling to pay for housing, utilities,
gas, and food because of unemployment, reduced work hours, health care needs,
or other crises.
“It takes an income of about $60,000 for a family of four to
thrive in the Fairfax County area. Most of the clients we help only make about
$22,000 per year,” says Our Daily Bread Executive Director Lisa Whetzel. “Here
in one of the wealthiest areas in the nation, it is shocking that tens of
thousands of people struggle with hunger and hardship on a daily basis.”
thrive in the Fairfax County area. Most of the clients we help only make about
$22,000 per year,” says Our Daily Bread Executive Director Lisa Whetzel. “Here
in one of the wealthiest areas in the nation, it is shocking that tens of
thousands of people struggle with hunger and hardship on a daily basis.”
