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Empty Bowls 2023 

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Empty Bowls is back inside for a sitdown meal to celebrate the 24th annual fundraiser dinner!

A limited number of take out tickets will also be available.

DATE: Sunday, October 15

TIME: Take out from 1:30-3:30pm; doors open at 4:30pm for the sitdown event; dinner at 6:00pm

TICKETS: Visit our ticket page for details on where to purchase your tickets and how to book a table of 8.

We’ll have lotteries as well as a food drive for the Shelter House pantry with top items on the wish list including peanut butter, sugar, mayonnaise, canned tomatoes, canned baked beans, canned cream of mushroom soup.

Thank you for your continued support!

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Ticket sales are closed for Empty Bowls 2022.

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Thank you to everyone who ordered.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday between 11am and 2pm, where you can pick out your handcrafted bowl, as well as any homemade soup and/or bread that you reserved.

The Moose Hall is located at 434 Fort William Road. Please consider travelling south down Fort William Road (this is the section that runs past the Wholesale Club and Push Athletics), allowing you to turn right into the parking lot at the northeast corner of the building.  Click here for a map.

You will be asked for the name provided at the time of purchase as you enter the lot – soup will be picked up there and the ticket will be used to select your bowl before you exit.

Bowl cozies are available at $10 each as well as tickets for a 50/50 raffle ($20 each or 3 for $50) with the draw to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday!

New this year – HUMMUS made for us in the Roots Community Food Centre Kitchen by a graduate of the Culture Kitchen program.  You can bring home a 4 ounce container for $5.00 – delicious with crackers, as a spread on a sandwich or for dipping with veggies!

We’re excited to announce that additional tickets will be available on site on Saturday.  Thanks to the hard work and generosity of the potters and our soup-makers, we have more bowls and soup than originally anticipated!

Cash is preferred as it helps make the process efficient – but if you forget cash, we also accept debit and credit cards.

Donations for the Shelter House pantry will be accepted with gratitude.  Top items on the wish list: peanut butter, sugar, mayonnaise, canned tomatoes, canned baked beans, canned cream of mushroom soup.

Thank you for supporting this year’s Empty Bowls Caring Hearts drive through event which raises much-needed funds for Thunder Bay Food Bank and Shelter House Thunder Bay.   We are hopeful to be inside in 2023. 


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Online ticket sales are closed

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There will be a limited number of tickets available at the event. They will be available first-come, first-served.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday between 11am and 3pm where you can pick up your homemade soup and pick out your handcrafted bowl.

The Moose Hall is located at 434 Fort William Road. Please consider travelling south down Fort William Road (this is the section that runs past the Wholesale Club and Push Athletics), allowing you to turn right into the parking lot at the northeast corner of the building.  Click here for a map.

Once you enter the parking lot at the northeast corner of the building (the right side if you are facing the building) you will pick up your soup and the ticket you will use to claim your bowl(s). Please follow the queue by staying to the right of the pylons that mark the route through the lot. 

Bowl cozies are once again for sale – $10 each. A great gift, these quilted items serve as a bowl shaped hot pad that allows you to heat up a bowl in a microwave and transport it safely without burning your fingers. They are made with 100% cotton materials so they will not melt in the microwave like fabrics with synthetic polyester. 

This year’s event will also feature a 50/50 raffle and tickets are $20 each.

We may have extra Fall Vegetable Quinoa soup available for a donation so if you are interested, please ask!
Cash is preferred as it helps make the process efficient – but if you forget cash, we also accept debit and credit cards.
Donations of non-perishable food for the Shelter House pantry will be accepted with gratitude – the requested items include peanut butter, jam, cans of tomatoes/tomato sauce, cans of beans, as well as coffee and sugar.

Thank you for supporting this year’s Empty Bowls Caring Hearts drive through event #2 – we are so excited that because of the generosity of our sponsors, volunteers and partners this year, you get soup!  

We hope to see you “back inside” in 2022!

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