Author: jay

Thank you for another amazing year.

We will share very soon the total raised.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, October 19, 2025

The event is sold out and is moving to Ryan Hall Cafeteria in the Shuniah Building at Confederation College!

• Please enter the building using the east entrance (facing Balmoral Street) and park in any green or blue lot. Please do not park in the red lot.
• Take out will be held outside the east entrance and will run from 1:30-3:30pm.
• Doors for the sit-down dinner open at 4:30pm.

Take Out Soup Options

• Fall Vegetable Quinoa – beets, tomatoes, corn, carrots, kale, peas, mushrooms, quinoa, garlic, Italian seasoning 
• Lentil Bacon – carrots, onion, red lentils, garlic, red pepper flakes cumin, thyme oregano, bacon, chicken soup base

The event is sold out and is moving to Ryan Hall Cafeteria in the Shuniah Building at Confederation College!

Please enter the building using the east entrance (facing Balmoral Street) and park in any green or blue lot. Please do not park in the red lot.

Take out will be held outside the east entrance and will run from 1:30-3:30pm.

Doors open for the sit-down dinner at 4:30pm.
The organizing team is grateful to the Confederation College administration for making this move happen.
See you on Sunday.

The Moose Hall has been closed indefinitely due to a situation with their international organization so the venue is not available this Sunday, October 20 for our event.

We are working on alternate plans and will update this page and our Facebook page when the information is available.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Empty Bowls is back for another year – Sunday, October 20 at the Moose Hall on Fort William Road.

Take-out from 1:30-3:30pm and the doors open at 4:30pm for the sit-down dinner.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

UPDATE:

Sit-down Dinner: The sit-down dinner is sold out – thank you!!

Take-out: As of October 17 there are limited take-out tickets available through Eventbrite only:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empty-bowls-thunder-bay-take-out-fundraising-event-tickets-1015686033267

Empty Bowls 2023 is a wrap!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s event.

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!

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. 

Empty Bowls Caring Hearts 2022 will be held on Saturday, October 15 as a drive-through event from 11:00am to 2:00pm at the Moose Hall (434 Fort William Road).

Tickets are available here.

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Tickets for Empty Bowls Thunder Bay 2022 will be on sale September 12th.