Empty Bowl Dinner Fights Hunger in Lynnfield, Peabody, and Salem

Haven from Hunger will hold an Empty Bowl Dinner on Thursday, May 4, at Veterans Memorial High School, 485 Lowell Street, in Peabody. Stop by between 4 and 7 p.m. to select a hand-painted bowl, enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread, and take the bowl home as a reminder of the fight against hunger in Peabody, Salem, and Lynnfield. Empty Bowl events are held nationwide to raise funds for local hunger-relief organizations.

More than 500 bowls have been hand-painted with care by community members over the last several months. A number of bowls painted by local dignitaries will be featured in a silent auction. Soups are being donated by local restaurants, including Mike and Lill's Black Sheep Pub & Grill, British Beer Company, Brodie's Pub, Brothers Restaurant & Deli (Peabody), Burton's Grill of Peabody, California Pizza Kitchen, Century House Restaurant, Not Your Average Joe's, Opus, and Spinelli's, and by students in Peabody High School's culinary program.

Tickets are available at the door and online at Eventbrite for a suggested donation of $15 ($10 for children under 10).

Event sponsors include Salem Five Charitable Foundation.

Proceeds benefit Haven from Hunger, which provides free, nutritious food to low-income families and individuals who struggle to put food on the table. The Haven's services include a food pantry for residents of Salem, Peabody, and Lynnfield residents, community dinners, free summer meals for low-income children, and holiday grocery boxes. In 2016, the Haven distributed 1.09 million pounds of food through the food pantry, served 11,410 meals in its dining room, and served 9,500 free summer meals to low-income children in Peabody.