Empty Bowls Soup Fundraiser to benefit New Horizons for NH

The annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Brookside Congregational Church, 2013 Elm St. in Manchester from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the NH Potters Guild, the event raises money for New Horizons For New Hampshire. Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger. NH Potters Guild members make and donate ceramic soup bowls. For $20 guests choose and keep a handmade bowl and are able to sample soups from 16 local restaurants. Child bowl $5. Quart to go $10 (last 1/2 hour of event).

Participating restaurants include: Airport Diner, Angela’s Pasta & Cheese Shop, Bertucci’s, Billy’s Sports Bar & Grill, Cactus Jacks Southwest Grill, Fratello’s Ristorante, Ignite Bar & Grille/Hooked Seafood, Jerome’s Deli, Manchester School of Technology, Milly’s Tavern, New England’s Tap House Grille, Piccola Italia Ristorante, Puritan Back Room, Red Arrow Diner, Souther NH University Culinary Arts, Taj India and The Dugout.

New Horizons for New Hampshire operates a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, food pantry and Angie’s Shelter for Women. More information at w