Millburn Middle School To Host 7th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser

Millburn, NJ - The seventh annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, sponsored by Millburn Middle School Peer Leaders will take place in the Millburn Middle School cafeteria on Thursday, March 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

According to a school news release, with the purchase of a $15 ticket, guests will receive a unique handmade clay bowl made by the MMS Peer Leaders, and a simple supper: soup, bread and dessert.

Proceeds will be donated to Down the Block Inc. and The Community Foodbank of NJ, school officials stated.

The public is welcome to the annual event, school officials stated.

Tickets are sold to MMS students during lunch periods and after school in Room 202. For more information contact peerleaders@millburn.org

“The Empty Bowls project is an international effort to help raise both money and awareness in preventing hunger,” school officials stated. “The basic idea for Empty Bowls is simple. Students create ceramic bowls, then serve a modest meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and keep it as a reminder that there are always empty bowls in the world.”

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Photo of last year’s Empty Bowls event courtesy of the Millburn Public School District