Photos: 'Empty Bowls 2016' Benefits Project MOST, The Springs Seedlings

Photos by Richard Lewin Professional Photography, soniboy@aol.com.

EAST HAMPTON, NY - The community, bowls in hand, turned out in force to help raise funding and awareness for hunger this weekend in Amagansett.

Empty Bowls 2016 took place at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett on Sunday, with proceeds to support Project MOST and the Springs Seedings.

Project MOST is an after-school program for children in need, while the Springs Seedlings is a garden classroom created following the model of The Edible Schoolyard, a garden established by Alice Waters, Owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California, according to the Springs Seedlings website.

The land was donated by the Springs School District; the center of the project is a greenhouse for teaching, learning, and growing. Project MOST, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, has taken the lead on the project, according to the site.

At this weekend's event, which featured music by Michael Pour and took place from noon to 3 p.m., area chefs and eatery participating included Art of Eating, Almond Restaurant & Bar, The Bell & Anchor, Blue Duck Bakery, Bostwicks Chowder House, D'Canela Restaurant, Debbie Geppert Catering, Fresh Hamptons, Harbor Grill, the Hayground School, Indian Wells Tavern, Mary's Marvelous, the Mill House Inn, Nick & Toni's, The Old Stone Market, NY One Stop Market, Pepperoni's II Inc., Peter Ambrose Events Catering, The Sea Bean Natural Foods Co., The Seafood Shop, Silver Spoons Specialties, Simply Sublime, Smokin' Wolk, Springs General Store, Springs Pizza, Stuart's Seafood Market Ltd. and more.

Attendees pictured include Director of Development Susan Gentile Hackett with Andrew and Matthew Lieberman and Theo Hackett; Vicki Firemark, Wolfman Cumberbatch, and Inda Eaton, Diane Brinkman, Carol McLoughlin, and Linda Lacchia, Naomi Miller, Jean Griffin, Atticus Jaque and Jaycob Griffin.

Also shown are Bagheads Elijah and Avery McCleland, Dominick Stanzione and his daughter Jessica, East Hampton Deputy Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, the bake sale committee, including Mia Pardini, Christina Friscia, Stella McCormack, and Amanda Krahe, Tina Giles, Ashly Giles and Chastin Giles, Dante and Charlotte Sasso, of Stuart's Seafood, Lulu Franay, Ryan Newman, Caitlin Kalke, Khara, A.J. and Ryan Struble, Pat McKibbin and Mary Schoenlein of Mary's Marvelous, the Project MOST crew, including Sonja Becker, Rebecca Morgan Taylor, executive director, Hackett, director of development, Martha Stotzky, education director Hayley London, and Kristin and Kai Alversa.

Additional reporting by Richard Lewin.