Mesabi Range Community & Technical College Presents:
The Empty Bowl Fundraiser
Raising Funds and Awareness for the Homeless on the Iron Range
Community members can purchase a bowl of soup, bread, and a beverage for $7.00. The cost will be $4.00 for all students. Take-outs will be available.
This event is co-sponsored by community partners, including: the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA), Range Mental Health Center, Range Transitional Housing, and the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless. All proceeds from the evening will go to the AEOA Foundation to help fund programs for the homeless in our communities.
A photo display from The Greater Minnesota Housing Fund entitled "Portraits of Home” will be displayed in the Mesabi Range College Art Gallery during the evening. This traveling display will feature photos and stories of people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota. More information about this exhibit can be found on their website at: http://www.gmhf.com/portraits/
"Homeless Teens on Minnesota's Iron Range”, a video created in June of 2011 by Mesabi Range College’s Upward Bound students, will also be shown throughout the evening on campus.
Additionally, Mesabi Range College’s Art Instructor, Talicia Honkola, invites the community into the newly renovated Art Department to create a pottery bowl from 4:00 –– 6:00 pm. Bowls can be created during the event for the cost of $5.00 per person.
Music will be provided throughout the evening by new Mesabi Range music instructor Mark Tolbert along with various staff members.
"The Empty Bowl will provide a delicious, hot soup supper for members of our communities,” said Mesabi Range College Dean of Student Affairs, David Dailey. "The intent is that they also leave with an awareness of the different facets of homelessness in our area and services available in our community, as well as a bowl they handcraft to commemorate the event”.
If you would like to volunteer or belong to a group that would like to participate, please call Jennifer Willard at 218-749-0329.
Community partners including the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA), Lutheran Social Services Debt Management Counseling, Range Mental Health Center, Range Transitional Housing, the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, Salvation Army, and Mesabi Range’s TRiO Student Support Services/Upward Bound programs will be available with information on their services throughout the evening.
