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SPONSORS OF 8TH ANNUAL VICTORIA EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT
Breaktime
Chick-Fil-A
Fossati's Delicatessen
Furr's Family Dining
Golden Corral
The Grapevine Cafe
Halepaska's Bakery
Huvar's Artisan Market and Catering
Jason's Deli
Subway
Siesta Restaurant
Rosebud Fountain and Grill
Red Lobster
The Pump House
Performance Food Group
Olive Garden
The Main ...
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SPONSORS OF 8TH ANNUAL VICTORIA EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT
Breaktime
Chick-Fil-A
Fossati's Delicatessen
Furr's Family Dining
Golden Corral
The Grapevine Cafe
Halepaska's Bakery
Huvar's Artisan Market and Catering
Jason's Deli
Subway
Siesta Restaurant
Rosebud Fountain and Grill
Red Lobster
The Pump House
Performance Food Group
Olive Garden
The Main Course
Long Leaf Coffee Company and Bakery
In an effort to fill the mouths of hungry Crossroads families, Debra Chronister and Sherri Pall attempted to fill 500 handcrafted ceramic bowls with gourmet soup.
At the 8th annual Victoria Empty Bowls Project on Sunday, Chronister and Pall - who served as co-chairs of the event - collected 500 handcrafted bowls from ceramics students, former students and area potters, then charged the public $15 to fill it with soup.
On two long tables in the lobby of the Victoria College Student Center, attendees of the event browsed the endless rows of colorful ceramic bowls, before moving to the cafeteria to browse 14 varieties of piping hot soups. A drink and roll were also included in the meal.
"I'm having the sausage, cheese and beer soup," Chronister said, spooning a taste from a small, blue ceramic bowl. "I'm not supposed to have cheese, but this is so delicious."
Some of the soups featured at the event were The Grapevine Cafe's beef taco, Halepaska's Bakery tortilla soup, Olive Garden's minestrone and Soupa Toscana, Chick-fil-A's chicken noodle, and roasted sweet potato jalepeno from Huvar's Artisan Market.
In addition to the soup and bowl purchase, Pall said the event raised money through a silent auction, featuring items such as an autographed porcelain bowl set from "Eat. Pray. Love" writer, Elizabeth Gilbert, and an autographed pottery set from TLC's Kevin Roberts, host of "BBQ Pitmasters."
"We usually average about $2,500 at the silent auction," Pall said.
For the bowls that couldn't make it to the display and sale tables, Empty Bowls attendees could buy the scraps for $1, and break the bowls against a wall.
Monies collected from the fundraiser each year are donated to Christ's Kitchen, Food Bank of the Golden Crescent, Victoria Christian Assistance Ministry, Victoria County Senior Citizens Center, and Victoria Empty Bowls Arts Scholarship.
"The soup is great, but it's a great cause," Empty Bowls attendee Debbie Bailey said, sipping from her bowl of tomato bisque.
Bailey said she too, is a potter, and in past years donated ceramic art to the fundraiser.
About $10,000 were collected from Sunday's event. To date Empty Bowls has collected more than $70,000 for charity, Chronister said.
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