Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Presents Blues for Food and Empty Bowls Dinner

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is very pleased to be presenting two very popular fundraising events again this year.  Please join us for one or both of these events.

16th Annual Blues for Food  

Please join Eugene & the Nightcrawlers and all their blues buddies at Domenico’s Ristorante on Sunday, February 21st, for the 16th Annual Blues for Food. The event will take place from  1:00 – 7:30 pm and admission is only  $10.00 (kids under 12 free) – all proceeds benefit the Food Bank!

Please remember it’s also a food drive.  Bring non-perishable grocery items for the Food Bank (no glass please)!

Featured bands:

• 1:00 – Mark Demeno Band
• 2:00 – Waldo Young Band
• 3:00 – Jill West and Blues Attack!
• 4:00 – Eugene & the Nightcrawlers
• 5:00 – Jimmy Adler Blues Band
• 6:00 Johnny B & the Accelerators 

There will be 50/50 raffles, and remember, Domenico’s serves great pizza!

Domenico’s Ristorante is located at 20550 Rt 19 North, Cranberry Twp. 

15th Anniversary Year of Popular Meager Meal Event 

The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and Just Harvest, a Center for Action Against Hunger have announced the date for the 2010 Empty Bowls Dinner: The event will take place on March 7, 2010 at Rodef Shalom Congregation on Fifth Avenue in Oakland from 2 pm – 7 pm. 

Empty Bowls is a signature Food Bank event where amateur and professional potters from all over the region’s schools and studios create and donate some 1200–1500 ceramic bowls each year. Restaurants and caterers donate bread and several hundred gallons of soup. Together they comprise a meager meal to remind people that there are thousands of “empty bowls” in our region every day. Then ticket-holders can take their chosen bowl home. 

This year is the 15^th Anniversary of Empty Bowls, which benefits both the Food Bank and Just Harvest. In its history, with some 13,000 bowls and 3,000 gallons of soup, Empty Bowls has raised more than $350,000 for the two organizations. 

“We hope to make the 15^th year the best ever,” said Joyce Rothermel, CEO of the Food Bank. “In this weak economy, the Food Bank and Just Harvest are busier than ever, and the awareness raised about hunger by Empty Bowls is as important as the funds.” 

Besides the bowls and soup, Empty Bowls is known for its family-friendly atmosphere with children’s activities, local celebrity soup-servers, bake sale, silent auction of fine ceramic art, and even soup-to-go. Look for a celebrity-autographed bowls online auction preceding the event. Tickets will go on sale in January through the Food Bank’s and Just Harvest’s websites, pittsburghfoodbank.org and justharvest.org, respectively. ###

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