Scottsdale Community College Hosts 2009 Empty Bowls Event to Benefit Scottsdale’s Vista del Camino Food Bank
Scottsdale, AZ (November 5, 2009) – Buy a bowl of pasta at Scottsdale Community College on December 2nd and help fight hunger. Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the City of Scottsdale, and the Scottsdale Unified School District are joining forces for this year’s Empty Bowls event.
The event will be held from 11:00am to 6:00pm Wednesday, December 2 in the SCC Student Center (SC) Cafeteria, 9000 E. Chaparral Road. (map: http://tiny.cc/th8Ym)
A minimum donation of $5 at this year’s event buys a dish of pasta prepared by SCC’s Culinary Arts students, served along with a delightful ceramic bowl hand-crafted by local school children and their teachers. Proceeds from the event will help restock the shelves at Vista del Camino’s Food Bank, which responds to numerous requests each year for emergency services of food, clothing and shelter.
“Our acts of generosity make a difference, one bowl at a time,” said Dr. Jan Gehler, SCC president. “This wonderful partnership across the Scottsdale community speaks volumes about our commitment and capacity to serve others.”
Students and faculty from the Scottsdale Unified School District, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, and children from Paiute Neighborhood Center’s after-school programs have been busy creating the bowls. Approximately 400 bowls will arrive in time for this important annual fundraising event.
At 12:00pm, Dr. Jan Gehler, SCC president will speak, followed by Jim Lane, Scottsdale mayor; Diane Enos, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community president; Jeffrey Babcock, Vice President and Artistic Director of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts; a representative from Scottsdale Unified School District; and Kathy Breen, Human Services Manager at Vista del Camino’s food bank.
Cash or checks are accepted, but not credit cards. An ATM machine is available on campus.
About Empty Bowls
In 1990, a Michigan high school art teacher and his students brainstormed fundraising ideas to support a food drive. What evolved was a class project that entailed making ceramic bowls that were filled with soup. The soup-filled bowls were sold, and the buyers kept the empty bowl as a reminder of world hunger. By the following year, the originators had developed this concept into Empty Bowls, a project that provides support to food banks, soup kitchens, and other organizations that fight hunger. Empty Bowls events have been held throughout the world, and millions of dollars have been raised to combat hunger.
Scottsdale Community College offers over 1,500 academic and non-credit classes each semester. Located on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the campus is known for its serene atmosphere and beautiful plant and wildlife. With nearly 12,000 students, Scottsdale Community College is proud to offer high-quality, affordable programs in small class settings. From Motion Picture/Television Production and Culinary Arts to Nursing and American Indian Studies, students have a wide variety of programs from which to earn credits for university transfer, launch their careers, train for new ones, or pursue a special interest. The SCC Business Institute offers customized programs to meet the needs of local business. Scottsdale Community College is one of the ten Maricopa Community Colleges.
To learn about the many academic programs at Scottsdale Community College, call us at (480) 423-6000 or visit our website at www.scottsdalecc.edu.
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Media contact:
Denise Kronsteiner
(480) 423-6567
denise.kronsteiner@sccmail.maricopa.edu
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