EPHS Arts, Culinary students conduct annual 'Empty Bowls' fundraisers
For the benefit of Good Neighbors food pantry in city
EAST PROVIDENCE — Students in the East Providence High School Arts and Culinary programs merged late last week to lead the third annual "Empty Bowls" pasta dinner fundraiser for the benefit of …
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EPHS Arts, Culinary students conduct annual 'Empty Bowls' fundraisers
For the benefit of Good Neighbors food pantry in city
EAST PROVIDENCE — Students in the East Providence High School Arts and Culinary programs merged late last week to lead the third annual "Empty Bowls" pasta dinner fundraiser for the benefit of the Good Neighbors food pantry in city.
Students in the ceramics class of teacher Tricia Chapman once again made and decorated bowls for the event while their counterparts in the cooking class of Chef Bill Walker and Chef Jennifer Montanez prepared the pasta, meatballs, garlic knots and cookies served to some 250 patrons. It was the first year in the new high school building with its state-of-art kitchen that culinary students from the "Townie Pride Café" participated.
Of note as well, dinner salads were donated by city natives John Heatherton and Peter Whitehead in their capacity as owners of the Elmhurst Pub in Providence.
The night also included a raffle and plant sale. The plants were grown by EPHS students in the hordeculture class of Science Department chairman Joel Swan.
For the evening, Chapman said the event raised $3,000 for Good Neighbors. A total of 260 bowls were made with only a few left over. The guests got to pick out their own bowl, Chapman added, noting the empty containers before and after dinner service serve as a reminder that "not all bowls are full" for residents in East Providence and elsewhre.
The teacher said it's a message not lost on her pupils.
"They'll able to actually connect the classroom to the community," Chapman said of her students. "They understand the importance of giving back by participating in something like this, by making the bowls, serving the food and helping to put on the event."
The fundraiser, in fact, has become a fixture on the EPHS calendar. The Empty Bowls night has now raised over $9,000 for charity and, if Chapman's memory is correct, the students have made 710 bowls.
Chapman added. "I have students that follow me year after year in the ceramics program, and they ask me to do this now every year. And I think Good Neighbors really appreciates it and looks forward to it as well."
