Empty Bowls 2021 supporting UMD presented by The Forest at Duke
Event Information
About this Event
Empty Bowls, the annual event benefitting Urban Ministries of Durham, is set for Thursday, March 4th and has been temporarily re-configured for a primarily virtual experience. Join over 1,000 members of our community—both local and far away—for this quintessential Durham event, now in its 15th year. If you’re in the RDU metro area, purchase tickets to pick up individual meal-size soups prepared by local award-winning chefs on event day. Enjoy your dinner while you watch a virtual show beginning at 6:30pm, including a behind-the-scenes look at our homeless shelter. Bowls and other decorative creations made by local potters and wood turners will be open for bids in a week-long Silent Auction (March 1st at 9am – March 5th at 5pm).
Empty Bowls, presented by The Forest at Duke for the 4th year in a row and co-sponsored by area businesses and individuals, helps to raise over $100,000 for the city’s primary public homeless shelter, which provides food, shelter, and a future to neighbors in need. And this year, your support goes the extra mile to bolster local restaurants who have been longtime supporters of UMD. Tickets on sale now!
Make sure you choose a restaurant with a pick-up time that fits your schedule. Soups will be chilled for re-heating at home.
Participating Restaurants:
Jack Tar and The Colonel's Daughter
The Mad Hatter's Cafe + Bakeshop
Mez Contemporary Mexican Restaurant
Presenting Sponsor: The Forest at Duke
Area Sponsors:
Gold Sponsors: Elms Lane Realty Group, F&D International (USA) Corp, United Therapeutics
Silver Sponsors: Austin Lawrence Partners, Walt & Katy Barron, Whitney & Scott Matheson
Bronze Sponsors: ABC11/WTVD, American Underground, Brooke Jenkins & Pascale Lecuire, C.T. Wilson Construction Co., Inc., David & Wendy Sotolongo, Duke Office of Durham & Community Affairs, G Crabtree Spaces, Google Fiber, Jenny, John & Elizabeth Lischer-Froehlich, Kiwanis Club of Durham, KONTEK Systems, Inc., Mark Stone Properties, Merge Records, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Small Business Sponsors: Acorn + Oak Property Management, Camelot Academy, DTW Architects & Planners Ltd, Durham Regional Association of Realtors, 501 Nest Realty, LLC, Love Law Firm PC, Madrock Advisors, LLC, Millennium Sports Club, North State Bank, White Oak Properties
Individual Sponsors: Bernadette Lipscomb, Bob & Anna Walker, Bryan Gilmer & Dr. Jennifer Nolan, Dean & Gail Bunce, Gail Fowler, Janet Northen & Phil Patterson, Joe & Suzanne Daly, Laurie Braun & John Taylor, Michael Taeckens, Rabbi Daniel Greyber - Beth El Synagogue, Rod Abraham, Susan and Michael Hershfield, Wind and Fire Foundation
Special thanks to the hundreds of potters and wood turners who work throughout the year to craft the beautiful bowls that help to make Empty Bowls possible!
SILENT AUCTION LINK: https://www.32auctions.com/EmptyBowlsUMD
NOTE: In the unlikely event of extreme weather or other disaster that results in the cancellation of this event, the purchase price of this ticket shall not be refunded but shall become a 100% tax-deductible donation to the work of Urban Ministries of Durham. Receipts reflecting the donation will be issued electronically to all ticket holders who have provided their email address for this purpose.
Refunds cannot be issued for individual tickets if you are unable to pick up your soup at the appointed time on the day of the event.
