Thank you to all who attended the 21st Annual Empty Bowls!

Stay tuned for news on the 22nd Annual Empty Bowls in 2024…

Please join us in thanking all of the amazing businesses and organizations who made this year’s event possible by sponsoring, donating and/or volunteering!

Soup & Meal Donors

Chef Ann Leon, The Allies Pub, Bacio Catering, Basque Norte, Beatniks Coffee House & Breakfast Joint, Broadway Heights, Crush, Fifth St. Steakhouse, Everyday Vietnamese Cuisine, The Grill, Hudson’s Gastropub, Italian Cottage, Jack’s, La Hacienda, Live Life Juice Co., Logan’s Roadhouse - Chico, Meze Moon Mediterranean, Mom’s Restaurant, Morning Thunder Cafe, Nash’s Restaurant, Pelicans Roost Chowder House, The Pour House, Priya Indian Cuisine, Pueblito Chico, PV Culinary students, Rice Bowl, Sicilian Cafe, Stoble, SuperFresh, Unwined Kitchen & Bar, Wine Time.

Bread Donors: Nutritional Services/CUSD

Dessert & Coffee Donors: Insomnia Cookies - Chico, Mim’s Bakery, Mondos Coffee House, Nothing Bundt Cakes - Chico, Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery

Raffle Prize Donors

Cafe Coda, Chico Theater Company, Collier Hardware, Feather Falls Casino, Hubbs, Made in Chico, Mooney Farms, Savor Ice Cream

Silent Auction

North Valley Wood Turners handcrafted wood bowls

Volunteers

National Charity League - Chico Chapter, Chico Noon Rotary, Chico Unified Teachers Association, California School Employees Assocation (CSEA), True North board members, Chico High and Pleasant Valley High students, Chico High and Pleasant Valley High ceramic students, Pleasant Valley High Interact students, Pleasant Valley High School Jazz Band, Chico High School Jazz Band, Alpha Delta Kappa

Bowl Makers

Each ceramic bowl is crafted and donated by ceramic art students from Marsh Jr. High, Inspire School of Arts & Sciences, Bidwell Jr. High, Chico High School, Pleasant Valley High School, and Torres Shelter guests.

About

Empty Bowls is all about coming together and supporting our community!

Empty Bowls is our most popular and longest-running dinner fundraiser, benefiting the Torres Community Shelter! You pick a unique bowl to take home that is hand-crafted by a student in our local public schools or one of our guests experiencing homelessness.

With your bowl, you also get a delicious dinner of soup and bread. Coffee and dessert are available for a donation. All of these tasty selections are provided by generous local businesses!

Plus, don’t miss the silent auction with wood bowls by the North Valley Wood Turners and a raffle with amazing prizes.

All proceeds go to our Torres Shelter, where we serve up to 177 people 24-hours a day, 365 days a year by providing them with a safe, dignified place to stay and supportive wraparound services that help them move forward and out of homelessness!

Parking

Parking is available on West Lincoln Ave. DO NOT park in front of the houses. Public parking is not available there. You will be ticketed. The west side of the street, parallel to Chico High, has meters and those are available to all.

For general parking, you can park at the parking structure on West Sacramento Ave.

For those in need of assistance, we will have golf carts offering rides to Lincoln Center. Rides will begin at 4:30pm from the solar parking structure on West Sacramento Ave.