- December 1, 2024
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Parrish’s Tina Fisher has a bowl for everything because she believes in feeding the hungry.
Not only does she attend the Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee’s Empty Bowls event each year, she also attends an Empty Bowls event in Yancey County, North Caroline each year where she spends the summers.
For every ticket purchased, one bowl is received.
“I have a lot of bowls,” she said while holding another new one in her hand.
Empty Bowls is a sold-out event each year at Main Street on Lakewood Ranch, but it’s a national movement that was started in 1990 by John Hartom, an art teacher in Michigan.
Fisher wasn’t only looking at each and every bowl to decide which one to take home, she was also eying the different glazes and shapes because she’s recently taken up pottery making.
Her goal is to donate a bowl for next year’s event.
Maribeth Philips, CEO of Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, said the event raises funds but it also raises awareness of the Food Bank of Manatee, which is even more crucial to the community this year following a devastating hurricane season.
“When something catastrophic happens, the outpouring of support is just heartwarming,” Phillips said. “Manatee County takes care of Manatee County.”