Sunday, May 4, 2025
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Thank you all for showing up, giving generously, and filling our community with hope. Because of your support, Empty Bowls was able to raise vital funds for local pantries and meal sites, ensuring our neighbors have access to the healthy food they need. We’re deeply grateful for each bowl shared, every dollar given, and every heart that made this event possible. 💙🍲
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We’d like to shout-out to our partner agency, Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan, who hosted the Traverse City Ticker Recess last night and shared out about our collective work addressing food insecurity in our region!
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Thank you, Big Country 102.9, for volunteering at our Empty Bowls last weekend!
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A big thank you to our Community Superhero, Munson Healthcare, who not only provided our Empty Bowls event with a $10,000 sponsorship - but also provided our event with three different soups and a fantastic group of volunteers! 💕
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Thank you Traverse House Clubhouse for volunteering at Empty Bowls! We love seeing all our Coalition members coming together to help fight food insecurity in our region! ❤️Traverse House Clubhouse colleagues helped at this past weekend's Empty Bowls Fundraiser to benefit the @Northwest Food Coalition!
This year’s event focused on child food security and the need for food is greater than ever:
* 39% increase in our food pantry visits
* 24% increase in our meal site visits
* 41% of Michigan families do not earn enough to afford basic living expenses up 13% from 2019 to 2022 (2024 ALICE Report)
* 1 in 8 Michigan children are food insecure (Feeding MI Families Report 5/24 U of M)
* 40% of our pantry food recipients are children
We were happy to help and give back to our community!
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