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The 15th annual Juniata College Empty Bowls, to raise money for Huntingdon County's four food banks and the Huntingdon Area elementary schools' Backpack Program, begins with an online sale of bowls.
Bowls will be available for purchase online Sunday, Oct. 17, through Thursday, Oct. 21, with a preview Saturday, Oct. 16. The handmade, one-of-a-kind bowls will be sold for $15 or $13 for seniors/students (ID will be required at pick-up). Information can be found at https://emptybowls
juniata.square.site/. Drive-thru pickup will be available Saturday, Oct. 23, in the parking lot behind Good Hall. A separate pickup day will be held for Juniata students, faculty and staff.
"Empty Bowls is hosted by faculty, staff and students and benefits countless Huntingdon County residents who are food insecure," said Bethany Benson, chair of the Art and Art History Department at Juniata. "In the past 14 years, Empty Bowls has raised over $65,000 for area food banks; this year, the demand on our food banks, pantries, and backpack programs is greater than ever before."
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one in six children in the United States (18%) live in food-insecure households.