Bowls for Food

I knew there were a lot of people waiting for me to post that batch of bowls, but I had no idea how quickly they would go. Sixteen bowls totalling $2,000 in donations were adopted within three hours of my posting about their availability.

If you didn’t manage to get one, I will be making bowls non stop for a couple of weeks. You can also make a request and I’ll let you know how much to donate in advance.

I am really moved by all the enthusiasm. It reaffirms what I have been working towards with this project.

Thanks again to everyone.

Wow.

A little over six months ago I posted on Facebook that I had some bowls that I would send out if people donated to their food banks. The first day you all donated over $700.

A few weeks ago I set the goal of hitting $10k in total donation by the end of the year. Then I decided I wanted to do it by Thanksgiving. You did it. As of November 24, 2020 the total donations to food banks by Bowls For Food participants surpassed $10,000

Thank You.

There is still so much to do, and so much hunger in the US right now. But for a moment, everyone who has donated should feel like they have helped someone in this terrible time.

Here are all the recipients of your donations:

Alameda County Community Food Bank, Arlington EATS, Ashburnham Food Pantry, Beyond Hunger, Bridges Outreach, Brookline Food Pantry, Canton Area Helpline Inc, Central Texas Food Bank, Commonpoint Queens, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, Dedham Food Pantry, Elizabeth Peabody House, Food Bank for New York City, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Food Bank of Hudson Valley, Food Bank of Iowa, God’s Love We Deliver, Good Shepard Food Bank, Greater Boston Food Back, Greater Boston Food Bank, Harvest on Vine, Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Idyllwild HELP Center, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank , Marshfield Food Pantry, My Brother’s Table, Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter, New Hampshire Food Bank, Norwood Food Pantry, Oregon Food Bank, PADS, Philabundance, Pittsburgh Food Bank, Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement, SF Marin Food Bank, San Diego Food Bank, St. Joseph’s Church Food Pantry, The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, The Ecumenical Community Food Pantry of Norwood, The Food Bank of Western Mass, The Open Door, The Sharing Cupboard, Toni’s Kitchen, United Way of Tri-County, Utah Food Bank, Walpole Community Food Pantry, Wayside Food Programs, West Side Campaign Against Hunger, Westside Food Bank, Weymouth Food Pantry, Woman to Woman at Food Bank For New York City, Yachats Food Pantry

Thanksgiving may not be a universally celebrated holiday, but this year I can say thanks for being a part of Bowls for Food, and for getting $10,000 to places and people who need it.

I recently got a lot of wood from a lot of people. Some logs from trees that were meaningful but fell in a storm or succumbed to disease, and some from arborists. I really like found wood. It has more character, like bark and spalting, and inspires new forms. Unfortunately, my lathe is pretty small. These larger blocks shake the lathe so much it literally walked out of the garage on its own. I’ll have to find a way to get on a bigger, heavier lathe. I won’t give up on this beautiful piece of spalted maple.