Volunteers put the power of repurposing to good use on Friday at the River City Food Bank’s (RCFB) Smashing of the Bowls event. The wall outside the entrance to the building at their new location is blank now, but will soon be decorated by a mosaic mural depicting empty bowls being raised and filled to feed the hungry. The tiles for the mosaic came from ceramic bowls volunteers smashed that were left over from last month’s Empty Bowls fundraiser. A ticket to the fundraiser included a simple meal and an empty bowl to symbolize the hunger problem in our region. “This project of building the mosaic (mural) out of repurposing those bowls that we can’t use came from the Metro Chamber of Comme

The River City Food Bank held its 8th Annual Empty Bowls fundraising dinner Monday at the Masonic Lodge in downtown Sacramento. Two luncheons are scheduled for today. The events raise awareness about hunger in the Sacramento area and serve as the River City Food Bank's most important fundraiser. The Food Bank building was destroyed in a fire last fall and their fundraising efforts are more urgent than before. More information about the Empty Bowls events is available in a previous Sacramento Press article.         Event Photography by Ron Nabity

The River City Food Bank is hosting its eighth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser and Potters’ Market events on March 7 and 8 at the Sacramento Masonic Temple to raise awareness about hunger in Sacramento County. Eileen Thomas, the executive director of River City Food Bank, said she finds the communities coming together most rewarding. “It’s a wonderful melding of community effort to help the hungry,” she said. “Preparation is huge – we have over 100 volunteers, seven restaurants providing soups, and 1,500 bowls,” Thomas said. On Monday from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., there will be wine and hors d’oeuvres along with gourmet soups. The restaurants participating in Monday’s event include Scott’s Seaf

As part of a “Bowl-a-Thon” event, art students at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom today finished off the last of 200 bowls they donated to River City Food Bank for its upcoming Empty Bowls event. The fundraiser, slated for Monday, March 8, and Tuesday, March 9 at the Masonic Temple, 1123 J Street in Sacramento, aims to raise at least $80,000 to feed growing numbers of hungry adults and children in the greater Sacramento area. “We are deeply grateful for the energy and dedication of Marianne Dana’s art students, especially during this time of difficult budget cuts for public schools,” said Eileen Thomas, Executive Director of River City Food Bank (RCFB). “Many more people are turning