NEWS RELEASE
EMPTY BOWLS
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On Sunday, Oct. 20 Home Suite Hope (HSH) will host its 16th annual Empty Bowls signature fundraiser, presented by Taylor, at Appleby College in Oakville.
Home Suite Hope is a Halton-based non-profit that works with single parents facing homelessness to provide housing, education and employment. This popular fundraiser, fashioned after a soup kitchen, always draws a crowd. Ticket purchasers can sample soups from a variety of local restaurateurs, along with bread and desserts, and can take home a hand-painted bowl as a souvenir.
All proceeds support HSH programs like Homeward Bound Halton, launched in 2014 as the first Canadian replication of an award-winning educational program for homeless and precariously-housed single mothers that fights poverty, prevents domestic violence and builds economic security for single parent families.
Tickets sold in advance cost $60 or $75 (with a souvenir hand-painted pottery bowl from Crack Pot Studio) and include soups prepared by local chefs, bread and desserts.
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 20. There will be two seatings: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
WHERE: Appleby College 540 Lakeshore Rd W, Oakville, ON L6K 3P1
There will be a Vendors’ Market - featuring Shop Woven, Farmhouse Artisan Cheese, Familifood, Daley Glam Décor, Irving paper products, Pampered Chef and artworks from ForthSanity.Ink - and a chance to win raffle prizes from Air Canada Foundation, Treetop Trekking, Pursuit OCR, Ritorno, Allegra Spa Milton, Montfort Mediterranean Cuisine Oakville and Mary’s Muffins.
Soups include recipes from chefs at: Hearthstone by the Lake: Pear and Parsnip soup; Montfort Mediterranean Cuisine Oakville: Lentil soup with pitas; Oakville Golf Club: Mulligatawny soup; Sodexo; Stoney's Bread Company; Connection Cafe: (vegan, glutenfree) Lentil veggie soup; JAC's Bistro; Chef Tim from O'Conor Catering: Smoked brisket and vegetable, and squash soups; Pane Fresco by Fortinos Lakeshore Oakville: Fireroasted red pepper and Italian wedding soups, and Sotto Sotto Oakville: Chick pea soup (vegetarian and dairy-free).
Fresh breads for dipping will be provided by COBS Bread Lakeshore, with gluten-safe fare from The Einkorn Shoppe by Food Haven. Mailing Address: 200 North Service Rd. West #424, Unit 1 Oakville, ON L6M 2Y1 Main: (905) 339-2370 Charity No: 85975 5308 RR0001 Dessert sponsors include: Mary’s Muffins; The Sweetest Thing; Lusitania Bakery and Cafe; Black Forest Pastry Shop; Aveiro Bakery and La Rose Bakery. Desserts include cookies and muffins, donuts, custard tarts, coconut squares and chocolate squares. Our Popcorn Partner is Comeback Snacks, with Volunteer Treats provided by Nothing Bundt Cakes and coffee and tea from Starbucks. Presenting Sponsor The Taylor Group is joined by the following Sponsors: Diamond: Irving Consumer Products; Platinum: CN; Gold: Henderson Partners and Bronze: Bell Canada and Cogeco.
While Empty Bowls has been hosted at various venues over its 16 years, including an at-home delivery model during COVID-19, it returns this year to Appleby College. At our last Appleby College hosted Empty Bowls event in 2019, we raised a total of $108,300 in support of HSH families.
Over 500 HSH families and friends enjoyed delicious soups ladled into a new pottery bowl from Oakville, Burlington, and Milton’s favourite food establishments. This brought together over 20 local businesses together in support of over 30 single parent led families faced with homelessness, and actively working to make a change in their own lives through our education to employment program, Homeward Bound. With your help, we can continue to reach more people in the community with our message of hope. Creating lasting change, one family at a time.
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