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Follow on Google News | Chestnut Hill College Empty Bowl Dinner Helps Those in NeedChestnut Hill College will hold the 11th Annual Empty Bowl Dinner to benefit the Northwest Philadelphia Hospitality Network on November 19, 2009 at 4:30 p.m in Sorgenti Arena of Martino Hall.
By: Lisa Mixon The Empty Bowl Dinner, a popular event at the College and with the surrounding community, is the annual fundraising dinner for the Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide food and shelter to local homeless families. Local businesses, schools, and potters donate clay bowls, while local restaurants donate soups, breads, and desserts. For a small fee, diners can select a hand-crafted bowl and enjoy fare from over 59 restaurants and bakeries in the Philadelphia area. At the end of the evening, diners take home their empty bowl as a reminder of those who face hunger every day. The dinner also serves as a gathering for the 1,200 volunteers, current and former guest families, congregations, and supporters of NPIHN and the College. “It’s such a pleasure to reunite with friends we have supported along their journey from homelessness to stability,” states Rachel Falkove, NPIHN’s executive director. “By heightening community awareness that being homeless is not just a problem in poor communities, but a growing problem everywhere, we can do more to help. Our network of volunteers demonstrates that by everyone taking a small amount of responsibility, we can strive to make a difference. We are grateful that Chestnut Hill College unites so many in our community by hosting the Empty Bowl Dinner each year.” Chestnut Hill College students volunteer as servers for the event, which attracted over 700 attendees last year and raised over $10,000 from the dinner. All proceeds from the event are donated to NPIHN. Mike McGrath of WHYY’s “You Bet Your Garden” will be a special guest that evening. In honor of the Phillies making it to the World Series, there will also be a raffle for a Phillies baseball cap signed by Ryan Howard donated by the Philadelphia Phillies Community Outreach. Chartwells Dining Service, Chestnut Hill College’s food service company, generously supports this event each year by donating their services for the Empty Bowl set-up and the heating of soups, as well as providing all linens, paper products, beverages, and rolls and butter. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students and children, and can be purchased in advance or at the door. For additional information, please call 215-247-4663. A shuttle will be available starting at 5 p.m. from Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, and Our Mother of Consolation Church, 23 East Chestnut Hill Avenue, Philadelphia. List of participating restaurants, bakeries, schools, and businesses: Abington: Abington Arts Center Andorra: Friendly’s Restaurant Moe's Southwest Grill Saladworks Bala Cynwyd Coopermarket Blue Bell: Montgomery County Community College Center City: Twenty 21 Singapore Chinese Restaurant Brown Betty’s Dessert Boutique Tartes, Fine Cakes and Pastry Essene Market and Café TGIF Cheltenham: Cheltenham Art Center City Line: TGIF Delaware County: Swarthmore Pottery Club On a Roll -Media Chestnut Hill: Bocelli's Italian Restaurant Cafette Chestnut Grill Cosimo’s Pizza Café French Bakery Osaka Japanese Restaurant Rollers Restaurant Solaris Grille Bredenbeck’s Bakery Metropolitan Bakery The Night Kitchen Cake Cin Cin Prudential Fox & Roach, Chestnut Hill Office Springside School St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Bakers St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church Shundeez Restaurant and Market Poppy’s Seed Bakery McNally’s Tavern Brunos Conshohocken: Baha Fresh Mexican Grill Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Marriott Hotel West Panera Bread Miquon School Potters East Falls: Church of the Good Shepherd Potters Elkins Park: Color Me Mine Flourtown: Flourtown Presbyterian Church Youth Group Fort Washington: Palace of Asia Alison2 Frankford: Frankford High School Art Department Germantown: Flower Café Susan Farrington Stapley Nursing Home Germantown Jewish Centre Religious School Germantown Mennonite Church Urban Café Germantown Friends School Center in the Park Organization Haverford: Haverford Pottery Club Jenkintown: Fill-a-Bagel King of Prussia: Le Bus Bakery Lafayette Hill: Brittingham’ General Lafayette Inn & Brewery Vino’s Pizza Lansdale: Gwynedd Square Nursing Center Manayunk/Roxborough: Adobe Café, Manayunk Lucky Star, Roxborough Jakes, Manayunk Pina's Pizza, Roxborough Mishkan Shalom Bakers Mt. Airy: Allens Lane Art Center Bitars Acme Market Earth Bread and Brewery Chef Ken’s Café Marchiano’s Bakery McMenamin’s Tavern Mi Puebla Molly’s Pies Trolley Car Diner Chilly Philly Ice Cream Lutheran Seminary Project Learn Lutheran Theological Seminary Refectory Lawrence Bock Potter Tiffin Geechee Girl Center Caterers North by Northwest Northeast: George Washington High School Ceramics Department Northeast High School Ceramics Department Aramark, Holy Redeemer Hospital North Wales The Mud Shack Norristown: Applebee's Neighborhood Grill Plymouth Meeting: Doubletree Guest Suites JB Dawson's Restaurant & Bar Bertuccis Pottstown The Hill School Sellersville Washington House University City: Tandoor Indian Restaurant White Dog Café Picnic University City Arts League potters Penn Arts Club Wharton School Undergraduate Class Moore College of Art Wyndmoor: Flannery’s Grove Deli Other Contributors: Congregation Youth Group Bakers Woodlynde School William Penn Charter Penn Dining Services (Aramark) Holy Redeemer Hospital St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church Upper Dublin Lutheran Church Falls of Schuylkill Presbyterian Church Philadelphia Senior Center West Philadelphia Catholic High School Dallis’ Good Home Cooking Lemongrass Greene St Friends School Miquon Camp and Miquon School Tamanend Middle School Village of the Arts and Humanities About Chestnut Hill College Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master’s and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master’s universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since its inception, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life’s challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially. # # # Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master’s and doctoral programs. End
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