Fill the Bowl

We had another event at the school tonight. The third grade class held the third annual "Fill the Bowl" event. It is a wonderful activity that has the third graders handcraft bowls through several field trips to the Burlington City Arts pottery studio. There are over two hundred bowls made by the time they are done. Chloe said she made four. Then tonight the bowls are all set out on tables in the gym. You go and pay five dollars to buy one. You then select a type of soup you want to eat (to fill your bowl).

The event is to raise awareness about hunger. The money raised is being split between the local farmers in the Intervale Center in Burlington (whose crops were destroyed right at harvest time by the flooding) and Heifer International. The kids did a fair amount of studying about these two organizations. Chloe even wrote a poem to the farmers.

The kids were told that they were not going to be keeping their bowls. However, I secretly hoped that I could arrive early and be able to buy one of Chloe's. No such luck. Here she is though with a owl she picked out to purchase.

Alexa and I choose some neat ones too.

It was fun event and I think the kids learned  a lot about giving back to others which is wonderful. We also put in a few bids at the silent auction where some local artists donated bowls.