Last Friday, Foodsmiths was proud to present the proceeds gathered from its 9th Empty Bowls fundraiser to Empty Bowls and the other partner charity groups. The annual campaign was started last month on the 17th.
In spite of the disagreeable weather, approximately 250 bowls and 14 large containers of stew were served, effectively raising over $5,000 in the process. Empty Bowls also had the pleasure of being the recipient of the Foodsmiths BYOB – Charity Bag Donation program in April. The program was aimed at encouraging the community to recycle grocery bags and to secure a source of funds which would go to Perth’s different charitable programs. Every bag a customer would re-use saved the cost of using a new bag. Foodsmiths also donated 10 cents to a chosen charity for every bag brought in by customers.
And it seems like the community really came together on this one. Foodsmiths’ customers used a total of 6,056 “old” bags – an equivalent of $605.60. That brings the total amount of money raised to $5,685.60.
The proceeds raised from this effort will be donated to food programs under the oversight of Perth and District Food Bank, as well as other food programs in the region.
