2025 Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness Event | DonationMatch

2025 Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness Event

Online Auction for Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana
Sep 04, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Deadline: August 1, 2025

Who's Going
Fundraising Goal $80,000
Expected Attendance 300
Reach 500
Ticket Price $0
Metro Area Shreveport, LA
Exempt Status 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Nonprofit Category K - Food, Agriculture & Nutrition
Attendee Gender Ratio 50% Male, 50% Female
Potential Item Uses Online Auction Raffle/Sweepstakes
How Donors Promoted Event Program Printed Flyers Website
Attendee Ages 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55-64 Years 65+ Years
Attendees' Children's Ages Unsure
Special Populations Health Conscious
Description

The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana serves the seven parishes in the top corner of the state: Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Red River, Bienville, and DeSoto. It is our mission to end hunger in the region by ensuring a consolidated network of effective food collection and distribution which will provide universal access for the needy in our communities. The Food Bank hosts an Empty Bowls Hunger Awareness event every September to raise funds and awareness. During the evening, attendees enjoy an online auction, a raffle, a wine pull, and a simple soup supper. Guests leave with an empty hand-painted ceramic bowl that serves as a visual reminder of those who are hungry and whose bowls go unfilled. Three hundred bidders are in attendance, and an unknown number of bidders bid online. All funds raised stay local and benefit our food purchasing or our food programs.

Bally's Casino and Hotel
Clyde Fant Parkway
Shreveport, LA 71106