EMPTY BOWLS 2009 The Sixth Annual Empty Bowls event was held April 7, 2009, at the First Presbyterian Church in Huntington. The event raised nearly $18,000 for for Huntington Area Food Bank. 04.14.2009 | EMPTY BOWLS SEES BIGGEST TURNOUT YET With nearly $18,000 dollars raised and close to 800 attendees, event organizers are calling the sixth annual Empty Bowls event an overwhelming success. 04.08.2009 | EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISE A SUCCESS First Presbyterian Church in Huntington, W.Va., doesn’t normally experience hundreds of people walking through its doors with handmade pottery and gallons of soup. But this Tuesday was very different. 04.06.2009 | SIXTH EMPTY BOWLS TO BE HELD TUESDAY The countdown to the sixth annual Empty Bowls event is coming to a close as Marshall University (MU) students and the Huntington Area Food Bank (HAFB) continue to collect donations and handcraft bowls in preparation for the event. 03.31.2009 | CHARLESTON AGENCY SUFFERS FROM STRUGGLING ECONOMY Covenant Outreach in Kanawha County is discovering that the downturn in the economy is affecting them more than what they expected. 03.13.2009 | MU COLLEGE OF ARTS HOSTS BOWL-A-THON A ball of clay, creativity and the willingness to get a little dirty were the only requirements needed for the Empty Bowls campaigns “bowl-a-thon.” 03.12.2009 | A BELOVED SON OF MARSHALL REMEMBERS HIS ROOTS Chad Pennington, NFL veteran and Marshall University alumnus, remains an important figure to many people in the Tri-State area. 03.10.2009 | LOCAL FOOD AGENCY HELPS THOSE IN NEED DURING TOUGH TIMES In the midst of a harsh economic climate, many local agencies still work to provide assistance to those in need. Basic supplies are provided to help individuals through the struggle. The agency, Bread from Heaven is no different. 03.05.2009 | GOV. MANCHIN SIGNS BOWL TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER “I’m going to try to make that ‘h’ a little better,” said Gov. Joe Manchin as he carefully signed one of the first bowls produced for the 2009 Empty Bowls campaign. 03.03.2009 | MARSHALL ART STUDENTS FIGHT HUNGER IN THE TRI-STATE AREA The Keramos Student Potter’s Guild is working with public relations students from the Marshall University (MU) W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, and the Huntington Area Food Bank (HAFB) to play host to the sixth annual Empty Bowls event in April. 02.26.2009 | MARSHALL STUDENTS TO HOST 2009 EMPTY BOWLS Marshall University students are joining together to fight hunger in the Tri-State area one bowl at a time through the sixth annual Empty Bowls event. 02.19.2009 | HUNTINGTON AGENCY FIGHTS HUNGER THROUGHOUT TRI-STATE “In the wealthiest country in the world, we have families in our own back yards that must choose between paying the rent and feeding their families,” said Rickey, executive director of the Huntington Area Food Bank (HAFB). “This is unacceptable. I would love nothing more than for our work to be unneeded because we have finally won the fight against hunger.” 02.13.2009 | THUNDERBOWL THURSDAY Knocking down pins and hunger at the same time, that's what one event, co-sponsored by the Empty Bowls Campaign and the Student Activities Programming Board, is trying to do this month at Colonial Lanes. Newscenter 88's Caleb Wisenhunt has the story.