The third annual Empty Bowls event is set for Monday, April 27, at the Holiday Inn, 204 West Fox Farm Road, Cheyenne, to benefit the COMEA House homeless shelter.
Cheyenne school children and youth, and local and national professional artists will create and decorate bowls that will be filled with a hearty soup, for the tax-deducible price of admission of $10. The soup will be accompanied with bread and a beverage.
The event is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and includes a silent auction, entertainment, and a keynote address by Wyoming’s First Lady, Nancy Fruedenthal.
Empty Bowls was begun by junior high school teachers three years ago to help raise awareness of poverty in Cheyenne.
The COMEA House provides temporary emergency shelter to single men and women, and short-term shelter for families with the support of United Way of Laramie County, the City of Cheyenne, federal funding, and a variety of local agencies, businesses, churches and individuals. The COMEA House also operates a Transitional Living Program for clients needing housing support as they transition into self-sufficiency.
The tax-deductible support of the COMEA House through Empty Bowls will help the shelter to give a "hand up" to people who find themselves without a home.
For more information concerning Empty Bowls, visit http://www.emptybowlscheyenne.org/.
For more information about COMEA House or about a donation, contact Executive Director Teresa Garrido at (307) 632-3174 or www.comea@bresnan.net.
