Empty bowl fills hearts and community.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: DINING

Every March Bean's Cafe invites the Anchorage community to invest in unique pottery, sample award winning soups and support our fellow Alaskans, all in one afternoon.

Empty Bowl is a fundraising event for Bean's Cafe a local nonprofit organization that provides food and shelter for the homeless during the day. Rebecca Simcox, Bean's Cafe's event and volunteer coordinator, adds: "We also hope that in addition to raising donations, we will bring greater awareness of the basic human needs, food and shelter."

Event participants pay $25 to pick out a unique, handcrafted bowl, specially created and donated for this event. "The members of the Clay Arts Guild support the event by throwing hundreds of bowls--and donating them for no cost," says Simcox. Other individuals from University of Alaska Anchorage, the Anchorage School District and the Arc...