Schoolcraft College’s annual Empty Bowl Project sale and luncheon will be held Wednesday, November 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Wilson Room, next to Henry’s Food Court in the VisTaTech Conference Center on the college’s Livonia campus.

More than 200 ceramic pieces will be available for donations of $10 - $35. Anyone who purchases a bowl will receive a bow of soup, a piece of bread and a glass of water. This simple meal, donated and served by the students and staff of Food Services and Culinary Arts, helps to serve as a reminder to everyone that there are many people in our area, and throughout the world, for whom this would be a feast.

All money raised from the sale of the ceramic pieces will go to St. Leo’s Soup Kitchen in downtown Detroit. The ceramic pieces are the work of Robert Bielat, adjunct ceramics instructor, and his students. They include a wide array of stylings, from the very simple to more intricate works of art. In addition to helping the hungry, the bowl and other ceramic pieces make great holiday gifts.

The public is welcome to join faculty, staff and students of Schoolcraft College in this important community service project. In addition to helping others in need and sharing a delicious bowl of soup, it is a great opportunity for folks to examine the work of our very talented students, who could very well be the area’s next most famous artisan.