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Briarcliff Middle School Event Combats Hunger

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Students at Briarcliff Middle School recently raised money to support the Food Bank for Westchester at the Empty Bowls Dinner.

Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

 Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

 Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

Briarcliff Middle School students, their families, teachers and community members enjoyed a meal served in student-made ceramic bowls as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

 Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
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“We raised more than $1,100 for the Food Bank for Westchester,” said Briarcliff Middle School teacher Jessica Dubin in a press release. The Empty Bowls Dinner is the brainchild of Dubin. 

Students made special ceramic bowls for the dinner, which were displayed in the cafeteria, according to a press release. Patrons donated as they entered the dinner then chose a bowl from those on display and ate soup together.

Volunteers served the soup and students washed the bowls for patrons to take home after the meal, according to a press release. 

“There were about 60 bowls taken home that evening,” said Dubin in a press release. “The remaining bowls were donated to an agency that distributes them to individuals or families moving into new homes after hardship, homelessness or bouts of domestic violence. I hope the cheerful, handmade bowls will help light up those lives.”

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