Empty Bowls: Kankakee County

12/29/2025

💙 We are proud to partner with Empty Bowls Kankakee County 💙

United Way of Kankakee & Iroquois Counties was honored to serve as the fiscal agent for Empty Bowls Kankakee County for the second year, supporting an event that directly benefitted five local food pantries and programs.

The generous gift designated to United Way will support our Food Security Fund, which currently helps sustain seven local food security programs working to address hunger right here in our community.

Together, we are strengthening food access and making a meaningful impact for local families. 🍲💙

11/28/2025

This Thanksgiving weekend we want to once again say THANK YOU to everyone who made Empty Bowls 2025 a huge success. 🧡

11/14/2025

We are overwhelmed with gratitude for the incredible response and support of Empty Bowls: Kankakee County! Last night was incredible, and we thank everyone who donated, attended, created, sponsored, or volunteered to make this event possible.

A huge shout-out to our amazing team of 70 volunteers who helped bring this event to life with heart and dedication. We have the best volunteers around, and we appreciate you!

We’re still totaling up our numbers (and waiting on a few sponsor checks in the mail), but we estimate that over $10,000 was raised to support local food pantries.

From the bottom of our hearts - thank you, Kankakee County. 🧡

11/13/2025

Today's the day! We can't wait to see you! Thank you for making this a SOLD OUT event for our community's food pantries.

11/13/2025

We ❤️ The MILL !

🌾 Baking with Purpose ☕💛

Today, our oven was busy with something extra special — fresh loaves baked with love for Empty Bowls: Kankakee County, a local nonprofit event dedicated to reducing hunger right here in our county.

This is our second year partnering with this beautiful cause, and every time it reminds us why we do what we do. Yes, we’re passionate about great coffee and pastries — but even more, we’re here to serve our community and keep others at the heart of what we create.

We’re so grateful to play a small part in the good work happening through Empty The Bowls. Here’s to filling hearts (and bowls) together. 💛

11/12/2025

11/10/2025

SOLD OUT!

If you purchased tickets online, we will have your name on our check-in list when you arrive.

If you are attending as a sponsor, your tickets will also be listed at check-in under your sponsorship name.

(Also, please be aware: if you see comments on our posts claiming to have tickets available, it is almost always spam. We are not able to monitor comments constantly, so please do not respond to those posts.)

Thank you for your support!

11/10/2025

Thank you to MAX'S HABITAT for donating mini pumpkins and gourds to make our event more festive! We can't wait to see everyone on Thursday!

11/10/2025

We want to once again thank our event sponsors for their support! Please note that no paper tickets are required for event sponsors - we will have your name or your business/organization's name on a list at check-in. We appreciate you!

11/09/2025

Thank you to these restaurant partners for providing bread and desserts for Empty Bowls 2025!

Texas Roadhouse, The MILL Co. , MARCIA'S MACARONS, Ryan's Pier, Cakes & Goodies - Thank you!

11/07/2025

Here's the much-anticipated soup lineup! If you're dining in at the event, you'll get to choose from a 12-oz bowl of soup, OR a soup flight of three 4-oz servings! Yum! THANK YOU to these soup partners for their generosity and support!

Family House Restaurant & Bar, BrickStone Brewery Manteno American Legion Post 755, Auxiliary, SAL,Legion Riders, Heather Bilyard, 4 Spry Tavern, Stella Bear Foods

11/07/2025

A Generous Donation of Beautiful Bowls!

We would like to extend our gratitude to Vonda Pfunder of Clay'd of Hearts Pottery , a Bronze Bisque sponsor of Empty Bowls: Kankakee County. In addition to sponsoring, Vonda generously donated several beautiful handmade bowls to this year’s event.

Vonda also coordinated additional donations from artists in Texas, including Pam Harton of Pamela’s Pottery and Carol Roach of Arts Journey. We are grateful to these artists for contributing their work to support our local food pantries.

Thank you, Vonda, Pam, and Carol, for sharing your creativity and care with our community!