Empty Bowls Natchez Stewpot

06/26/2025

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03/18/2025

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who helped me Empty Bowls 2025 a great success!
Co-Charmen Patricia Huffines, Donna Jones and Conner Burns
Liz Blalock - Mississippi School of Folk Art clay director
Allen and Beth Richard - the gumbo chefs!
Casey Gilbert - our great entertainment
Danny Huffines, Chuck Golden, Joe Garrity for set up
And our all-around amazing event day helpers:
Anna Ferguson
Emily & Chris Maxwell
Liz Farmer
Marty Seibert
Monica Mayo
Marie Gasquet
Norma Gasquet
Rachael Patton
Sam Jones
& a great guy named Lawrence!
If I forgot anyone, please forgive me!

03/18/2025

Grand total for our 2025 event .... $19,000!
Thanks to all our great potters, volunteers, sponsors, ticket holders and wonderful people who donated what we needed to put on this event so that 100% of ticket sales go to the Stewpot!

03/18/2025

What an amazing day we had Sunday! Check out these pics and plan to come when we host Empty bowls again in 2027!

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03/16/2025

Breaking tradition just for this year. We have a whopping 450 bowls and have sold 300 tickets, so we will be selling tickets at the event tomorrow! What a great way to support the Stewpot and help feed the hungry! $30 for gumbo and a beautiful handmade bowl. See you on the bluff at the gazebo.

03/14/2025

Look at these lovely pieces that are in our "Sponsor" raffle on Sunday. It is not too late to become an Empty Bowl sponsor and get a chance to take one of these beautiful pieces home. Sponsorship deadline is Saturday at 5 PM!
Bowls by Conner Burns and Patricia Gaude Huffines . Platters by Donna K Jones .

03/13/2025

WHAT IS AN EMPTY BOWLS EVENT?
It is an event to bring awareness to the starving people in our community and around the world. All proceeds from our local event this Sunday, March 16, go to support the Natchez Community Stewpot and help them continue to feed the hungry in our area. We hope you will help by sponsoring or purchasing a ticket (see link below).

Local potters and our potter friends from Louisiana have donated their talents and time to make over 400 bowls of all colors and designs, and they will be available to you Sunday. Your $30 ticket gets you a delicious serving of gumbo and cornbread, and you pick a bowl to take home with you to remember the hungry in the world.

It is not too late to be a sponsor. Sponsorship gets you 2 tickets and chances on the “sponsors only” drawing for 3 special items made by local clay artists Conner Burns, Patricia Huffines and Donna Jones.

The Stewpot is experiencing fewer donations in 2025, and your donation is important to support this wonderful mission of feeding over 300 meals every day. We would appreciate your support!

03/06/2025

Get your Empty Bowl tickets online. See link below. Event is March 16 from noon to 1:30 on the Natchez Bluff by the gazebo. Tickets are $30 and will be at the Will Call tent the day of the event. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Thank you for supporting the Stewpot!

03/05/2025

SPONSORS NEEDED! Our sponsorships are down this year. Marcus tells us donations to the Stewpot are down in 2025, as well. Would you consider sponsoring Empty Bowls? $125 sponsorship fee for 2 tickets to the event and 2 raffle tickets for the special raffle for sponsors only. Sponsors will have a chance to win one of 3 special pieces made by local potters Conner Burns, Patricia Huffines or Donna Jones.
You can purchase your sponsorship through PayPal at the link below. Your tickets will be available at the entrance. Look for the WILL CALL sign!
You can also buy tickets this way if you can't get to Natchez Coffee. Choose either Sponsorship $125 or Entry Ticket $30. Thank you!
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/F5XKU74W6V7S6

02/25/2025

Don't forget to get your Empty Bowps tickets. Now available at Natchez Coffee.

02/23/2025

It's Empty Bowls time! Get your tickets now at Natchez Coffee. Your $30 donation to the Natchez Community Stewpot allows you to pick one of hundreds of handmade ceramic bowls and also a serving of delicious gumbo!

Event is March 16 on the Natchez Bluff, but get your tickets before they are sold out!
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