Empty Bowls

Back in September I took B to a fundraiser called "Empty Bowls" with proceeds going to benefit the community food bank. For $15 a person we were served bread, soup catered by local restaurants, and dessert. Each person also got to choose a hand made bowl donated by the high school ceramics class students to take home as a reminder of those who have limited amounts of food to fill their bowls. I wanted to use the event as an opportunity to introduce B to the concept of helping those who are less fortunate then us and so the night before the fundraiser I explained where we were going the next day and why. I realized my lesson was completely lost on him when his eyes grew wide as a tray of cookies and brownies were delivered to our table and he declared, "it's a good thing some people don't have any food so we could come here and get these cookies". Okay so B is not much of a philanthropist yet but I'll keep working on him.

They also had a raffle and B took a lot of time deciding which prizes were worthy of his tickets. He really wanted to win a potted plant for his grandma and a prize box from "Going Postal" (a mailing center) because it had a stuffed toy in it so he decided it was a prize for kids. Much to his delight he won the prize box and for some reason was most excited by the mouse pad that was included in the box. One last note: B was the only kid at the event which I thought was strange but it didn't bother him at all and he quickly became the star of the event.