Empty bowls dinner

Above; Natalie K paints her rice bowl in Sprint class. 

by Jamie Van Dee and Andrea Farrington 

We live in the world’s wealthiest nation, yet 13 percent of people living in the U.S. live in poverty. With this in mind, instructor Abby Clark and the sixth grade Sprint class are hosting a dinner on Wednesday, April 27 using rice bowls they have hand painted with the help of the rest of the sixth grade class. 

The Parent Advisory Committee donated the money for the bowls and the glaze. The dinner will be held in the high school study hall. 

After the dinner, participants take their bowls home for a reminder of how many empty bowls there are in the world. Students are asking staff members to donate homemade soup to serve at the meal. Any kind of soup and any amount is great. 

In 2010, 35.9 million people were living below the poverty line in America, with 12.9 million being children. Almost 100 billion pounds of food is wasted each year in America; just this year 41 billion pounds have already been wasted, and 130 pounds of food per person end up in landfills. 

Bring your appetites and eat up; don’t let there be waste.