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Filling Up To Fight Food Insecurity At This Year’s Empty Bowls

Rows of pottery bowls.
PatricksPhotos.net / emptybowls.com

Empty Bowls is a community-led effort to curb food insecurity around the world.

Here in the Chattanooga area, Be The Change and Scenic City Clay Arts presented the event last year - and on Wednesday, they’re back for more, at The Signal starting at 5:30 PM.

Sydney Guerrette is founder of Be the Change.

Her mom, Deirdre Catlett, is its operations director.

Sara Bell-Marshall is development director for Scenic City Clay Arts.

Banner for Empty Bowls 2024 in Chattanooga.
Be The Change Youth Initiative and Scenic City Clay Arts

Ray is the host and producer of Scenic Roots, Mondays - Thursdays at 3 PM on WUTC.
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