Empty Bowls hosts 18th annual soup dinner to support Cook County hunger programs

Empty Bowls Cook County is hosting the 18th annual soup dinner fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 14, at Up Yonder in Grand Marais.

Empty Bowls Cook County is a non-profit with a mission to raise critical funds for hunger needs in Cook County, Minn. The annual November soup dinner fundraiser is a partnership with the Grand Marais Art Colony and local restaurants to distribute funds to 27 Cook County non-profits to fight hunger.

Lunch will occur from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and dinner from 5 to 7 p.m.

More information is available at emptybowlscookcounty.org.

WTIP spoke with Empty Bowls co-organizer Beth Kennedy about the Nov. 14 event. The audio from the conversation is below.

A video of the 2023 Empty Bowls event is below:

WTIP Staff November 13, 2024