Helping Good Causes One Bowl at a Time
Empty Bowls, a hugely popular benefit, to be staged Feb. 22 at Oak Park and River Forest High School.
Maeve Bowling heard a lot about Empty Bowls from friends. But after joining the Wheel-Throwing Club in her freshman year at Oak Park and River Forest High School and helping out during her freshman year, she became a big backer of one of the school’s most important charity efforts. “This is all about making an impact,” said Bowling, a sophomore from Oak Park, an avid potter. The larger cause is a series of daunting challenges: helping end hunger and poverty locally and fighting AIDS in Africa. And Bowling and her peers are attempting to do that one bowl at a time. This year’s event is 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22 in the South Cafeteria at Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 Scoville Ave. Here’s how it works. For $15 for adults and $…
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