A fun-filled drive-thru event\, The Open Door Empty Bowl TO GO 2.0 fundraiser returns this weekend. \;
\nEmpty Bowl events are held nationwide\, raising funds for hunger-relief programs. The bowl goes home with participants as a reminder: somewhere\, someone&rsquo\;s bowl is empty. \;
\nThe Open Door has held an Empty Bowl fundraiser annually since 2001\, except in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit. \;
\n\nPay-what-you-can tickets for the Empty Bowl TO GO 2.0 event are available at FOODPANTRY.org/empty-bowl. Ticket holders at the event will receive a hand-painted bowl\, soup\, bread roll\, cookie\, and water. Participants will also receive fruit directly from The Open Door&rsquo\;s new Mobile Market Farmers Truck\, and dog treats will be available for pets along for the drive-thru ride with their owners. \;
\nSoups offered at the event will include the popular clam\, corn and fish chowders along with hearty tomato and white bean with quinoa (gluten free\, vegan\, and kosher [non-certified])\, chicken and rice (gluten free and kosher [non-certified])\, mushroom soup (kosher [non-certified]). \; \;
\nThe Empty Bowl online auction is also live at biddingowl.com/theopendoor. Approximately 40 Cape Ann artists and local elected officials created bowls to be auctioned off in support of hunger-relief programs of The Open Door. The auction closes May 13. \;
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