Piedmont College Host Empty Bowls Event with some local student participating

DEMOREST, GA (10/31/2019)– Empty Bowls is a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

Jehiel Baez of Loganville, GA participated in Empty Bowls, a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

Sierra Maxwell of Monroe, GA participated in Empty Bowls, a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

Danielle Self of Monroe, participated in Empty Bowls, a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

Morgan Calhoun of Loganville, GA participated in Empty Bowls, a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

William Olson of Monroe, GA participated in Empty Bowls, a community outreach program that raises money to benefit the Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen in Cornelia.

Freshmen art students created bowls in which to serve soup, donated by El Junete Mexican Restaurant, Fenders Diner, and Chartwells. Guest paid for a bowl of soup and enjoyed it while listening to performances given by Cantibile, the student a cappella ensemble, and Shticks and Giggles, a student improv troupe. Guest also were able to keep their bowl crafted by the Piedmont College freshmen art students.

All proceeds brought in by this event were donated to The Lord`s Help Soup Kitchen to aid in fighting hunger locally.

About Piedmont College

One of the most dynamic small colleges in the Southeast, Piedmont is an independent liberal arts college of more than 2,584 students. The college’s four schools-Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing & Health Sciences-develop tomorrow’s leaders by engaging students in the classroom, in their community, and around the world. Founded in 1897, Piedmont offers bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, and doctoral degree programs at its Demorest residential campus in the foothills of the northeast Georgia mountains and at its Athens campus in the heart of Georgia’s Classic City