The 6th annual Empty Bowls community dinner to benefit Talbot County food pantries will be held Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, from 5 p.m. to 7 pm. Presented by Empty Bowls, Talbot County the goal of the dinner, in the words of co-chair Anna Harding, “Is to recognize the very serious problem of hunger in our community and then find a way to help alleviate it on a local basis.”
The magnitude of the need the pantries serve may be surprising to many in the community. The Neighborhood Service Center is another of the participating pantries. It serves about 300 families per month, each family representing from one to 10 people. One of the center’s clients had this to say about the value of the service it provides: “This helps because of how food stamps and other benefits are being cut and by being a single veteran over 50 this really helps to supplement the benefits it makes it where you don’t always worry about your next meal. Thank you very much.”
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