III.1. Update on the 21st Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser; Tarrah PalmCity Manager
CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
From: Mike Mornson, City Manager
Date: February 19, 2019
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Subject: Update on the 21 Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser
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Mayor Cummings will read a Proclamation for the 2019 Empty Bowls Event. Tarrah
Palm, Executive Director at ResourceWest will be in attendance to receive the
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Proclamation and provide an update on the 21 Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser for
ICA Food Shelf and ResourceWest. The fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, March 12
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Proclamation for the 2019 Empty Bowls Event
WHEREAS, Hopkins local ICA food shelf distributed more than 1.39 million pounds of
food in 2018; and ResourceWest assisted more than 10,000 people in 2018, and;
WHEREAS, Empty Bowls is an international grassroots project to raise money for local
food shelves, and in the 21 years of Empty Bowls events in our community, more than
1.1 million dollars has been raised for local food shelves, and;
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WHEREAS, the 21 annual Empty Bowls event is Tuesday, March 12, at the Hopkins
Center for the Arts with the goal of raising $80,000 for local food shelves ICA and
ResourceWest. Participants may choose a handmade bowl, enjoy soup and bread
donated by local businesses, make a donation, and then keep their bowl as a reminder
of all the empty bowls in the community and the world.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Molly Cummings, Mayor of the City of Hopkins in the State of
Minnesota, do hereby proclaim March 12, 2019 to be Empty Bowls Day in the City of
Hopkins and urges residents to participate in the Empty Bowls event by making a
donation, making a bowl, or volunteering.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
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Hopkins, Minnesota to be affixed this 19 day
of February in the year 2019.
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Molly Cummings, Mayor