III.1. Update on the 23rd Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser; Tarrah Palm
CITY OF HOPKINS
Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
From: Mike Mornson, City Manager
Date: February 16, 2021
Subject: Update on the 23rd Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser
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Mayor Gadd will read a Proclamation for the 2021 Empty Bowls Event. Tarrah Palm,
Executive Director at ResourceWest, will be in attendance to receive the Proclamation
and provide an update on the 23rd Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser for ICA Food Shelf
and ResourceWest. The fundraiser will be a virtual community event from March 2 to
March 9.
City Manager
Proclamation for the 2021 Empty Bowls Event
WHEREAS, Hopkins local ICA Food Shelf distributed food for over 1 million
meals and ResourceWest assisted more than 4,200 people in 2020, and;
WHEREAS, Empty Bowls, an international grassroots project to raise money for
local food shelves, has raised more than $1 million in the 22 years of Empty
Bowls events in our community, and;
WHEREAS, the 23rd annual Empty Bowls event will be going virtual this year
from March 2-9 with the goal of raising funds for ICA Food Shelf and
ResourceWest. Visit hopkinsemptybowls.org to donate or bid in the online silent
auction, which will also feature specialty food items this year. Stop by ICA Food
Shelf during Empty Bowls week to choose community made art and a coupon
for a free cup of soup from one of our local restaurants.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Jason Gadd, Mayor of the City of Hopkins in the State of
Minnesota, do hereby proclaim March 2-9, 2021 to be Empty Bowls Week in the
City of Hopkins and urge 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 Hopkins, Minnesota to be affixed this 16th day of February in the year 2021. _____________________________________
Jason Gadd, Mayor