Empty Bowls (Hedgeapple Arts, Kankakee) - 2026
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Event Details
- Date & Time
- Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 5:30-7:30 PM
- Location
- Asbury United Methodist Church, 196 S Harrison Ave #1, Kankakee, IL 60901, Illinois, United States
- Price
- $40 dinner and bowl (sold out); $20 dinner only
Programme
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5:30-7:30 PM
196 South Harrison Avenue, Kankakee, IL
Simple meal of soup and bread; guests choose a handmade bowl donated by artists to take home.
About This Event
Empty Bowls Fundraiser 2026 in Kankakee, Illinois, on Thursday 12 November 2026, 5:30-7:30 PM, at 196 South Harrison Avenue. Artists donate handmade bowls; people buy tickets for a simple meal of soup and bread and choose an empty bowl to take home. An initiative of Hedgeapple Arts, with donations processed by United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties.
The cause
Raises money for food-related charities; funds raised will support nonprofit food security efforts across Kankakee County.
History
Empty Bowls is described as a grassroots movement by artists and craftspeople in cities and towns around the world.
On the menu
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Soup
Simple meal of soup
Also served
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Bread
Bread served with the soup
Who's who
Organised by
- Hedgeapple Arts (donations processed by United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties)
Supported by
- United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties Processes the donations
Taking part
- Artists Donate handmade bowls
Contacts
- 196 South Harrison Avenue, Kankakee, IL Event location
Good to know
- Individual Ticket - Dinner + Bowl Included: $40 per ticket ($26 tax-deductible) - sold out.
- Individual Ticket - Dinner, Bowl Not Included: $20 per ticket ($13 tax-deductible).
- Tickets are marked as sold out on the ticket page.
- Ticket includes a simple meal of soup and bread; the bowl ticket includes a handmade bowl to take home.
- Guests choose an empty bowl to take home with the $40 ticket
Everything the announcement says
Every detail, as the festival announced it.
Empty Bowls Fundraiser 2026.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 5:30-7:30 PM.
196 South Harrison Avenue, Kankakee, IL.
Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement by artists and craftspeople in cities and towns around the world to raise money for food-related charities. Artists donate handmade bowls, people purchase tickets for a simple meal of soup and bread, and choose an empty bowl to take home as a reminder of those who have empty bowls at home due to food insecurity. Funds raised will support nonprofit food security efforts across Kankakee County.
This fundraiser is an initiative of Hedgeapple Arts, with donations being processed by United Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties.
Tickets: Sold out.
Individual Ticket - Dinner + Bowl Included: $40 per ticket; $26 of the ticket price is tax-deductible. Sold out.
Individual Ticket - Dinner, Bowl Not Included: $20 per ticket; $13 of the ticket price is tax-deductible.
5:30 to 7:30 pm. Tickets sold through Donorbox; the bowl ticket was sold out when seen.
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Location
Asbury United Methodist Church, 196 S Harrison Ave #1, Kankakee, IL 60901, Illinois, United States
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Open in Google MapsPrices and tickets
- Individual ticket, dinner + bowl included ($26 tax-deductible)
- $40
- Individual ticket, dinner, bowl not included ($13 tax-deductible)
- $20
What's included
- Dinner: a simple meal of soup and bread
- An empty bowl to take home (only with the $40 ticket)
How to get tickets
- Tickets sold through the Donorbox page
- Both ticket types are shown as sold out