Seaboard Triumph Foods to Sponsor Food Bank of Siouxland’s 16th Annual 'Empty Bowls' Hunger Awareness Event – Save the Date!
Pictured left to right: Laurie Kuchera, Kelli Meister, Linda Scheid (Siouxland Food Bank), Tori O'Connell, Lindsey Luck.
Seaboard Triumph Foods to Sponsor Food Bank of Siouxland’s 16th Annual 'Empty Bowls' Hunger Awareness Event - Save the Date!
The Food Bank of Siouxland is pleased to announce that Seaboard Triumph Foods is once again the Presenting Sponsor of their Sixteenth Annual 'Empty Bowls' Hunger Awareness Event. This year’s dinner with live and silent auction to benefit the Food Bank of Siouxland will be held on Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Sioux City Convention Center. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. with a social, music, Koated Kernels Popcorn Bar, live auction preview, and silent auction. The dinner is at 6:00 p.m., followed by the live auction. This popular event draws over 600 guests and is often sold out before the event date. Save the date – tickets will go on sale Thursday, December 12, 2019.
Empty Bowls is an international effort to fight hunger. The concept is simple – local artists from beginners to the experienced create hand-crafted bowls for the event which serve as a reminder that there is hunger in our community and hunger is the most solvable social issue of our time. Guests at the event receive a bowl to keep, along with enjoying a lovely meal of soups donated by area restaurants and chefs, fresh bread, and desserts by Hy-Vee Bakery. A silent auction as well as a live auction will once again be part of the program with Randy Stabe and Clint Voss from Stabe Auction & Realty as auctioneers. Many donors make this event successful by gifting bowls, food, and auction items, as well as volunteering their time. Media sponsor KTIV supported the promotion of the event to raise community awareness.
“Empty Bowls is the perfect example of how Siouxland comes together to help support the work to feed our hungry community. From sponsors to donors to artists to volunteers and guests, it is a tremendous evening that demonstrates that we believe hunger is not acceptable. Together, we are making a difference in the fight against hunger,” stated Linda Scheid, Executive Director of the Food Bank of Siouxland.
“Hunger is a real problem that exists right here in our community, and as a food processor, we understand how important it is to provide quality products to family tables around the world. The partnership with the Food Bank of Siouxland is a natural alignment for us,” says Tori O’Connell, Communications for Seaboard Triumph Foods. “It’s such an honor to once again present Food Bank of Siouxland’s 16th Annual Empty Bowls Huger Awareness Event, an event with such a noble purpose.”
Tickets and table sponsorships will be available for purchase on December 12. Naming opportunities are also available to help support the event and the work that the Food Bank does throughout the year to fight hunger. To make a donation, donate an auction item, or volunteer for the event call Executive Director Linda Scheid at 712-255-9741 or email linda@siouxlandfoodbank.org.
About Food Bank of Siouxland
The Food Bank of Siouxland, with an annual food distribution of over 2.6 million pounds, is the main food supplier for Siouxland nonprofit agencies, including food pantries, homeless shelters, soup kitchens, residential facilities and senior centers, as well as 100 member agencies in eleven counties in Iowa and Nebraska.
About Seaboard Triumph Foods
The Seaboard Triumph Foods Sioux City plant is equally owned by strategic partners Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods who connect every step between farms and family tables around the world to produce wholesome Prairie Fresh® pork products, while ensuring the well-being of its animals, the environment, employees and communities.
For more information: Linda Scheid, Executive Director
Food Bank of Siouxland, Inc.
(712) 255-9741 (or) linda@siouxlandfoodbank.org