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Empty Bowls Detroit: Celebrity Designed Bowls Up For Auction To Benefit Cass Community Social Services

/ CBS Detroit

DETROIT (WWJ) - Metro Detroiters are invited to Eastern Market Friday night to celebrate fellowship and fun as part of the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

The event takes place Friday, March 4 at Shed #5 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. and will feature live entertainment, celebrity soup servers and offerings of soup, bread, cheese, dessert, beer and wine from an array of metro Detroit restaurants.

Tickets can be purchased for a $30 donation at bit.ly/EmptyBowlsDetroit or a $40 donation at the door. Empty Bowls Detroit is a 21 and over event. Proceeds will go toward Cass Community Social Services and their mission of fighting poverty and creating opportunity for Detroit's most at-risk citizens.

Every guest will take home a ceramic bowl as a reminder that someone's bowl is always empty. A special selection of hand-painted bowls by artistic local volunteers will also be available for purchase.

The Empty Bowls Detroit auction offers guests an opportunity to view custom-painted bowls created by famous celebrities including: Kristen Bell, Tim Allen, Uncle Kracker and GM President & CEO Mary Barra. Bidding on this year's auction is exclusively online [Click here to bid]. The auction, which is now live, closes on Saturday, March 12th at Cass Community's Annual Dinner.

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Empty Bowls Detroit is a true community effort:

  • Soup donations have been provided by local restaurants, including: La Feria, Traffic Jam and Snug, Vivio's, Seva, Harry's Detroit, Crazy Gringo, soon-to-open Grey Ghost, Crews Inn, Sala Thai and Cass Community Catering.
  • Local bakeries Avalon and Milano are providing fresh baked bread and Detroit Cheese is offering tastings of cheese.
  • Desserts are being provided by: The Detroit Bakery, Jen C's Cookies and Grosse Pointe South Pastries.
  • Guests will enjoy live entertainment by local performers: Michael Brock, Michael Malis Trio and Chily and Dio DJ Services.
  • Fox 2 Detroit's Roop Raj, Local 4's Paula Tutman and the Detroit News' Neal Rubin are among the night's special soup servers.

Empty Bowls Detroit is an outreach of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in St. Clair Shores, MI. Together with the sponsorship of Sugar Hill Clay, C&B Scene, Huron Capital, Shore Pointe and Marchiori Catering, EBDET raises awareness and funds for Cass Community Social Services' goal of fighting poverty and creating opportunity.

Cass serves one million meals to hungry people in Detroit annually. The nonprofit also provides housing for nearly 300 people each night and offers job training and jobs for nearly 100 people who face considerable barriers to employment. Proceeds from EBDET will allow Cass to continue and expand these services.

For more information, click here.

First published on March 4, 2016 / 12:45 PM EST

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