CLOSEUP: Empty Bowl Dinner fights hunger and homelessness

Posted 11/21/13

Diners pick out handmade bowls. (Photo by Brian Rudnick) by Brian Rudnick Twenty five percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty level. This somber statistic was delivered last night to …

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CLOSEUP: Empty Bowl Dinner fights hunger and homelessness

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Diners pick out handmade bowls. Diners pick out handmade bowls. (Photo by Brian Rudnick)

by Brian Rudnick

Twenty five percent of Philadelphians live below the poverty level. This somber statistic was delivered last night to hundreds of diners, along with delicious soups and breads donated by dozens of restaurants and caterers, at the Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network’s 15th annual “Empty Bowl Dinner” held at the Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Through a large network of religious congregations and volunteers, the Network (“NPIHN”) provides emergency and transitional housing and support services to families facing homelessness, like the Baez family, now “alumni”, who recounted their continuing personal struggle to support themselves and stay together as a family.

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