FORT WORTH _ Tickets are still available for Empty Bowls Fort Worth and its 10-year anniversary celebration Feb. 17 for patrons to delight their artistic fancies and tickle their taste buds at an event that attracts more than 1,500 guests. 

Empty Bowls Fort Worth is open  from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Texas Hall, inside the Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall at Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster.

General admission tickets are $45. and individual sponsor tickets allowing early entry to the event are $125. Tickets may be purchased by credit card either online at www.tafb.org/register-emptybowls.html or by calling Tarrant Area Food Bank at 817-332-9177, ext. 110. Checks for tickets may be mailed to: Empty Bowls, Tarrant Area Food Bank, 2600 Cullen St., Fort Worth, TX 76107.

With admission to Empty Bowls, individuals may select a handmade bowl by area artists. Then patrons fill those bowls, sampling soup created by some of Fort Worth’s top chefs, including pork hatch chili by Tim Love, cream of jalapeno soup by Jerrett Joslin and vocka gazpacho with smoked shrimp by Jon Bonnell. 

New this year will be bowls and platters, signed by 13 celebrities, that will be offered in a live auction. Among the celebrities participating are LeAnn Rimes, Lyle Lovett and Betty Lynn Buckley. Live music will entertain guests, and attendees also will get to watch art demonstrations. 

The event benefits Tarrant Area Food Bank, which serves 13 counties. Tarrant Area Food Bank is a primary source of donated food for more than 300 major hunger-relief programs including pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and emergency shelters.

For more information on Tarrant Area Food Bank, visit www.tafb.org.

At Empty Bowls, attendees will select their own unique bowl for a lunch of soup and dessert, benefitting Tarrant Area Food Bank.

Empty Bowls–An Artful Taste to End Hunger has been set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 18 at Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall of Will Rogers Memorial Center.

The annual fundraiser again will benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank. At this lunchtime feast of artistic and culinary delights, guests savor soups and desserts prepared by Fort Worth area chefs. Attendees also select their own keepsakes from among 2,000 handcrafted and hand-painted bowls donated by professional, recreational and student artisans of north Texas. Live entertainment, a quilt raffle, silent auction and art demonstrations are also part of the event.

Among the organizations and studios whose members are donating bowls are the Texas Pottery & Sculpture Guild, The Wood Turners of North Texas, The Pottery Studio of Lockheed-Martin Recreation Association and Hart Street Pottery in Fort Worth. Restaurants, bakeries, caterers and culinary schools are contributing soups, breads and desserts.

Tickets will be sold only in advance for $40 per person or $125 per individual sponsor for early admission with corporate sponsors. Tickets may be purchased online at tafb.org, or by calling 817-332-9177, ext. 110.

All proceeds benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank and its network of 300 hunger-relief charities in 13 counties. Founded in 1982, the food bank is the primary source of donated food for 300 hunger-relief programs in Fort Worth and the surrounding counties of Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Hood, Parker, Cooke, Bosque, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Palo Pinto, Somervell and Wise. Each month, the network distributes groceries to 44,000 families and serves 565,000 meals and snacks on agency sites.

Spot, Fido, Fluffy and their owners are invited to the Happy Tails Ice Cream Social from 2 to 4 p.m. May 15 at the Trinity Park Pavilion, located on West 7th Street and Trinity Park Drive in Fort Worth.

The Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank, a program of Tarrant Area Food Bank, will provide ice cream for humans and special treats for all pets while supplies last at this free, public event. The Pet Food Bank will host the ice cream social for both two- and four-legged friends to celebrate donors, sponsors and business partners. In addition, the group will present awards to recognize its outstanding volunteers.

The Humane Society’s mobile adoption unit will be on location, and the Pet Food Bank will raffle off a custom pet portrait donated by Jimmy Ellis and a special bowl created by local artist Paula Cadle.

In its year-and-a-half history, Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank has collected more than 120,000 pounds of food and $18,000. The the Tarrant Area Food Bank diistributes all donations to families and senior citizens to artner food pantries and other charities serving 13 counties of the greater Fort Worth region. For more information, log onto www.dontforgettofeedme.org.

The “souper” fundraiser, Empty Bowls, will feature savory soups, delicious desserts and artistic bowls at the annual event, to be held this year from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 19 at Amon G. Carter Exhibit Hall, Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3401 W. Lancaster, Fort Worth.

This special luncheon, which benefits Tarrant Area Food Bank, is an opportunity to taste soups and desserts from top Fort Worth chefs, plus select a handmade bowl from among 2,000 created or painted by professional, recreational and student artists.

Tickets cost $25 and are sold only in advance, either online at www.tafb.org or by calling Susan Frye, community events director, at 817-332-9177, extension 10. Susan Frye, Community Events Director, 817-332-9177, ext. 110.

Empty Bowls’ proceeds benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank, founded in 1982. The non-profit organization is the primary source of donated food for 300 major hunger-relief programs in Fort Worth and the surrounding counties of Tarrant, Denton, Johnson, Hood, Parker, Cooke, Bosque, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Palo Pinto, Somervell and Wise. Each month, the network distributes groceries to more than 40,000 families and serves more than 500,000 meals and snacks on agency sites. For details, visit www.tafb.org.

Drew Myers wants to walk the walk, instead of just talking the talk.

The president and CEO of e-Partners in Giving, a new company devoted to fundraising for non-profit organizations, has called for the company’s second “Day of Giving Back.” At 8 a.m. Aug. 29, Myers and volunteers will move into action.

That day Myers will lead a team of workers in activities to support Samaritan House, Presbyterian Night Shelter and Tarrant Area Food Bank.
Beginning at 8 a.m., workers will work on maintenance projects at Samaritan House, 929 Hemphill in Fort Worth.

Then three or four hours later–depending on whether those workers work at a “walk” speed, a trot or a run–non-perisahble items for the food bank will be collected and a hamburger lunch will be served at Presbyterian Night Shelter, 1501 E. Presidio, Fort Worth.

Want to help? Contact Myers at dmyers@partnersingiving.com.