Here’s how many meals the Empty Bowl Luncheon plans to provide to North Georgians in need

With nearly 1,000 empty bowls, an area nonprofit hopes to serve more than 2 million meals to North...

Read More Posted on August 17, 2023

Empty Bowl Lunch raises enough to provide over 833,000 meals to those in need

Kay Blackstock speaks to volunteers who delivered meals to sponsors and ticket holders on the morning of the Virtual Empty...

Read More Posted on September 23, 2020

Here’s how Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s first virtual Empty Bowl Lunch went

Kelsey Podo The Times Updated: Sep 22, 2020, 7:28 PM Although the COVID-19 pandemic meant this year community...

Read More Posted on September 23, 2020

For Goodness Sake: Georgia Mountain Food Bank Still Feeding Families Amidst a Pandemic

By Lauren Hunter Multimedia Journalist with AccessWDUN For more than a dozen years, and even in the middle of...

Read More Posted on September 9, 2020

Here’s What to Expect at this Year’s Empty Bowl Lunch Fundraiser

Kelsey Podo Updated: Aug 31, 2020, 8:11 PM  Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s largest and only...

Read More Posted on September 1, 2020

GMFB T-Shirt Design Contest

Calling all K-5th grade students! Georgia Mountain Food Bank is looking for an artist to create its next Empty Bowl t-shirt....

Read More Posted on April 1, 2020

Empty Bowl painting begins with Congressman Doug Collins Tuesday

By Joy Holmes Multimedia Journalist Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville and his team painted empty bowls Tuesday...

Read More Posted on September 4, 2019

Georgia Mountain Food Bank Wins Distinguished Service Award

GAINESVILLE, Ga.— The Georgia Mountain Food Bank received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2019 Georgia Restaurant...

Read More Posted on August 21, 2019

10th Anniversary Empty Bowl Lunch Allows Georgia Mountain Food Bank to Provide More Than 673,000 Meals to Those in Need

Gainesville, Ga.— Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s (GMFB) 10th Anniversary Empty Bowl Lunch, the organization’s...

Read More Posted on September 26, 2018

Want to feed the hungry? Empty Bowl Lunch offers ways to help community

You can find the original article published by the Gainesville Times here. It’s a good thing Phil Dennis was on hand for...

Read More Posted on September 24, 2018

Successful Empty Bowl Lunch Allows the Food Bank to Provide More Than 685,000 Meals to Those in Need

Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s (GMFB) Annual Empty Bowl Lunch, a fundraising event that helps eliminate hunger in Northeast...

Read More Posted on October 25, 2017

Annual Empty Bowl Lunch draws a crowd

First Baptist Church’s banquet hall was once again overflowing with people clamoring over soup, salad and empty...

Read More Posted on October 19, 2016