Bowl-making event to benefit student-led hunger project
Part of the philosophy and mission for students at Waynesburg University is to serve others and play an active role in the community. The Bonner Scholar Program is committing to this mission through an event that the program got involved in a year ago called The Empty Bowls Project.
In this particular case, the bowls will be made at an event at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center on Jan. 30. Students are welcome to go and make a bowl that could be used at the actual event and used to remind people of the empty bowls all across the world.
The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.
The food will be provided by local businesses and will include soup made by Dan Wagner, Culinary Arts professor at the Greene County Career and Technology Center.
“Ever since I can remember I’ve been really passionate about hunger,” said Hunsicker. “Once I found out that [hunger] was a main issue in Greene County because of the poverty I really wanted to do something about it.”
“I worked with the Food Bank and I loved working with it, it’s a really cool program,” said Shindelar. “It brings the community together and it is also celebrating the arts and I just love the idea of using your resources and talking with community members and local businesses to connect everyone together.”
“We have done this before so a lot of people are aware of this,” said Shindelar. “It’s very unique as well, people from the community can come and just get a dinner and receive a bowl that was made by other people in the community, which is meaningful.”
“It’s important for us to remember that service is not just important for these four years of college because we go to a service-oriented university and are in a program where we are required to it, that’s not why we do it,” said Shindelar. “That’s part of the mission statement of Waynesburg University, to raise up leaders in the community who are doing these things because they love to serve others and love to be involved in the community. This is student led and shows that just because you are a student doesn’t mean you can’t make a difference.”