Emily Henderson on sun 15 jun 97
Hi there all. I'm putting this message at the top so you don't have to read
all the "original" correspondence below. An update on our "Empty Bowls"
project for Ann in Ottawa and all. We are planning for late October or
early November. By then It has REALLY STARTED RAINING here, not just
fooling around. It is also DARK early. We are pretty far north (Sun's out
'til nearly ten now...when it's out?) I am putting together kits for local
organizations. The kits contain 3 bowls (lots of color) and brochures. We
are hoping for at least 200 for our first project. The Astoria Ecumenical
Ministerial Association has met an approved the project and will help with
sites and volunteers. What we need is KILN space. Anybody have any special
insight here. I have talked to the President of the local Community (and
ONLY) college in the area. At this point the college can offer no help
other than encourage its students, out of THEIR allotment (200 pounds) of
clay and their ALLOTED class resources to participate. The pots, then, are
the students free gifts. Any ideas on gathering kiln space? Anybody who
wants to send pots? We be thrilled to get 'em! Emily in Astoria OR..Sun's
out, but yesterday, when I awoke to the WET when, for market day, we had a
ZERO % chance of rain... but we didn't get rained on later in the day...just
a soggy setting up!
At 05:05 PM 6/10/97 EDT, you wro
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Emily, I don't know how the history on this, but when you decide when your
>going to do this please let me know. I have given bowls to this kind of a
>cause before and I would be interested in donating to this cause again.
>There are also others that I know of that would donate to this. thanks,
>Jennifer in Alpine, TX
>
>On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Emily Henderson wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> Hi all. Yes, it's still raining but I'm again looking for help. Well, it
>> looks like it will happen. We will have an Empty Bowls project in Astoria
>> this fall. Potters are making pots and it seems the churches are willing to
>> take the project on. I am looking for any info on the history of the idea,
>> other communities that do something like this, any anecdotes or anything you
>> can give me. I am trying to but together a brochure to motivate potters to
>> pot and as basic info for the press and community.
>> This is what we plan:
>> The churches (to date, the Catholics, 2 Lutheran churches, BaHai,
>> Unitarians, Presbyterians, and Episcopaelian will provide dinner sites and
>> volunteers) The dinner is to be soup and bread; the potters will donate
>> their bowls. There is also some discussion of school participation,
>> boy/girl scouts, 4H etc. We seem only limited by kiln space. One of the
>> best potters in the area, Rod Maxwell-Muir, is also going to donate a
>> large piece (like a bowl), for a raffle to be won by potters to motivate
>> them. (Everyone wants one of his pieces) The potters have two
>> restrictions, that the funds go to direct support the poor in our area for
>> basic needs, food, shelter and clothing that there be no religious or
>> sectarian concern. So... for any of you who have done this, ideas, history
>> etc. will be much appreciated. I need the data to put together an outline
>> for the representives of the churches by 8 am next Wednesday. I know, not
>> much time...so help is needed big time. It's a kind idea, everybody seems
>> to win. I really hope we can do this thing. Emily in Astoria where I've
>> got to get back to Ron and Karl and I still haven't had a chance to read my
>> e-mail
>>
>
>
Evan Dresel on thu 25 sep 97
Hi Emily,
I was wondering if you could share any information on how your Empty Bowls
Project went? We are talking about doing one here and your experience would
be very interesting because most of the other projects I know of are from
bigger cities. I haven't contacted anyone yet about their interest but we
do have a community college. I think our resources in terms of potters in
the area are limited but if we start fairly small it may work out.
I'm real interested in how many bowls you had, how many you sold, what to do
if you have more people than bowls, and any general organizational details.
I did go to Empty Bowls in Santa Fe last spring and it was great. They had
a ton of bowls from all the local potters and the turnout included quite a
celebrity contingent. Soup was donated by some of the best restaurants.
Anyway thanks for any tips.
- Evan Dresel
W. Richland WA
pedresel@3-cities.com
At 10:52 PM 6-15-97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi there all. I'm putting this message at the top so you don't have to read
>all the "original" correspondence below. An update on our "Empty Bowls"
>project for Ann in Ottawa and all. We are planning for late October or
>early November. By then It has REALLY STARTED RAINING here, not just
>fooling around. It is also DARK early. We are pretty far north (Sun's out
>'til nearly ten now...when it's out?) I am putting together kits for local
>organizations. The kits contain 3 bowls (lots of color) and brochures. We
>are hoping for at least 200 for our first project. The Astoria Ecumenical
>Ministerial Association has met an approved the project and will help with
>sites and volunteers. What we need is KILN space. Anybody have any special
>insight here. I have talked to the President of the local Community (and
>ONLY) college in the area. At this point the college can offer no help
>other than encourage its students, out of THEIR allotment (200 pounds) of
>clay and their ALLOTED class resources to participate. The pots, then, are
>the students free gifts. Any ideas on gathering kiln space? Anybody who
>wants to send pots? We be thrilled to get 'em! Emily in Astoria OR..Sun's
>out, but yesterday, when I awoke to the WET when, for market day, we had a
>ZERO % chance of rain... but we didn't get rained on later in the day...just
>a soggy setting up!
>
>At 05:05 PM 6/10/97 EDT, you wro
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Emily, I don't know how the history on this, but when you decide when your
>>going to do this please let me know. I have given bowls to this kind of a
>>cause before and I would be interested in donating to this cause again.
>>There are also others that I know of that would donate to this. thanks,
>>Jennifer in Alpine, TX
>>
>>On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Emily Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>> Hi all. Yes, it's still raining but I'm again looking for help. Well, it
>>> looks like it will happen. We will have an Empty Bowls project in Astoria
>>> this fall. Potters are making pots and it seems the churches are willing to
>>> take the project on. I am looking for any info on the history of the idea,
>>> other communities that do something like this, any anecdotes or anything you
>>> can give me. I am trying to but together a brochure to motivate potters to
>>> pot and as basic info for the press and community.
>>> This is what we plan:
>>> The churches (to date, the Catholics, 2 Lutheran churches, BaHai,
>>> Unitarians, Presbyterians, and Episcopaelian will provide dinner sites and
>>> volunteers) The dinner is to be soup and bread; the potters will donate
>>> their bowls. There is also some discussion of school participation,
>>> boy/girl scouts, 4H etc. We seem only limited by kiln space. One of the
>>> best potters in the area, Rod Maxwell-Muir, is also going to donate a
>>> large piece (like a bowl), for a raffle to be won by potters to motivate
>>> them. (Everyone wants one of his pieces) The potters have two
>>> restrictions, that the funds go to direct support the poor in our area for
>>> basic needs, food, shelter and clothing that there be no religious or
>>> sectarian concern. So... for any of you who have done this, ideas, history
>>> etc. will be much appreciated. I need the data to put together an outline
>>> for the representives of the churches by 8 am next Wednesday. I know, not
>>> much time...so help is needed big time. It's a kind idea, everybody seems
>>> to win. I really hope we can do this thing. Emily in Astoria where I've
>>> got to get back to Ron and Karl and I still haven't had a chance to read my
>>> e-mail
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
Emily Henderson on fri 26 sep 97
Hi There....
Our event is planned for October 18. The hosting church is St. Mary's Star
of the Sea. We now have 14 religious communities supplying the volunters.
They include the Roman Catholics, just about every Protestant community, the
Baha'i, and the Mormons. (We have no organized Jewish Community here, but
some members would like to participate.) We are now in at about 225 bowls.
The menu planned is soup and bread. The price is not yet determined. We
are concerned that we might have more attendees than bowls, so we are
offering a just soup meal too. There was a color front page article in the
newspaper last week featuring the seniors at the local senior center
decorating bowls. There was a discussion about the problem of hunger in our
county, interviews with coordinators of some of the recipient institutions,
and a general discussion of needs here in our community. The churches have
now added two other events to the month of October focussing on hunger
awareness and the mayor has declared October "Hunger awareness" month. I
have copies of the article and if you send me a SASE I'll send you one. I
have pretty much turned things over to the church volunteers. We are
expecting that the local radio station will do some interviewing and we know
there will be more in the newspaper as we get closer to the event. The
community college finally did help (I think only after they were embarrassed
by my telling them we had the offer to go to the Oregon College of Art and
Craft), but we did fire 102 pots there and we did have a glazing party. 8
people came to the glazing party and one of the local art galleries sprang
for pizza (I solicited the pizza) It took from 8 am 'til 7:30 pm to finish
the high fire glazing. The paper came to photograph the kiln opening and I
had the College President there and one of the ministers from the Astoria
Ministerial Association for the photo too. But the paper used the picture
of the seniors instead. So that is where we are. I'm hoping our
coordinator of volunteers is mving right along. I have to do a final count
on bowls. Oh, after the article in the newspaper came out, one potter
called with a dozen bowls. I plan to make a little bio sheet with the marks
of each of the potters for the tables too. Hope this helps Emily, in
Astoria where it's getting ready to rain.
At 07:00 AM 9/25/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi Emily,
>
>I was wondering if you could share any information on how your Empty Bowls
>Project went? We are talking about doing one here and your experience would
>be very interesting because most of the other projects I know of are from
>bigger cities. I haven't contacted anyone yet about their interest but we
>do have a community college. I think our resources in terms of potters in
>the area are limited but if we start fairly small it may work out.
>
>I'm real interested in how many bowls you had, how many you sold, what to do
>if you have more people than bowls, and any general organizational details.
>I did go to Empty Bowls in Santa Fe last spring and it was great. They had
>a ton of bowls from all the local potters and the turnout included quite a
>celebrity contingent. Soup was donated by some of the best restaurants.
>
>Anyway thanks for any tips.
>
>- Evan Dresel
> W. Richland WA
> pedresel@3-cities.com
>
>At 10:52 PM 6-15-97 EDT, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Hi there all. I'm putting this message at the top so you don't have to read
>>all the "original" correspondence below. An update on our "Empty Bowls"
>>project for Ann in Ottawa and all. We are planning for late October or
>>early November. By then It has REALLY STARTED RAINING here, not just
>>fooling around. It is also DARK early. We are pretty far north (Sun's out
>>'til nearly ten now...when it's out?) I am putting together kits for local
>>organizations. The kits contain 3 bowls (lots of color) and brochures. We
>>are hoping for at least 200 for our first project. The Astoria Ecumenical
>>Ministerial Association has met an approved the project and will help with
>>sites and volunteers. What we need is KILN space. Anybody have any special
>>insight here. I have talked to the President of the local Community (and
>>ONLY) college in the area. At this point the college can offer no help
>>other than encourage its students, out of THEIR allotment (200 pounds) of
>>clay and their ALLOTED class resources to participate. The pots, then, are
>>the students free gifts. Any ideas on gathering kiln space? Anybody who
>>wants to send pots? We be thrilled to get 'em! Emily in Astoria OR..Sun's
>>out, but yesterday, when I awoke to the WET when, for market day, we had a
>>ZERO % chance of rain... but we didn't get rained on later in the day...just
>>a soggy setting up!
>>
>>At 05:05 PM 6/10/97 EDT, you wro
>>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>>Emily, I don't know how the history on this, but when you decide when your
>>>going to do this please let me know. I have given bowls to this kind of a
>>>cause before and I would be interested in donating to this cause again.
>>>There are also others that I know of that would donate to this. thanks,
>>>Jennifer in Alpine, TX
>>>
>>>On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Emily Henderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>>> Hi all. Yes, it's still raining but I'm again looking for help. Well, it
>>>> looks like it will happen. We will have an Empty Bowls project in Astoria
>>>> this fall. Potters are making pots and it seems the churches are
willing to
>>>> take the project on. I am looking for any info on the history of the idea,
>>>> other communities that do something like this, any anecdotes or
anything you
>>>> can give me. I am trying to but together a brochure to motivate potters to
>>>> pot and as basic info for the press and community.
>>>> This is what we plan:
>>>> The churches (to date, the Catholics, 2 Lutheran churches, BaHai,
>>>> Unitarians, Presbyterians, and Episcopaelian will provide dinner sites and
>>>> volunteers) The dinner is to be soup and bread; the potters will donate
>>>> their bowls. There is also some discussion of school participation,
>>>> boy/girl scouts, 4H etc. We seem only limited by kiln space. One of the
>>>> best potters in the area, Rod Maxwell-Muir, is also going to donate a
>>>> large piece (like a bowl), for a raffle to be won by potters to motivate
>>>> them. (Everyone wants one of his pieces) The potters have two
>>>> restrictions, that the funds go to direct support the poor in our area for
>>>> basic needs, food, shelter and clothing that there be no religious or
>>>> sectarian concern. So... for any of you who have done this, ideas, history
>>>> etc. will be much appreciated. I need the data to put together an outline
>>>> for the representives of the churches by 8 am next Wednesday. I know, not
>>>> much time...so help is needed big time. It's a kind idea, everybody seems
>>>> to win. I really hope we can do this thing. Emily in Astoria where I've
>>>> got to get back to Ron and Karl and I still haven't had a chance to read my
>>>> e-mail
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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