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fw: our daily bread--bowls to help feed the homeless

updated thu 7 jan 10

 

Susan Fox Hirschmann on wed 6 jan 10


Hello Clayart buds,
Our Daily Bread, a local organization to feed the homeless in Fairfax, VA i=
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s asking for bowls for their fundraiser.
The details are below and attached.
I hope you will use all your wonderful creative skills to make the world a =
=3D
better place!
Warm regards
susan
susan fox hirschmann
annandale, va

--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Susan Fox Hirschmann wrote:


From: Susan Fox Hirschmann
Subject: Fw: Our Daily Bread
To: "Susan Fox Hirschmann"
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 10:54 AM







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----- Original Message -----=3D20
From: Mike Kledzik=3D20
To: artpottery@earthlink.net=3D20
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:24 AM
Subject: Our Daily Bread



Susan,
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Our Daily Bread=3DE2=3D80=3D99s =3DE2=3D80=3D9CEmpty Bowls=3DE2=3D80=3D9D e=
vent will take pla=3D
ce February 23, 2010 and this year we need 300 bowls from local ceramic art=
=3D
ists such as yourself.=3DC2=3DA0 (please see attached flyer)
=3DC2=3DA0
The event will take place at Robinson High School and will feature the bowl=
=3D
s selections, a silent auction and a symbolic meal of soup =3DE2=3D80=3D93 =
bread =3D
=3DE2=3D80=3D93 a cookie =3DE2=3D80=3D93 a drink=3DE2=3D80=3DA6..to point o=
ut that there are =3D
hungry here in Fairfax county.
=3DC2=3DA0
The most popular sized bowls at last year=3DE2=3D80=3D99s event were approx=
imatel=3D
y 7=3DE2=3D80=3D9D-8=3DE2=3D80=3D9D wide and 3=3DE2=3D80=3D9D deep.
=3DC2=3DA0
Please let me know how many bowls you will be able to contribute and when I=
=3D
might be able to pick them up.
=3DC2=3DA0
Please feel free to circulate this email and the flyer to your ceramic arti=
=3D
st friends=3DE2=3D80=3DA6..we need all the help we can get!
=3DC2=3DA0
Mike Kledzik
Development Manager
Our Daily Bread
10777 Main Street - Suite 320
Fairfax, VA=3DC2=3DA0 22030
Office: 703-273-8829
Cell: 703-408-1161
=3DC2=3DA0
Purchase Unique Gifts and Support ODB! =3DC2=3DA0
Click to view ODB's=3DC2=3DA0 On Line Auction
=3DC2=3DA0
=3DC2=3DA0=3DC2=3DA0 #82471
"Empty Bowls" Event - 2/23/2010
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Susan Fox Hirschmann on wed 6 jan 10


You know, I give bowls to Miriam's kitchen, that feeds the homeless in fogg=
=3D
y bottom in DC and it amazing how many people nationwide, will ship their w=
=3D
ork, because they don't mind paying for the shipping and want to help.=3DC2=
=3D
=3DA0 They have a yearly event called "100 bowls of compassion," which I us=
ua=3D
lly attend and I am amazed at the silent auction at how many of the pieces =
=3D
are from ceramic artists and artists in other mediums, that are not any whe=
=3D
re near the DC area.
Very hard to put a price on not having enough food to eat, I think.=3DC2=3D=
A0 P=3D
overty is so prevalent in our country and getting worse, that anything any =
=3D
of us can do to alleviate that, be it in a small way, with a few $10 bowls,=
=3D
is still a positive step.=3DC2=3DA0 It takes lots of potters to produce an=
eve=3D
nt that needs 300 bowls!
I have shipped my own work to charities around the country.=3DC2=3DA0 If yo=
u ar=3D
e willing to write it off as part of your charitable contribution or just :=
=3D
"eat the costs", it is entirely up to you.
I just put it out there to those who might be local or not, or so inclined =
=3D
to ship.
Best with your own charitable thing going on whereever you are...
susan
susan fox hirschmann
annandale, Va

--- On Wed, 1/6/10, A Buck wrote:


From: A Buck
Subject: Re: Fw: Our Daily Bread--Bowls to help feed the homeless
To: artpottery.design@YAHOO.COM
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 3:45 PM


Susan,

I make bowls for an Empty Bowls sale here locally.=3DC2=3DA0 It is a good c=
ause=3D
and I support it with pride.=3DC2=3DA0 However, think about the economics =
of w=3D
hat you ask.=3DC2=3DA0 I don't know what your sale charges for each bowl bu=
t he=3D
re the bowls sell for $10.00 each.=3DC2=3DA0 It would cost somewhere in the=
$7.=3D
00 range for me to ship a bowl the 3000 miles from here to there not counti=
=3D
ng the packing materials. If I could produce a $10.00 bowl for $3.00 in mat=
=3D
erial and labor it would still be a wash to send a $10.00 check instead of =
=3D
the bowl and sell the bowl here.=3DC2=3DA0 To my way of thinking an Empty B=
owls=3D
sale only makes sense when the bowls are produced locally.=3DC2=3DA0 And e=
ven =3D
then it only makes sense, with gas prices the way they are, if you can deli=
=3D
ver several bowls without going too far out of your way.=3DC2=3DA0 I'm with=
you=3D
in spirit and hope you can raise a bunch of money for a good cause.

Andy
Raincreek Pottery
Port Orchard, WA

--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Susan Fox Hirschmann wrot=
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e:


From: Susan Fox Hirschmann
Subject: Fw: Our Daily Bread--Bowls to help feed the homeless
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 8:21 AM


Hello Clayart buds,
Our Daily Bread, a local organization to feed the homeless in Fairfax, VA i=
=3D
s asking for bowls for their fundraiser.
The details are below and attached.
I hope you will use all your wonderful creative skills to make the world a =
=3D
better place!
Warm regards
susan
susan fox hirschmann
annandale, va

--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Susan Fox Hirschmann wrote:


From: Susan Fox Hirschmann
Subject: Fw: Our Daily Bread
To: "Susan Fox Hirschmann"
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 10:54 AM







=3DC2=3DA0
----- Original Message -----=3D20
From: Mike Kledzik=3D20
To: artpottery@earthlink.net=3D20
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:24 AM
Subject: Our Daily Bread



Susan,
=3DC2=3DA0
Our Daily Bread=3DE2=3D80=3D99s =3DE2=3D80=3D9CEmpty Bowls=3DE2=3D80=3D9D e=
vent will take pla=3D
ce February 23, 2010 and this year we need 300 bowls from local ceramic art=
=3D
ists such as yourself.=3DC2=3DA0 (please see attached flyer)
=3DC2=3DA0
The event will take place at Robinson High School and will feature the bowl=
=3D
s selections, a silent auction and a symbolic meal of soup =3DE2=3D80=3D93 =
bread =3D
=3DE2=3D80=3D93 a cookie =3DE2=3D80=3D93 a drink=3DE2=3D80=3DA6..to point o=
ut that there are =3D
hungry here in Fairfax county.
=3DC2=3DA0
The most popular sized bowls at last year=3DE2=3D80=3D99s event were approx=
imatel=3D
y 7=3DE2=3D80=3D9D-8=3DE2=3D80=3D9D wide and 3=3DE2=3D80=3D9D deep.
=3DC2=3DA0
Please let me know how many bowls you will be able to contribute and when I=
=3D
might be able to pick them up.
=3DC2=3DA0
Please feel free to circulate this email and the flyer to your ceramic arti=
=3D
st friends=3DE2=3D80=3DA6..we need all the help we can get!
=3DC2=3DA0
Mike Kledzik
Development Manager
Our Daily Bread
10777 Main Street - Suite 320
Fairfax, VA=3DC2=3DA0 22030
Office: 703-273-8829
Cell: 703-408-1161
=3DC2=3DA0
Purchase Unique Gifts and Support ODB! =3DC2=3DA0
Click to view ODB's=3DC2=3DA0 On Line Auction
=3DC2=3DA0
=3DC2=3DA0=3DC2=3DA0 #82471
"Empty Bowls" Event - 2/23/2010
=3DC2=3DA0
=3DC2=3DA0
=3DC2=3DA0







=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A

Larry Kruzan on wed 6 jan 10


Hi Susan,

I hope you and your fine family are well in this new year. I'm so glad =3D
that I saw your post about this.=3D20

I am making a small transition in my work - moving from heavy production =
=3D
work to more a limited series type of production. My back injury is really =
=3D
forcing me to make this change so I'm not too happy about it, but at least =
=3D
I can still work.
=3D20
One thing that I will not cut back on is my bowl production. About half of =
=3D
the bowls that I make go to these sort of needs and I'm always looking for =
=3D
more good fund raising events to support. Would you mind passing the =3D
information of any such event along to me. I have been given so much in my =
=3D
life I simply must do what I can to help.

*To all on Clayart - please consider*

For those are concerned about the cost let me break it down a little. 10 =
=3D
bowls at 1 1/2 pounds of clay - 15lb =3D40 32 cents a pound is =3D244.80. M=
y =3D
rule of thumb for glaze and firing cost is 2 times the cost of the clay, =
=3D
or =3D249.60. I double box with bubble wrap in the first box and peanuts in=
=3D
the outer box, costs around =3D244-5 with UPS fees of =3D2412. Totals =3D24=
31.40 =3D
for ten bowls.=3D20

Sunday after church, my wife and I went to a steak house for dinner and =3D
had a steak apiece. It is very nice place that we don=3DE2=3D80=3D99t go to=
=3D
often be as usual the tab was =3D2438 with tip. If I had to I'd pass on thi=
s =3D
twice a month event to keep making and shipping these bowls.=3D20

Please, I'm really not blowing my own horn here - just urging you to join =
=3D
in since ALL of us have the skill to do this. To make a difference.

Thanks always,
Larry Kruzan
Lost Creek Pottery
www.lostcreekpottery.com


=3D20





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