Bowl Making Work Shop and Fundraiser for CORA Food Pantry

CORA Food Pantry Empty Bowls Fund Raiser

Chatham Empty Bowls Benefit for CORA (Chatham OutReach Alliance, Inc.) Food Pantry
Friday April 8, 2011; 5-8PM
Central Carolina Community College, Natural Chef Café*
Tickets: $3-$20, available at the door
$20 tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com

CORA Food Pantry in Pittsboro and CCCC’s Natural Chef Culinary Program and Pottery/Sculpture Department are joining forces to raise money to help feed the hungry in Chatham County. There will be a bowl making work shop Friday, March 18, 5:00 to 8:00pm and Saturday, March 19, 1:00 to 5:00pm at the CCCC clay studio, 138 N. Chatham Avenue, in Siler City.

Local handcrafted bowls and delicious soups will be available for purchase to raise funds for CORA. Attendees can choose a beautiful bowl donated by a local potter to use and take home after the event. A variety of healthy soups and breads will be served, donated by area restaurants or prepared by future chefs in the CCCC kitchen. Seating will be available on the patio outside the Natural Chef Café. Guests can also enjoy music and pottery throwing demonstrations at the event. All ages are welcome.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to CORA, a non-profit organization based in Pittsboro that annually distributes a week’s worth of meals to about 14,000 residents of Chatham County, 60% of whom are children and older people. CORA also provides nutritious weekday meals during the summer to children who rely on free school meals during the regular school year. CORA funded by private donations, public and private grants, community food drives and volunteer-organized special events such as Empty Bowls.

CORA is a community organization of volunteers who donate their time helping clients shop for food, stocking shelves, picking up food from local sources and helping with special events. For more information on CORA and how you can help feed the hungry in Chatham County, visit CORA’s website at www.corafoodpantry.org.

*The Café is located in the Sustainable Technologies Building (“the green building” next to the new Chatham County Library in Pittsboro). 764 West St, off Hwy. 87 north of US 64.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Deborah Motter, a student in CCCC’s Professional Arts and Crafts: Sculpture program, was commissioned by the city of Sanford to carve a likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The 3’x 4’ relief sculpture is carved into a wall of brick.  It stands at the top of a triangular column of brick that is the focal point for the new park to honor Dr King.

     The park, located on South Horner Boulevard in Sanford, North Carolina, also has park benches, a large brick planter, three flag poles, and a brick-paved walkway. Paver bricks are offered for purchase that may have a family name or short saying carved into them before they are installed into the walkway.

Deborah Motter has been sculpting for many years.  She chose to enroll into CCCC’s Professional Arts &Crafts:  Sculpture program to enhance and broaden her skills and learn how to better market her talents.  She reports,” The experience at CCCC has been quite stimulating.  I’ve learned things that I had not even considered before that definitely impact my sculpture design and material choices.  It has been a wonderful learning experience and I also look forward to graduating this May.”