Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Kingfield’s 2024 Empty Bowl Event on Souper Bowl Sunday

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The 13th Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls is a SOUPer Event on Super Bowl Sunday, February 11! We will be gathering as a community and serving a pregame lunch on site from 10:30 AM – 2 PM. This year’s event is hosted by Judson Church, 4101 Harriet Avenue South Minneapolis. We are looking for volunteers for before–during–and after the event to help! 

Kingfield Empty Bowls is an event that brings the community together to share a meal of homemade soup and bread donated by local restaurants out of handmade bowls donated by local artists. At this event we accept a donation from all diners and the proceeds are shared between Nicollet Square, a housing option for formerly homeless youth that provides both efficiency apartments and social/emotional and job support, TRUST Meal on Wheels, a community-based service that promotes health and independence for elders by providing daily, nutritious food as well as human connection, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association for supporting their work in affordable housing.

For a suggested donation of $25, you can eat a delicious dinner and take the bowl home as a reminder of the event!

Volunteer to work a shift — it’s a fun way to be part of the event, and build connections with the other amazing neighbors!

Sign-Up here: 2024 Empty Bowls Volunteer Sign-Up

 

Lake Country Montessori School is participating in the 13th annual Empty Bowls Pregame Event (on Souper Bowl Sunday)

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Lake Country School is a Montessori school serving ages 3-8th grade.  The school is a learning environment that fosters independence, critical thinking, and creativity within each child. They are a community that promotes diversity and inclusion, as well as respect and responsibility to self, to others, and to the earth.

Vonnie Kleinman, the Community Kitchen Manager at LCS recently contacted us and asked if they could once again (post CoVid) have students provide desserts, soup or bread for the Empty Bowls event.  Lake Country has a commercial kitchen that provides an opportunity for students to be exposed to cooking as part of the practical life experience program.   Of course  we took them up on  their offer and as a group, the students have decided to provide homemade biscuits and honey (from their own hives).

Thank you Lake Country.  We are lucky to have such a great learning environment in our neighborhood.  And even luckier to be able to sample Biscuits and Honey at the Empty Bowls Event!

Empty Bowls Event

Date:  Sunday, February 11 (Souper Bowl Sunday)

Time:  10:30AM-2:00PM

Where:  Judson Memorial Baptist Church (4101 Harriet Ave. Minneapolis)

Volunteer for the March 5th Polling Party

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KFNA will host its traditional Polling Party all day on March 5th at MLK Park. We will have tents outside the building and greet neighbors with coffee, tea and treats baked by neighbors like you. We’ll also have a volunteer crossing guard at 41st Street to help neighbors safely cross Nicollet, and fire pits burning to help keep everyone warm. It takes a small army of volunteers to greet, feed, warm and safely cross our neighbors all day, and it’s so much fun! See all the ways you can help with the Polling Party!

Polling Party Volunteer Sign-Up

 

Power of Pop Kicked Off at the Kingfield Farmers Market

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Over 70 kids, ages 4-12. took advantage of the new Power of Produce (PoP) Club, funded by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association this past Sunday. This dynamic pilot program aims to engage and inspire children, opening up a world of food exploration and promoting healthier eating habits.

PoP Club participants receive a weekly $2 token to use on an array of fresh fruits, vegetables, and even food-producing plants. By placing the purchasing power in their hands, the program encourages wise food choices while fostering a deeper connection between our community and the local food system. Alongside the token-based system, the Market is crafting an engaging lineup of activities that include food tastings, kids’ activities and a farmers market scavenger hunt!

Join us September 24th at the Kingfield Farmers Market for another PoP market! Together, we’ll cultivate a healthier future for our children, our community, and our local farmers.

Empty Bowls 2024 Planning Kicks Off

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The 13th Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls event will take place on “Soup-er Bowl” Sunday, February 11, 2024. Once again, we welcome our community to come together to fight hunger and homelessness in our area while sharing a delicious meal and lively conversation.

  • We look forward to working again with our restaurant community who have been very generous in their support donating soup, bread, dessert and coffee. 
  • On the bowls side of the equation:  We NEED bowls. We are seeking potters, connections to potters, and educators at a school with pottery students, or even poetry collectors.

The first planning meeting for the 2024 event is Wednesday, October 4, at 6:30 PM at Judson Memorial Baptist church  (41st and Harriet Ave. S.). If you want to donate or participate, simply reach out to me at . 

–Lori Olson, Kingfield Empty Bowls Chair