What an amazing 15th year we had! There were about 750 attendees and your support will enable KFNA to donate over $16,000 back into the community to support food justice and affordable housing. Can’t wait to see you next year! Photo credits to Alana Horton, Arts Midwest.
Join us for the Annual February Kingfield Empty Bowls Event on Sunday, February 8, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Judson Church. This beloved community gathering brings neighbors together over a warm meal of homemade soup and bread donated by local restaurants, served in beautiful handmade bowls created by local artists. With a suggested donation, guests enjoy a delicious meal and take their bowl home as a reminder of the many neighbors in our community who need food and shelter.
All proceeds from the event support TRUST Inc, delivering meals and giving support to elders in their homes, and Nicollet Square, a housing option for formerly homeless youth that offers apartments along with optional onsite mental health care and emotional support, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association. Empty Bowls was created to strengthen our neighborhood by turning a simple meal into meaningful support for those who need it most.
Tackle Hunger: Attend the 14th Annual Empty Bowls Meal
Empty Bowls brings our community together every “SOUPer Bowl Sunday” to raise funds for local nonprofits while sharing a meal of soup, bread, and dessert donated by local restaurants. For a suggested donation of $25 you select a handmade bowl donated by local artists to eat out of and then take home.
This year’s event will be held on Sunday, February 9 at Judson Church, 4101 Harriet Ave, from 10 AM – 2 PM. This communal meal raises funds for affordable housing and hunger-solution work in our community. [Read more…]
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 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)