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Last Chance: Tickets to Empty Bowls on sale until 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6
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Empty Bowls 2026 Sunday at Appleby College
A Taste of Community, a Bowl of Hope
As Home Suite Hope's (HSH) signature annual fundraiser, Empty Bowls helps fund the vital wraparound services that empower single-parent families on their journey from crisis to independence.
This annual favourite invites the community to gather to sample some of the best of Halton’s culinary scene - and be part of lasting change.
A ticket to Empty Bowls includes the opportunity to taste mouthwatering soups, artisan bread, and decadent desserts — all generously donated by local restaurants and businesses.
📅 Save the Date: Sunday, November 8, 2025
🕥 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Seating
🎟️ With your ticket, you’ll receive:
🍲 Gourmet soups prepared by talented local chefs
🥖 Fresh Bread for dipping
🍪 Delicious desserts
🥣 A handcrafted ceramic bowl*
*Included with Single Admission + Bowl, Family Tickets, and Pickup + Bowl purchases
This year's soups will include creations from:
Montfort Mediterranean Cuisine Oakville,
Oakville Pump & Patio, O'Conor Catering,
Busy Mom Kitchen, Sodexo, and Oakville Golf Club.
Desserts will offer an array of cookies, cupcakes, muffins and lots more swee treats thanks to Sugar Suite Bakery Oakville, Mary's Muffins, and Sweet! Bakery.
The Einkorn Shoppe will provide gluten-safe bread while dinner rolls will come ready for dipping from Aveiro Bakery.
It can all end or begin with a Starbucks coffee or tea.
This year there is an impressive array of raffle prizes. Leading the way is the prize of airfare tickets worth more than $4000 thanks to the Air Canada Foundation.
Among other raffle prizes are:
Jess Jokic Osteopathy Initial Treatment
Starbucks gift basket
La Rose Bakery gift card
Koa & Kind gift basket
4 passes to ROM
2 Farmboy gift baskets
4 passes to CourtX
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts tickets
CAA membership
MamaCoach gift card
Corbetts Ski & Snowboard prize
Fortinos gift basket
IslePoint one-hour leadership coaching session
Niagara Parks passes
Burlington Performing Arts Centre tickets
Zenbar Healing Studio massage
We are grateful for the generosity of our Presenting Sponsor Henderson Partners LLP and Gold Sponsors ARGO Development Corp. and Irving Consumer Products as well as Bronze Sponsors: Cogeco and First Ontario Credit Union.
We'd be remiss if we did not tip our hats to our photography sponsor, Andrew Dao, and - as always - our long-time Venue Sponsor Appleby College and Crack Pot Studio - and our volunteer artists - who help us provide hand-painted sourvenir bowls at Empty Bowls - bowl-painting parties from Trillium Health, Appleby College, Sara’s 5th Annual Friendsgiving Dinner, a trio of people who created their bowls at Crack Pot, TGC, Starbucks and Cathy Gill!
Thanks also to a Private Donor who contributed to provide 20 bowls and tickets for our participants.
We send our heartfelt thanks to all of our sponsors without whom our event would not be possible: Thank you!
Come hungry. Leave hopeful. Be part of the solution.
