Another year of Empty Bowls to battle hunger will take place this week in St. Joseph.

“The hope is to have a lot of people come out and enjoy a lot of good food and then the proceeds with help others not face empty bowls,” said Chad Higdon, Second Harvest Community Food Bank Ex. Dir.

Second Harvest is one of four agencies that make up the Hunger Coalition which puts on the event every year. The other three organizations in St. Joseph are InterServ, Open Door Food Kitchen and Catholic Charities.

“It’s really a unique partnership where all those four organizations come together and organize one event just to bring awareness to the issue of hunger,” Higdon said.

The 11th annual Empty Bowls event is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wyatt Park Baptist Church located at 2902 N. Leonard Road.  Admission is $25 and includes soup samples from 14 area restaurants, bread, drink and dessert.  Higdon said proceeds raised from the event are split between each of the organizations involved in the hunger coalition.

“Every organization has got their unique mission,” Higdon said. “We work well together and just make sure we are working to eliminate duplication and streamline services that are provided to the community.”