Piedmont College 'Empty Bowls' campaign benefits soup kitchen
By Staff
Posted 10:33AM on Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Piedmont College art professor Brian Hitselberger, left, presents a donation of $2,000 to Jeff Hudgens, director of the Cornelia Soup Kitchen, surrounded by many of the Piedmont freshmen who helped raise the money.
DEMOREST - Piedmont College art professor Brian Hitselberger recently presented a $2,000 donation to Jeff Hudgens, director of the Cornelia Soup Kitchen.<br />
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A group of Piedmont freshmen helped raise the money through a recent "Empty Bowls" event. Students from the Demorest and Athens campuses made ceramic bowls and provided entertainment for a fund-raising dinner to support the Soup Kitchen. <br />
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Hudgens said the Kitchen expects to serve up to 350 people at a Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 26 at the Cornelia First Baptist Church.
