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1 Volunteer Pam Nicholson and CORA board vice president Suzen Bria (at right) help distribute bowls made by local potters.
Photography by MORGAN CARTIER WESTON
Chatham Outreach Alliance, or CORA, our county's largest
food bank, held its annual Empty Bowls fundraiser at Pittsboro United Methodist Church March 2. The event raised $35,000, and its 275 guests sampled soups from Breakaway Cafe, Carolina Brewery, The Fearrington House Inn, Flair Fusion Restaurant, Mi Cancun, Tarantini, The Mod, The Quiltmaker Cafe, Cafe Root Cellar, West End Kitchen & Catering and Small B&B Cafe. Guests voted chef Sera Cuni’s roasted red pepper chevre bisque as the best soup of the evening and took home handmade bowls and mugs donated by more than 40 local potters, serving as tangible reminders of the empty bowls in our community. cm
2 CORA pantry assistant Lance Patterson and program coordinator Mackie Hunter. 3 CORA volunteer coordinator Jessica Mashburn with development and communications director Rebecca Hankins. 4 Breakaway Cafe owners Amy Coughlin and Andy Pignatora. 5 Volunteers Mary Ellen Pasquale, Barbara Eesley, Anne Toohey and Laurie DiCorcia. 6 Wolfspeed’s Janice Manning, Mona Hanner, Maureen Rodgers and Shawnice Meador. 5
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