Empty Bowls is a community-wide event held across all three counties we serve, with each county hosting its own unique experience.

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At Wittenberg University, the Empty Bowls event is presented as an all-you-can-eat buffet, featuring a variety of soups and other food items generously provided by local Clark County restaurants. Beautiful, hand-crafted ceramic bowls are donated by Springfield High School art students, as well as Wittenberg University ceramic students, staff, faculty, and community members.

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In Urbana, Empty Bowls takes on a “soup crawl” format. Similar to a bar crawl, attendees begin at a designated “home base” restaurant where they purchase their bowl and enjoy their first soup, then stroll to additional participating locations for more tastings.

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Due to the success of the Urbana soup crawl and growing community demand, the Logan County Empty Bowls event will follow this same soup crawl model.

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2026 DATES

Clark County - March 23 from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM at Wittenburg University 

Champaign County - April 9 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM in Downtown Urbana (Multiple locations) 

Logan County - April 13 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM in Downtown Bellefontaine (Multiple locations)