Fundraiser scooping up soup for area kids in need of assistance - WPTZ

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cold beforehand arrives aboriginal adjacent week with cooler temperatures and unsettled weather. IT'S CALLED THE EMPTY BOWL DINNER. BUT THEY WERE ANYTHING BUT EMPTY TONIGHT AT THE DAVIS CENTER ON UVM'S CAMPUS. THE DINNER BENEFITTING SPECTRUM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES. IS A FUNDRAISING EVENT. WHERE PARTICIPANTS CAN BUY A TICKET. PICK OUT A CERAMIC BOWL. AND HELP THEMSELVES TO A SERVING OF DELICIOUS SOUP FROM A LOCAL RESTAURANT. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SPECTRUM'S WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES. FROM HOUSING HELP, TO MENTORING, HEALTH SERVICES... TO HELP YOUTH IN NEED. THEY HELPED NEARLY A THOUSAND KIDS LAST YEAR... AND EXPECT TO SURPASS THAT NUMBER THIS YEAR. THEIR GOAL IS TO RAISE ABOUT 100- THOUSAND DOLLARS. <17;21;00 MARK REDMOND/EXEC. DIR. SPECTRUM: "WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL IS ALL THE MONEY THAT IS RAISED GOES TO OUR WORK... IT GOES TO OUR SHELTER... OUR DROP-IN CENTER."> AND YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THESE FAMILIAR FACES. FIRST WARNING METEROLOGIST BEN FRECHETTE. AND WEEKEND EVENING ANCHOR LIZ STREPZ

Fundraiser scooping up crockery for country kids successful request of assistance

Last year, Spectrum helped conscionable nether 1,000 country children.

An yearly fundraiser for Spectrum Youth and Family Services connected Thursday nighttime raised wealth done scooping soup.The Empty Bowl Dinner has been going connected for astir 15 years. People bargain tickets, prime retired a homemade ceramic bowl, and prime a crockery from a section participating restaurant. Spectrum Youth and Family Services offers a wide array of assistance to children successful need. They supply services similar lodging help, mentoring, and acceptable up warming shelters during colder months. "What's truthful beauteous is each the wealth that is raised goes to our work, it goes to our shelter, our drop-in center," Mark Redmond, enforcement manager of Spectrum, saidLast year, Spectrum helped conscionable nether 1,000 country children. This year, particularly with their enlargement into St. Albans, they expect that fig to surpass 1,000.Their extremity for the fundraiser is $100,000.

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

An yearly fundraiser for Spectrum Youth and Family Services connected Thursday nighttime raised wealth done scooping soup.

The Empty Bowl Dinner has been going connected for astir 15 years. People bargain tickets, prime retired a homemade ceramic bowl, and prime a crockery from a section participating restaurant.

Spectrum Youth and Family Services offers a wide array of assistance to children successful need. They supply services similar lodging help, mentoring, and acceptable up warming shelters during colder months.

"What's truthful beauteous is each the wealth that is raised goes to our work, it goes to our shelter, our drop-in center," Mark Redmond, enforcement manager of Spectrum, said

Last year, Spectrum helped conscionable nether 1,000 country children. This year, particularly with their enlargement into St. Albans, they expect that fig to surpass 1,000.

Their extremity for the fundraiser is $100,000.

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