Soup Bowl Benefit 2024

The 30th Annual Soup Bowl Benefit for Hoosier Hills Food Bank is scheduled for Sunday, February 18, 2024, 5-7pm, at the Bloomington-Monroe County Convention Center. The benefit will feature hand-made bowls by local potters, fresh soups provided by local restaurants, and beer and wine produced by local vineyards and breweries. The program will feature entertainment from Six Foot Blonde, Mariachi Perla de Medio Oeste, and Grey Larsen and Friends. Brother William Morris will be the special guest host this year.

The event will occur from 5pm-7pm on Sunday, February 18, 2024. Adult tickets cost $30 and children (5-15 years) tickets cost $15 and will be available at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Box Office and online at https://buskirkchumley.org from Jan. 1-Jan. 31 and at Hoosier Hills Food Bank (812-334-8374 or hhfoodbank.org). Kids under 5 years attend free (paper bowls provided). 

The Hoosier Hills Food Bank, which provides over five million pounds of food annually to over 100 local non-profit organizations through six counties in south-central Indiana. The HHFB has served the community for approximately 41 years, and the need for its services are as great as ever. The Food Bank responded to the pandemic by providing over 12.7 million pounds of food in 2020 and 2021. Numbers started to ease slightly at the beginning of 2022 but then skyrocketed again in early spring as inflation hit low-income people and families hard. HHFB is currently struggling to provide enough food for its partner agencies and programs, which served almost 45,000 households in six counties in the third quarter of this year. This represents an increase of 31% over the first quarter of 2022.

The Soup Bowl Benefit is the major annual fundraising event for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank started in 1994 by Carrie Newcomer, Robert Meitus, and a small group of friends. It has grown to be the largest annual event fundraiser for the Food Bank, raising over $200,000 in recent years. The event is sponsored by dozens of local businesses, organizations, and individuals. Sponsorships information at hhfoodbank.org.

Steven Wallace's photos from Soup Bowl 2007

Kevin Atkins' pictures from Soup Bowl 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2001

Some of the many generous Soup Bowl Benefit Potters at work