23rd Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon

May 27, 2025

 

 

About the Event

The Empty Bowls Luncheon aims to help fight hunger in Southeast Nebraska by welcoming more than 1,000 supporters to enjoy soup from local vendors and take home a handcrafted stoneware bowl from Down Under Pottery Studio.

These “empty bowls” are a reminder of the many bowls we have filled and the bowls we still need to fill to help the 64,510 neighbors in Southeast Nebraska who are experiencing food insecurity.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Embassy Suites, 1040 P Street in downtown Lincoln

 

Ticket Information

Tickets are $30 each and available for purchase here.

Ticket holders will enjoy soup from local chefs and choose a handcrafted stoneware bowl from Down Under Pottery Studio, all while supporting the fight against hunger in Southeast Nebraska!

 

Participating Restaurants – Stay tuned for updates!

• Aragon Tavern
• Asian Taste Thai Restaurant
• Billy’s Restaurant
• Buzzard Billy’s
• Carmela’s Bistro
• ChefauChef Catering
• Great Plains Culinary Institute
• La Paz Mexican Fare & Cantina
• Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill | Fireworks Restaurant
• Legacy Retirement Communities
• Rutabagas Comfort Food
• The Parthenon Catering
• Zipline Tap & Grill

 

Featured Agency Partner

The Eastridge Food Pantry’s mission is to provide food to families and individuals in need in Lincoln.

To learn more about Eastridge Food Pantry and their services, visit their website.

 

 

Event Sponsors

Head Chef ($10,000+)

• • Fiserv
  • JS Financial
  • Peed Foundation
  • Union Bank & Trust

 

Soup Kitchen ($5,000)

• • Edward Jones
  • TAB Performance

 

Soup Bowl ($2,500)

• • Ameritas
  • BIC Construction
  • Bryan Health
  • Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP
  • DataBank IMX
  • Farmers Mutual of Nebraska
  • Hexagon Agility
  • Marsh McLennan
  • P3 Public Media
  • Pinnacle Bank
  • Schwisow Construction
  • Stonebrook Exterior
  • Time Machines
  • United Healthcare

 

Soup Ladle ($1,500)

• • Black Hills Energy
  • Copple Insurance
  • DataVizion
  • Modern HR Collaborative
  • Q2
  • Revolution Wraps
  • Schaefer’s
  • Zelle HR Solutions

 

Soup Spoon Partner ($750)

• • ABC Seamless of Nebraska
  • B&R Stores
  • Cattle Bank & Trust
  • Chesterman Company
  • Elias Kruse Financial
  • First National Bank of Omaha
  • Gahan Pest Management
  • HBE
  • Hofeling Enterprises
  • Kidwell
  • Kuvare Holdings
  • Legacy Retirement Communities
  • Lincoln Surgical/Sutton/Eye Surgical
  • Lutz
  • Peetz Koerwitz & Lafleur PC LLO
  • Wilderness Ridge
  • Workforce Science Associates

 

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in sponsoring this event? Learn more about sponsorship opportunities and register here.