Empty Bowls

The Empty Bowls event on Friday, February 24th was, without doubt, the most successful Empty Bowls collaboration between the YWCA, the Kawartha Potters’ Guild, and the Woodturners Guild. 260 tickets were sold for the main event, and another 80+ for the Bowls To Go event.  There were so many requests for tickets that the YWCA cut off the tickets for food and a bowl and, instead, sold tickets at a lesser price for food only.    Our local M.P. and Minister for the Status of Women, Maryam Monsef attended the event as did Peterborough Mayor Daryl Bennett and his wife, Jewel.  The preliminary results show that the event raised $16,620.00. There were still some outstanding moneys to be collected, and the final results will be available at the wrap-up meeting when Nicole returns from a well-deserved vacation.

So many thanks are in order (and hopefully I haven’t missed anyone). To the volunteer Team Extraordinaire : Diane Hancock, Wendy Spencer, Jane Turner, and my sister Bodi – you were phenomenal,  In very short order you came up with a system that enabled us to get people through the line seamlessly (other than those who had a very difficult time choosing just the right bowl).  Our favourite comment of the day was the woman who exclaimed that choosing a bowl was as difficult as choosing nail polish! Thank you also to Suzanne Woods and Priya Harding (and our amazing techie Kristina) for the group event where we tried slip trailing on bisqued bowls.  And finally, thank you to all our members who responded to my not too subtle requests and generously donated bowls for the event.  The final array was pretty impressive, and a total of 195 pottery bowls and 100 wooden bowls were donated (for those of you doing the math the YWCA had some bowls left from previous events which supplemented the number required).

This important community event would not have happened without you.

CHEX TV does story on Trilliums & KPG

Steve Guthrie is on one of the teams making Trilliums for the Vimy Ridge project and did this news report that was on air on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017.

Sorry this video resource is no longer available!

KPG Keeping Busy with Trillium Project

Members of the Kawartha Potters Guild have been busy since before Christmas making Trilliums for Peterborough’s Ceremony on April 9th marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.  The guild is making 584 white trilliums which represent the number of people from the city, county and local First Nations who were killed during the war.  Sixteen red-painted trilliums will symbolize the local lives lost at Vimy Ridge from April 9 to 11, 1917.

Below are some images to show the work that is going into each one of these sculptures.  Teams have been set up and members come in at certain days to roll, cut, shape and assemble the trilliums.  They even have a bit of a competition going to see who can make the most in one session!  (I think the record is 45 so far).

The Kawartha Potters’ Guild is proud to be part of this celebration.

Click here to read a recent article in the Peterborough Examiner.

Would you like to purchase a Trillium?

The trilliums are available for purchase or sponsorship for $30 a piece. Anyone who buys a flower can take it home after the ceremony. Those who sponsor trilliums will get a tax receipt and the flower will be left open for others to purchase.  Half of the money raised will be used to repair the masonry base at the war memorial and the remainder will be used to enhance government treatment sources for veterans and their families.

NOTE: To purchase or sponsor a trillium, call City Hall at 705-742-7777 or email Bernadette Lawler at . To send personal stories for the service, email Coun. Henry Clarke at .

 

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