On Dec. 1, the City Year team at Roxhill Elementary School celebrated the end of a school-wide Hunger Awareness Month Campaign with the school's first Empty Bowls Banquet.

All students and families were invited to share a humble meal of soup and bread out of student-decorated bowls and to hear student's amazing essays on how to combat hunger around the world.

It was a powerful and inspiring evening that could only have been possible with the generous donations from Endolyne Joe's, Ivar's, Target, and Great Harvest Bread.

Sample student essay

Faith 2nd Grade

Get food for the kids! Parents feed their kids but, some parents want to get more food for their kids because they don’t have enough food. If this happens all the kids will grow. The village will grow stronger with the help a community. The community will grow stronger if all the nations unite. Together we can help change the world to change ourselves.