Pottery wheels will spin for nearly 30 hours straight for a good cause at Lake Superior College on Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 6.  The 9th annual Throw-a-thon will start at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5 through Sat., Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in the college’s Fine Arts building to make bowls for the “Empty Bowl” fundraiser to be held next spring. The proceeds from “Empty Bowl” support the Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, which assists in feeding nearly 42,000 hungry families throughout Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin. 

• Dec 5-6,  approximately 30 hours of bowl-throwing starts Friday at 10:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. on Saturday
• Glass-blowing demonstrations on Friday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.by artist Jes Durfee
• A barbeque and pottery throwing games with prizes sponsored by Student Life and the LSC Art Club from: 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. on Friday.

Organizers plan to make hundreds of bowls to be donated to the “Empty Bowl.”  Area potters and anyone willing to throw a bowl, bring pizzas, or sweep up and/or do heavy lifting are welcome.  Wear grubby clothes. If you are interested, contact LSC faculty member Tonya Borgeson, (218) 310-8903 or t.borgeson@lsc.edu

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