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align=center><EM><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is a story about a man
who left this earth and was taken on a tour of the inner realms. He was shown a
room where he saw a large group of hungry people trying to eat dinner, but
because the spoons they were trying to eat with were longer than their arms,
they remained frustrated. "This," his guide told him, "is hell". "That's
terrible!” exclaimed the man; "Please show me heaven" "Very well", agreed the
guide, and on they went. When they opened Heaven's door, the man was perplexed
to see what looked very much like the same scene: there was a group of people
with spoons longer than their arms. As he looked more closely, however, he saw
happy faces and full tummies, for there was one important difference: the people
in Heaven had learned to feed each other.</SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Story from The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore
</SPAN></EM><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><EM>by Alan
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Hi to all
of you long time Empty Bowls Friends and Supporters and to all of you new people
who are on this list for the first time- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">It’s that
time of year again – Save the date Saturday, November 11, 2006 for this year’s
Empty Bowls Supper.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> As you
may have noticed, unfortunately, the problem of hunger has not been solved since
our last EB event.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The gap
between the haves and the have nots, here and all over the world, continues
to expand. The priorities of our current government serve the interests of the
rich and powerful, while ignoring the needs of the poorest and most
vulnerable of our society. We continue to pour unprecedented amounts of money
into the Bush administrations immoral war in Iraq at the expense of programs for
human needs here and overseas. Sometimes it seems that there is so little that
we can do to change the course of national policy, but <EM>all</EM> of those
large and small things that we do to turn the tide have an effect. Sometimes we
don't always see the effect immediately and sometimes we may not see it at all,
but the positive ripples are there and the effort is <EM>always</EM>
worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Empty
Bowls is a small gesture that keeps us all connected to an understanding
of how things really are for a large number of our fellow humans. It
is also a way of remaining connected to one another here, in our local activist
community. Hopefully, it helps to keep us dedicated, in the long term, to
finding a real solution to the problems of poverty, injustice, and hunger in our
world. It raises some small but significant amounts of money ($8000 last
year) to support the efforts of direct aid organizations here and abroad.
In recent years, it has also drawn a larger number of young people into our
activist community which both strengthens and heartens the older activist
community, and is the hope for the future of our ideals. This year, as always,
the money will be divided between a direct aid organization in our own
community, The Upper Room, and one in the global community, Mercy Corps with the
donation designated for relief to Lebanon.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Empty
Bowls has three objectives: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">1) To
raise funds to feed hungry people 2) To raise awareness about the issues
of hunger and inequality in our local and global communities 3) To remind people
that through artistic creativity we can help to create positive social
change.<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><BR>The
basic idea is simple, as many of you know. Local potters, both professional and
student, donate handmade bowls for use in serving a simple dinner of bread and
soup. Guests make donations for their meal and can keep the bowl their soup was
served in as a reminder that hunger exists all year long. <BR><BR><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">We have moved the venue for this year's
event to the Shakespeare Club in Placerville.</B> We are trying it out as a
venue because we seem to have outgrown all our previous venues. Hopefully it
will be a warm and welcoming a place for this well loved community event. In the
last few years we had some vendors at the event with Fair Trade items for sale
and we will try that again this year as everyone seemed to really enjoy it.
There will be a Peace Community table with all the peace stuff that anyone would
want to buy, including the ever popular, Syracuse Cultural Workers Peace
Calendar for 2007.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Abadi MT Condensed'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">You are
receiving this letter because you are on my list of kitchen volunteers and cooks
from past years or you have expressed an interest in being added to that
list.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>Within the next week, we will
post recipes for 4 different soups on the Peace and Justice Community
website<STRONG> </STRONG><A
href="http://www.edpjc.org"><STRONG>www.edpjc.org</STRONG></A><STRONG> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is best if you follow the recipes
pretty much as they are, because it makes the heating and serving of the soup
much easier if one batch is much like another. </STRONG>If you are a baker and
want to contribute bread, feel free to use your creative talents and do whatever
suits you - it's hard to go wrong with homemade bread. <STRONG>Please e-mail me
at</STRONG><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> <A
href="mailto:turoffc@earthlink.net">turoffc@earthlink.net</A> if<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">1.</SPAN>You do <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">not </SPAN>want to be included on this list
anymore <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">2.</SPAN>You will
be making bread or soup and please indicate type of soup you are planning to
make (Vegetarian Minestrone, Vegetarian Potato, Beef/Barley, or Chicken Noodle)
- that way I can make whatever others did not choose so we will have the full
variety <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> 3.</SPAN>You are willing
to help out in the kitchen the day of the event <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">4.</SPAN>You have tablecloths and/or bread
baskets that we can use that night <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">5.</SPAN>You have any questions or
suggestions 6. You have any other food item to donate (like apples or
cider)</B><BR><BR>If you would like to be involved, but do not want to cook or
bake, please contact Rich Waters at 622 6900 or <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">plomero@directcon.net</SPAN></U></B> or Maureen Dion-Perry
at <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><A
href="mailto:dionperry@internet49.com">dionperry@internet49.com</A></B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>so they can hook you up with others
areas needing help. Thank you very much for your support of this and other Peace
and Justice Community events and see you on the 11th of November! - Carla
(Turoff), Food Coordinator, EB 2006<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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