Photos: Peterborough's Appetites Kept Full at YWCA Empty Bowls Fundraiser

The YWCA hosted the 2025 edition of its Empty Bowls Fundraiser that aids food insecurity in our communities at The Venue on Friday afternoon.

Proceeds from the fundraiser were split between One City’s food programming and Kawartha Food Share.

Roughly 140 participants ate lunch from 11 restaurants while shopping for hand-crafted bowls created by local artisans of the Kawartha Potters Guild.

The following were participating local restaurants that served food at the event:

  • By the Bridge

  • Revelstoke Café

  • Vanilla room

  • La Mesita

  • Hard Winter Bakery

  • Ashburnham Ale House

  • Levantine Grill

  • St. Veronus

  • Fresh Dreams

  • Hanoi House

  • Sam’s Place


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