
Ran a flagship culinary event and steady multi-channel fundraising across food security, child meals, and transitional housing.
Three program lines and communications-staff turnover made fundraising consistency hard to maintain.
Empty Bowl drew nearly 800 attendees with 10% YoY growth and 103 auction items sold; the quarterly newsletter hit a 50% open rate (about double the sector benchmark) while the Children's Lunchbox program served 825,000+ meals.