"EMPTY BOWLS" MADE TO FILL STOMACHS FOR CHARITY.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: February 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jan Gaillard THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

More than 400 handmade ceramic bowls are stored in a trailer in artist Debra Chako's driveway, awaiting 400 more that area potters have pledged to make for the seventh annual "Empty Bowls" dinner March 12 at Virginia Wesleyan College.

"The trailer is locked, of course. I have nightmares about having an accident on the way to the dinner," Chako said.

Chako joined other local potters on a recent Saturday for a...