Welcome to the 2025 Barnabas Empty Bowls Online Marketplace
Bidding Opens October 14th at 8 a.m.
During the past eight months, more than 1,000 community volunteers have lovingly painted bowls for this year's Barnabas Center Empty Bowls Luncheon. On this site we have gathered some of those bowls to give you the opportunity to select and purchase your favorites.
You can also select from a featured collection of works by acclaimed regional artists Billie McCray, Robin Bruck-Tanner, Barbara Koontz, Michael Fay and Lis Krawiecki.
Your purchases directly benefit Barnabas Center's nutrition and empowerment programs.
If this is your first visit to the Marketplace or if you need a refresher, these tips may be helpful:
- To create your account, register as a bidder (see the link at the top, right-hand side of this page.)
- You can then use the dropdown menu in the upper left to choose which items you want to view.
- When you find an item you like, you can either place a bid, or choose the Buy Now option, allowing you to avoid the disappointment of being outbid!
- You may pay for items as you go, or pay at the end of the auction. Although Bidding Owl uses PayPal to process payments, you do not need a PayPal account.
- When the auction closes on December 1st, you will receive an email notifying you as to which items you have won.
- Purchases will be available for pickup at Barnabas Center, 1303 Jasmine Street, Fernandina Beach, FL, on December 10th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shipping is unavailable.
- New items are added on a regular basis, so be sure to check back often.
- If you prefer not to purchase or bid on any of the items, you can still show your support by using the DONATE option in the upper left.
How Barnabas Center Helps the Community
We believe everyone deserves the chance to lead a healthy ad productive life. At Barnabas Center, we serve as a hope delivery system. We offer nutrition services, empowerment programs and health care that provide practical support. We also pair those services with the encouragement and caring people need to overcome challenges and achieve stability.
Become a Sponsor
Sign up to sponsor our luncheon and be positively associated with an impactful community event. Your name will be proudly displayed for recognition purposes. Sponsors are the key to raising funds and supporting our clients/patients all year. Please contact Nicola Barnack at nbarnack@barnabasnassau.org to learn more.
https://www.barnabasnassau.org/
Thank you to the Generous Sponsors of the 12th annual Empty Bowls Event
