Tarrah Dunaway - Jessamine County Schools

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Raised $1070.00 in 2008!
(with more to come!)
To raise money for charity, students at The Providence
School make hand-thrown bowls during the school
year and sell the bowls in June, at a chili/soup lunch.
Sandwiches, desserts and beverages were
included. They even washed the bowls for
customers after lunch!
by Lou McDonald
9th Grade Student at The Providence School
On May 19, The Providence School
held its second annual Empty
Bowls Project in the cafeteria of
the school. A group of students led
by Ms. Spurlock and Mrs. Clift made onehundred
and fifty bowls. The students involved
in the project are Lou McDonald, Amanda
Hager, Daniel Harris, Summer Hill, William
Daniels, Justin McCoy, Heather Jones,
Samantha Wilson, Anthony Scanlon, Annie
Kuhn, Jeremy King, and Wayne Gray.
The jobs in the project consisted of glazing/
painting the bowls, hand building the bowls,
and throwing the bowls on the pottery wheel.
Everyone tried everything at least once but after a few weeks
everyone found their niche and predominantly stuck with it.
One student who tried excessively hard was William Daniels.
At the beginning of the project he made the crazy statement to try
to make two-hundred bowls, which eventually became our goal.
Although we didn’t meet that goal we made a valiant effort with
Willie as the engine of the train. The whole class had tried to throw
bowls on the wheel and some could do it some couldn’t, but Willie did
and excelled at it. At the beginning of every class he would have his
fifteen minutes of goofing off and horse playing, but shortly after he
would go straight to work.
Some days he would throw six or seven bowls, other days he would
throw thirteen or fourteen, sometimes he would be ready to go before
anyone, but sometimes he would stay hours after class just to throw
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Teachers and administrative staff members
assisted student volunteers serving the
lunch “customers”, who came from all around
Jessamine County and included local political
figures, business people, school board staff,
teachers and principals.
more of the bowls. Some of the students have given me comments like,
“He is very hyper and works fast on the wheel,” said Daniel Harris and
“He did a great job!” says fellow thrower Justin McCoy.
The whole class believes that he has done a great job, and that he
tried harder and harder as the time went on. And even though we didn’t
meet our quota, I still believe that we have made an excellent attempt
and if/when we have another Empty Bowls Project and Willie D is in it,
I’m sure that we will do another great job!