24th Annual Empty Bowls Luncheon

May 26, 2026

 

 

About the Event

The Empty Bowls Luncheon aims to help fight hunger in Southeast Nebraska by welcoming more than 1,000 supporters to enjoy soup from local vendors and take home a handcrafted stoneware bowl from Down Under Pottery Studio.

These “empty bowls” are a reminder of the many bowls we have filled and the bowls we still need to fill to help the 69,750 neighbors in Southeast Nebraska who are experiencing food insecurity.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Embassy Suites, 1040 P Street in downtown Lincoln

Remarks at 11:30 a.m. & again at 12:30 p.m.

 

Ticket Information

Tickets for this event are sold out. 

 

Participating Restaurants

*Stay tuned for updates!

• Aragon Tavern
• Asian Taste Thai Restaurant
• Billy’s Restaurant
• Buzzard Billy’s
• Carmela’s Bistro
• ChefauChef Catering
• Fierce Bites Baking & Catering
• La Paz Mexican Fare & Cantina
• Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill | Fireworks Restaurant
• Legacy Terrace
• Ten Forty Bar & Grille
• The Charging Station
• The Lodge Restaurant at Wilderness Ridge
• WarHorse Lincoln

 

Featured Agency Partner

The Community Action Gathering Place provides free hot, nutritious meals seven days a week from 5 to 6 p.m. to anyone who needs a meal – no questions asked. Guests can choose to eat inside the beautiful Gathering Place house or take their meal to-go..

To learn more about the Community Action Gathering Place and their services, visit their website.

 

 

Event Sponsors

Head Chef ($10,000+)

• • JS Financial/Prudential
  • Peed Foundation
  • Rogers Foundation
  • Sandhills Global
  • Union Bank & Trust

 

Soup Kitchen ($5,000)

• • Black Hills Energy
  • Chateau Development
  • Edward Jones
  • Fiserv
  • Nelnet
  • TAB Performance

 

Soup Bowl ($2,500)

• • Ameritas
  • Anderson Auto Group
  • Assurity Life Foundation
  • Bryan Health
  • Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather
  • DataBank IMX
  • FMNE Insurance
  • Marsh McLennan/INSPRO
  • Pinnacle Bank
  • Schaefer’s
  • Schwisow Construction
  • Steve Graziano Media
  • Talent Plus
  • TimeMachines
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • WarHorse Gaming

 

Soup Ladle ($1,500)

• • BIC Construction
  • Chesterman Company
  • Cobalt Credit Union
  • Copple Insurance Agency
  • DataVizion
  • First Interstate Bank
  • LincOne Federal Credit Union
  • Q2
  • Revolution Wraps

Soup Spoon Partner ($1000)

• • Allo Fiber
  • B&R Stores
  • BCom
  • Cattle Bank & Trust
  • CHI Health/St. Elizabeth
  • CompanyCam
  • Elias Kruse Financial
  • FNBO
  • HBE LLP
  • Legacy Retirement Communities
  • Medica
  • Modern HR Collaborative
  • Peetz Koerwitz & Lafleur, PC LLO
  • Sampson Construction
  • Sid Dillon
  • Sutton Linder & Sutton | Lincoln Surgical Hospital
  • UNICO Group Inc.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in sponsoring this event? Learn more about sponsorship opportunities and register here.