How to join us
Advance ticket sales are now closed but you can still buy your ticket at the door. If you won’t be able to join us in person, consider sponsoring a ticket for someone else or making a donation.
Join us at the Burnsville Town Center on Friday, October 2. If you purchase an advance ticket online, please plan on arriving during your allotted ticket time.
Redeem your ticket to choose handmade bowl(s), soup, bread, and dessert inside.
Take your meal home, sit inside the Town Center, or bring your meal outside to the deck at Roland’s Bar to share your meal with neighbors old and new.
Enjoy our kids activities across the street in the lawn behind the NuWray Hotel.
Stop by the community bake sale featuring additional homemade breads and desserts to take home and our Dig In T-shirts!
Since 2010, we have been tending gardens, sharing fresh food, and joyfully bringing people together to ensure that everyone can eat well in our community. As this season comes to an end, we are grateful for all that we have achieved together: the food we’ve grown, the people we’ve shared with, the growers we’ve taught, the gardeners and farmers we’ve supported, and the caring relationships we’ve built through it all.
The Empty Bowls dinner is our main annual fundraiser. Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to raise money and awareness towards building food security.
Gifts of all kinds make our work possible. If you and your guests are able to make a financial donation to Dig In, thank you! And if you have other ways you can be part of growing and sharing food with us, please be in touch.
Help be a part of creating this event! Sign up to volunteer here.
Thank you to our sponsors
Fruit Level
Flower Level
Root Level
Seed Level
Styles Auto Parts
Leaf Level
Share your story
Share pictures, recipes, and stories of your DIY Empty Bowls Meal on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #DIYEmpty Bowls. Make sure to tag Dig In! Yancey Community Garden in your posts to connect your meal to our community gardens.