Patch editors are reporters and writers, photographers and videographers. We do a little bit of everything. One thing we don’t normally do, though, is make clay bowls.

That didn’t stop us from heading to Hopkins High School on Friday and taking a turn at the pottery wheel.

We were just two people in a room full of largely untrained potters making bowls for the 14th annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser for Hunger.

The event raises money for ResourceWest and ICA Foodshelf. People from all over the community first get together for bowl-making events. In our case, Hopkins High School art instructor Terry Chamberlain’s pottery students ensured we didn’t mess up too bad (although one of us did have a memorable failure).

Empty Bowls then takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 13 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Attendees make a free will donation; choose their favorite bowl from among 1,000s created by local artists, students and volunteers; enjoy a simple bowl of soup and bread and return home with the bowl.

There will also be musical entertainment, and professional artists have donated bowls and related art for a silent auction.

Last year’s event raised close to $90,000 for the two organizations.

So please be kind if you happen to see a plain brown bowl or an even-uglier bowl sporting pink stripes. We meant well—and we’re clearly not potters.