
I actually had a lot of fun with the TV interview. Reporter Megan Shinn was warm, engaged, and prepared. We had a nice talk, she timed how long it takes me to throw a soup bowl (two minutes), and I also got to watch her interview Dawn Marie so have a better sense of the balance of the story. Empty Bowls is first, but it hadn't really soaked in how many bowls I've donated over the years. Dawn Marie crunched some numbers last year, and came up with the statement that in the 26 years they've done the sale, I've given them something like 2-1/2 sales worth of bowls--eight to 10 percent of any given year.
So it makes sense to invite me to share the spotlight this year. It also gives them a new way to tell the story, which keeps Food for Lane County in the public's awareness. Megan says the story will air with Tuesday evening's news, possibly to repeat Wednesday morning. I'll post a link to KMTR's website when I have it.