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LIFE The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition - September 2-3, 2020 7B Empty Bowl Lunch going online Like most events in age of COVID-19, food bank fundraiser to be virtual this year File photo Hand-painted bowls are available for attendees to take home during the Empty Bowl Luncheon benefiting Georgia Mountain Food Bank at First Baptist Gainesville in 2018. This year’s fundraiser will continue, but it will be online. BY KELSEY PODO kpodo@gainesvilletimes.com Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s largest and only fundraiser of the year, Empty Bowl Lunch, is going virtual at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. Kay Blackstock, executive director of the nonprofit, said when the pandemic hit Georgia, she knew the 12th annual event would go on, she just didn’t know how. “We held out as long as we could,” she said. “We kept wait ing after Memorial Day, after the Fourth of July — we had hopes that we would be able to get together.” When her team realized an in- person event wasn’t possible, she said they combined ideas and decided to hold the event online, which will include a live auction, recognition of volunteers and announcement of this year’s Mike Banks Reflections of the Heart recipient. Those who participate will receive a link to the program. Instead of inviting people to eat together, Blackstock said the non profit will pack and deliver boxed lunches provided by Performance Foodservice to its sponsors, as well as hand-painted bowls and Empty Bowl Lunch T-shirts. Those who purchase individual tickets will be able to pick up their bowls and boxed lunches from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at First Baptist Church of Gaines ville, located at 751 Green St. Sponsorships start at $750, and individual tickets can be bought for $30. People can purchase a sponsorship or ticket by visit ing gamountainfoodbank.org/ emptybowl. Each year, the food bank offers guests a hand-painted bowl as a reminder of its “goal to eliminate empty bowls and empty stomachs” in North Georgia. All the proceeds from the lunch fundraiser will sup port the nonprofit, which serves Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin and Union counties. In fiscal year 2020, Blackstock said the nonprofit distributed 5,653,682 pounds of food to those it serves collectively with Atlanta Community Food Bank. “I think the community really understands that at the end of the day, the food bank is going to have the challenge with keeping up with the need,” Blackstock said. “So many people have lost their jobs, and some of those jobs aren’t going to come back. We’ve got a lot of work to do, and I think the com- 2020 Empty Bowl Lunch What: Georgia Mountain Food Bank’s 12th annual fundraiser When: 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 Where: Online via a link sent from nonprofit More info: gamountainfoodbank.org/ emptybowl munity really realizes that too. ” Like years prior, the 2020 Empty Bowl Lunch will hold a live auc tion at the end of the program with a few “celebrity bowls,” including one painted by Gary Black, Geor gia’s commissioner of agriculture. Blackstock said this year’s cre ation from Black will serve as a tribute to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program and include his handprint and signature. People can also expect to see a “health care heroes tribute plat ter,” which Blackstock said has the fingerprints of nurses and doc tors from every Northeast Georgia Medical Center location. Blackstock said she is looking forward to celebrating the organi zation’s outreach and mission with its supporters. “I’ve grown up in Gainesville, and I’ve seen that spirit of the community’s generosity create so many wonderful things, and the food bank is just one of them,” she said. “I feel as connected to it this year as any year previous because I know the hearts of the people who make this possible.” To confirm a sponsorship, con tact rebecca@gamountainfood- bank.org or call 770-534-4111. For more information, visit gamoun- tainfoodbank.org / emptybowl. LIVING WITH CHILDREN Should I ignore my child during temper tantrums? JOHN ROSEMOND www.rosemond.com As just about everyone who has lived with a child for more than two years knows, the most potentially dangerous thing one can say to a toddler is “no.” That single syllable strikes deep into the core of the reptil ian portion of the toddler brain, arousing a reaction that dwarfs Godzilla’s most destructive rampage. “Should I simply ignore my 2-year-old’s tantrums?” a young mother asks. “Can you?” She ponders that for a moment or two. “Not really.” Ignoring is about as over rated as it gets, especially when it comes to toddler tan trums. Nothing brings out a toddler’s inner Godzilla like being ignored. That same mother, for example, reported that when she ignored a tantrum, it quickly escalated into hitting, biting, and head-banging. If she began walking away, her live-in maniac would wrap himself around her leg, shrieking like a banshee. “What do I do then?” she asked. “Either stand there until he lets go or drag him around with you.” “I tried that once and sprained my leg.” A perfect illustration of the fact that there is no perfectly reliable form of discipline with a toddler. Most important, regardless, is that he fails to get what he wants. Not even one teensy-weensy smidgeon of it. If he thinks he can wear you down in increments, the tantrums will escalate in intensity and increase in frequency. When my daughter began her toddlerhood, albeit belatedly, I came up with a solution for her tantrums that has provided many a parent with significant relief. It begins with buy ing a 4-foot-by-six-foot (or thereabouts) rug from your local box store. Spread it out in a relatively out-of- the-way place in that part of the house that most of said tantrums occur (we put our daughter’s tantrum rug in the downstairs bathroom). Tell your toddler something along these lines: “The doc tor says you need a special place for your tantrums because they are so many and so big! So, this is your new special tantrum place! When you want to throw a tantrum, just come here, lie down and begin screaming and rolling around until you feel better. If you need help getting here, Mommy will help you.” Needless to say, your little one will need “help” getting to his new tantrum place, at least initially. When the next scream ing episode begins, simply say, “Oh my! That’s a big tantrum! You need to be in your new tantrum place, so let’s go!” Carry or drag as necessary. If after you deposit him he gets right up and runs after you, just put him back. The important thing is that you keep your cool in the process. At first, said pro cess may last up to 30 min utes. In the meantime, be calm, be purposeful, and be happy. This, too, will pass. ‘Ignoring is about as overrated as it gets, especially when it comes to toddler tantrums. Nothing brings out a toddlers inner Godzilla like being ignored.’ HOBBY LOBBY FIND A LOCATION NEAR YOU OR SHOP ONLINE AT HOBBYLOBBY.COM STORE HOURS: 9 A.M. - 8 P.M. • CLOSED SUNDAY PRICES GOOD IN STORES MONDAY, AUGUST 31 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020. PRICES GOOD ONLINE SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2020. 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