April 11, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center | East Lansing, MI
For more than 17 years, the greater Lansing community has gathered to support Greater Lansing Food Bank’s (GLFB) mission through the Empty Plate strolling dinner and auction. Guests return year after year and are reminded each time how powerful fighting hunger can be when we do it together, surrounded by colleagues, family and friends.
This night includes a strolling dinner featuring area chefs along with a silent auction showcasing more than one hundred unique prizes. These festivities all support our goal of delivering more than 11 million meals to neighbors in 2025.
All guests of the event will receive a plate hand-painted by local school children, symbolizing their support and promise to make sure no one’s plate goes empty in mid-Michigan.
This year’s Empty Plate strolling dinner and auction will be held at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center in East Lansing, on Michigan State University’s campus. You can support GLFB’s mission through the 17th annual Empty Plate event by sponsoring the event and/or donating to our live and/or silent auction.
This fundraising event is made possible by our community’s generosity and we look forward to partnering with you through this event to achieve our vision of a hunger-free mid-Michigan.
This year’s restaurant partners
- Catersmith and Edmund’s Pastime
- Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
- Morton’s Fine Catering
- The State Room
- Tantay Peruvian Cuisine — Restaurant and Food Truck
- University Club of MSU
Thank you to our 2025 Empty Plate Host Committee!
- Christopher Abood, MD
- Tony Baltimore
- Sarah Barber
- Jennifer Charette
- Leia Cooper-Rigg
- Dana Costello
- Mike Costello
- Chris Dowding-Metts
- Karen Grannemann
- Amy Kruizenga
- Lori Mourer
- Derrick Quinney
- Jamara Randall
- Arianna Ridderbusch
- Phyllis Riley
- Rachel Sampson
- Brad Schertzing
- Danni Schertzing