LAFAYETTE – This year’s Clay Bowl Giving Project, scheduled for Thursday, April 19, marks the event’s 11th anniversary.

The event is held at YWCA, 605 N. 6th Street, Lafayette. Local potters make hundreds of clay bowls and donate them for this annual event, which raises funds for the YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (DVIPP).

Those who buy a lunch or dinner can take home a clay bowl that will serve as an everyday reminder of the many victims and survivors of domestic violence in our community.

Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. this year. Carry-out is available for both lunch and dinner. The meal features spaghetti from Puccini’s Smiling Teeth, salad from The Trails, bread from Great Harvest Bread Company and a cookie from Subway. Those four companies donate the food for this event.

Other sponsors include Lafayette Savings Bank, Caterpillar, Purdue Federal Credit Union, Unity Healthcare, Westminster Village, Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health, Faith Hope & Love Cancer Center, MBAH Insurance and Greater Lafayette Clay Guild.   In Kind sponsors include Dream Weaver Team-Coldwell Banker Shook, Chick-fil-A, Oral Surgery Office LLC and KFC-Teal Road.

The cost per meal is $20 through April 18 and $25 on April 19. Register by calling 765-742-0075 or register online at www.ywca.org/lafayette.

About the YWCA Domestic Violence Program: The YWCA Greater Lafayette, through its Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, provides an emergency women’s shelter and crisis hotline 765-423-1118 or toll free 1-888-345-1118, support groups, classes, a parenting program, protective orders, 9-1-1 cell phones, educational outreach, and other services for people affected by domestic violence. The program serves Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Warren and White Counties. For more information about the YWCA's domestic violence program, call 765-423-4486 or visit www.ywca.org/lafayette/dv .

About the YWCA Greater Lafayette: The YWCA Greater Lafayette is a nonprofit social service agency and a United Way partner. The local YWCA serves six area counties with a domestic violence program and women’s shelter and serves 23 counties with a women’s cancer program that provides mammograms and Pap tests for eligible women at no charge. The YWCA also offers youth programs, including summer camp and Y-Dance, and adult enrichment programs through the Network Luncheon Series and various classes. Learn about the YWCA at www.ywca.org/lafayette .

YWCA Mission Statement: The YWCA Greater Lafayette is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.