Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON â Using traditional media, the GBICS website, and social media, Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services, Inc. and partners far exceeded their $10,000 Bennington Empty Bowls: COVID Edition campaign goal, raising over $23,000 to feed families and individuals in the Bennington area. GBICS will use the funds to buy food to distribute at its Kitchen Cupboard program throughout 2021. âIn a year when we could not gather in community to share delicious soups out of handmade ceramic bowls at our traditional Empty Bowls Soup Supper, we decided to do things the COVID way: Differently!â former GBICS director and Empty Bowls coordinator Sue Andrews said.