putting our feelers & feedback requested

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone!

 

Is everyone still eating their leftovers from Thanksvegan Day?

 

For a while now, I have been toying with the idea of organizing a quarterly

vegan potluck in Hayward combined with a lecture series to educate people

about health, nutrition, etc. My secret motive is to introduce people to how

delicious and varied vegan food can be. I have done this before when I lived in

NY and Tucson and both were met with huge success and enthusiasm. But Hayward

has a different feel to it, much more blue collar, " I just want to go to

work and then go home and watch tv " kind of families live around me. So I'm

putting out feelers first.

 

I want to see how much interest this would generate. Let me know if you

would go out of your way attend something like this: and how would you doctor

up

this flyer?

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NUTRITION and HEALTH SEMINAR

with

VEGAN POTLUCK

at

HAYWARD COMMUNITY CHURCH16 Main St. 94541

OPEN TO ALL BAY AREA RESIDENTS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, from 5:3O-1O:OO pm

 

With a dish to feed 5 people: admission is $4. Without it: $13.

Volunteers and children 12 and under: FREE

 

 

Please Bring:

-A vegan dish to feed 5 people with a recipe/ingredient card

(one dish per family, couple, or group of 3 is sufficient)

-A re-usable mug

-Your own plates and utensils if you can.

Compostable plates and utensils will be available for those without

dinnerware.

-Health, peace, or enviro friendly literature to share/promote on our

networking table and info you want to share at the microphone during our

announcements forum.

Speakers:

-Nutritionist Barbara Fellen, 15 year veteran of the " war on fat " and

nationally proclaimed author discusses: metabolic typing, digestion, Type II

Diabetes, Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners, Blood Pressure, Fat Loss Fact vs.

Fiction, Osteoporosis, Cholesterol, Heart Health, Sleep and Energy, and Food

Cravings.

-Personal Trainer Peter Maslow enlightens us on which exercises build

muscle, trim us down, tips on recuperating after a workout, best use of energy,

and

how to build the body you want in the most efficient way.

Q and A will follow each speaker.

To volunteer/set up; to RSVP; for easy vegan recipes; and for info on our

special children’s event: contact xxx

For directions: haywardcc.com or 51O-349-4117.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next potluck will probably be a sustainanble solutions panel (people

talking about how to conserve energy in your house, go solar, etc}.

1. Any feedback onhow to doctor up the flyer?

2.I would also need vegan volunteers to be food runners. Would any of you

be interested in that? Attendees will come in with their dishes and hand them

off to you to put out on the buffet table. I need 3 people who know that

jello or marshmallows has gelatin or what casein is, etc. We will have an

" oops " table for things that have animal products. And please, only if you

are

forgiving, friendly, and supportive. More than anything I want this potluck

series to be an ongoing ambassador for how fun and delicious and easy vegan

eating is. Not how nasty or moody " those vegans " are when you put marshmallows

in your food.

I have to laugh at that last sentence! Lemme know whether you think this

would fly, where to post flyers, how to change the wording, etc.

Thanks and Blessings!

Karel

 

 

 

 

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