BAV News - March 2004

March 4, 2004

March 2004

Volume 1 Issue 2

Veggie Important People (VIP)

Thank you to our volunteer organizers (Bob, Sean, Lori, & Jordan) for a month of wonderful dinner events, filled with good food, conversation, and community. Bob reports that his Oakland dinners regularly draw a crowd of 18-24 people, with many regulars. Sean’s inaugural monthly Palo Alto dinner at Bay Leaf is off to a good start, attracting a lot of interest from both the vegetarian and non-vegetarian community. Lori also reported the same for her dinners that she organized.

For our SF Shangri-La dinners, when folks were asked what they liked best about the event, the comments reflected our purpose for having these events, such as:

"Plenty of good food. Quantity + quality!"

"Meeting & talking w/new people over great food."

"Getting a variety of yummy foods!"

So, for those seeking to connect with the local veg community, I would encourage you to attend one of our monthly dinners:

SF: Two dinners now! 2nd Wednesday - Golden Era (Dave G.), Last Thursday - Shangri-La (Tammy & Chris)

Oakland: 3rd Sunday - New World (Bob)

Palo Alto: 2nd Tuesday - Bay Leaf (Sean)

It'd be great to see some new volunteers step-up to host Vegan Food Parties (aka potlucks). These are lots of fun.. what can be more enjoyable than having people show up at your house with lots of yummy vegan food?? See what previous hosts have said: http://www.bayareaveg.org/vip.php

HELP US BRING OUR MESSAGE OF COMPASSION & GOOD HEALTH TO ONE OF THE LARGEST BAY AREA COMMUNITY EVENTS, SF PRIDE. Although 2003 was our first time at SF Pride, this was one of the best outreach events we've ever done in many years of tabling at vegetarian, Earth Day, and other community events. This is a wonderful opportunity to reach a large audience with progressive views. Additionally (and most importantly) many are non-vegetarians. Tabling supports the two primary goals of Bay Area Vegetarians: (1) connect the veg and animal rights community (2) promote activities & events which encourage and educate the community on the benefits of a plant-based diet.

We need your financial support – help us raise the banner for vegetarianism at Pride!

http://www.bayareaveg.org/vegpride.htm

Celebrate Great American Meat-Out with a Meat-Eater!

March 20th is the annual Great American Meat-Out, the opportunity to tell our friends, family, co-workers and community about the wonderful reasons to meat-out for a day! We hope you will join us for one of our meat-out events: lunch time and weekend leafleting events in San Francisco on March 17th & 20th, and a dinner/video screening of the wonderful film, “The Emotional World of Farm Animals”, produced by Animal Place, on April 1st.

News Bites

When’s your vegan or vegetarian anniversary? Contact us with your name, city, and month/year so we can celebrate with you in a future BAV News.

Ready to get involved with Bay Area Vegetarians? We are always looking for a few good volunteers that can staff outreach tables (during the week & weekends), as well as perform administrative and creative tasks.

Don’t leave home without us! Bay Area Vegetarians goes mobile for your PDA!http://www.bayareaveg.org/wap.php

Highlights of Events in March

Tue Mar 9 - Monthly Palo Alto Vegan Dinner at Bay Leaf Cafe

Wed Mar 10 - Monthly SF Dinner (2nd Wednesday) at Golden Era

Sun Mar 14 - San Mateo Coast Veg Coffee in Montara

Wed Mar 17 - Monthly Adopt a College leafleting - SF

Sat Mar 20 - Great American Meat-Out Leafleting - SF

Sun Mar 21 - Monthly Oakland Dinner (3rd Sunday) at New World

Thu Mar 25 - Monthly SF Dinner (Last Thursday) at Shangri La

Thu Apr 1 - Dinner & Screening: The Emotional World of Farm Animals

Sat Apr 3 - AR 101 Workshop - SF

See Event Calendar at http://www.BayAreaVeg.org/events.php for full details of all activities.