Upcoming Meetings/Events

JUNE   VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
NEXT NCVS  EVENT – SEPTEMBER 20

• September 20, Sunday, 5 PM   NCVS potluck with Priscilla Feral, who will demo recipes from her new book, The Best Of Vegan Cooking.   Priscilla is President of Friends of Animals.  She will give us some insight into how this group is working to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic.  Their goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $10 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
  
• October 18, Sunday, 5 PM   NCVS potluck with Sheila “Shal” Gagne.  Shal operates MaidOrganic, her ecological friendly cleaning service.  Organic cleaning is simply cleaning with natural cleaners that are toxin-free and do not present the harmful chemicals of common commercial products.  Learn more about how to make your home sparkle without harming your family and pets.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $7 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
   
•  November 15, Sunday, 5 PM   NCVS potluck with Jane Sirignano, Food For Life Cooking Instructor of Litchfield County’s The Cancer Project.   Jane will present a Cancer Project class, including DVD featuring Neal Bernard, recipe demos, and food samples.  Thanks to a grant from Hope's Cancer Support Group, a donation of $10 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
  
• December 13, Sunday, 5 PM   NCVS potluck with Phil Milgrom, who is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed speaker, stress management consultant, educator, writer, and therapist.   He will show us how to live with greater balance, less stress, and more humor.  Thanks to a grant from Hope's Cancer Support Group, a donation of $7 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
    

EVENTS FOR VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS

• July 4, Saturday  Celebrate Independence Day with barbequed veggie dogs and belly rubs for the pigs  at Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY.  For more information, call (607) 583-2225 or see http://woodstockfas.org. 
  
  
• July 8-12 Vegetarian Summerfest at Conference Center, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, PA.  For more information, see http://www.vegetariansummerfest.org/details.htm.  Speakers include Maribeth Abrams, Jonathan Balcombe,  Harold Brown,  Jim Corcoran,  Hans Diehl, George Eisman,  Alan Goldhamer,  Vance Lehmkuhl, Howard Lyman, Milton Mills, Victoria Moran, John Pierre,  Kerrie Sanders, Rae Sikora, 
  Jo Stepaniak, and  Michael Stepaniak.    Delicious vegan meals are served. 
  
  

• July 11, Saturday, Noon PM   Celebrate the release of 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide to Worcester with the Worcester Vegan Meetup Group at Buddha Hut, 415 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA.   This is a $10 all-you-can-eat vegan buffet.  $1 from every purchase goes to support VegWorcester programs.   Please RSVP by 10 AM on July 11.  For more information or to RSVP, go to  http://vegan.meetup.com/365/ or telephone Organizer Stephen Dunne at (508) 459-1074.  
  
  
• July 11, Saturday, 1:30 PM  - Northeastern Vegetarian Society will have their potluck at Wrench In The Works, 861 Main St in Willimantic, CT, and learn valuable techniques to preserve food with canning, dehydrating, jam-making, pickling and more.   For more information, email Rohit  at pigdog@gmail.com or telephone Rohit
  at (860) 634-0730
  
  
• July 11, Saturday, 3 PM - HealthPath is starting its summer classes on Raw Food Preparations at 446 Broad Street, Windsor, CT.  This is their beautiful, new modern facilities.  Discover the benefits of eating raw food.  Register for these classes by calling Curt or Kristin Griffing at (860) 925-6869 or email curtis@healthpath.us.   State tune for the Grand Opening of the Raw Food Central.
   
• July 12, Sunday, 6 PM - Valley Vegan Society will have its potluck at Pioneer Valley Cohousing, 120 Pulpit Hill Road, North Amherst MA.  The  Cohousing telephone number is 549-5882.   For more information, see http://www.meetup.com/valleyvegansociety.
  
  
• July 18, Saturday, 1 PM  Boston Vegetarians Society’s Annual Event at the PEACE ABBEY, 2 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA.  At 1 PM, there will be a vegan potluck.  Bring a vegan dish to share along with a card listing its ingredients and your name.  At 3 PM,  Marc Johnson, Founder and CEO of Foster Parrots and New England Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary, will speak on the plight of captive parrots and issues facing avian wildlife.  The event is free, but donation for the Peace Abbey is requested.  For more information, see www.bostonveg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846.      
  
  
• July 18, Saturday, 11 AM-3 PM   Vegetarian And Vegan Food Festival, organized by Maine Animal Coalition, will feature vegan food samples, exhibitors, workshops, cooking demos, kids activities, a raffle and more. The event offers the latest in food and wellness promoting an animal cruelty free lifestyle.  Admission is FREE!  East End Community Center, 195 North Street, Portland, Main is the location.  For more information, call (207) 773-2215 or email mac@maineanimalcoalition.org or see http://www.maineanimalcoalition.org/artman/publish/article_1336.shtml . 
  
  
• July 25, Saturday, Noon  RIVA invites you to the 7^th Annual Vegan Summer Potluck Picnic at Colt State Park (Site 2 by the water) in Rhode Island.  RIVA will provide veggie burgers, veggie dogs, watermelon, and beverages.  Bring a vegan dish to feed 10 people.  A $5 donation is requested.  Feel free to bring your bike, your camera, games to play and musical instruments.  Please RSVP by July 22 to RIVA@VEGANAWARENESS.ORG or call (401) 934-1345.   Directions from Providence:  Take Interstate Rte.195 East, to Exit 7, Rte.114 South, to Hope Street in Bristol.  Turn right at the Colt State Park entrance sign and follow the park signs.
  
  
• .July 26, Sunday   Valley Vegan Society will have its picnic potluck.  Bring a vegan dish to share at the potluck.   For more information, see http://vegan.meetup.com/163. 
  
  
• August 1-2, Saturday-Sunday  New York Country Hoe Down features energizing speakers, advocate workshops, sanctuary time with the animals, catered vegan meals, and lots of fun at Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY.  For more information, call (607) 583-2225 or see http://woodstockfas.org. 
  
  

• September 19-20, Saturday-Sunday  New York Farm Animal Care Conference shows what it takes to start, develop, and operate a farm animal shelter.  This will be held at Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY.  For more information, call (607) 583-2225 or see http://woodstockfas.org. 
  
  
• September 19, Saturday, 10 AM – 5:30 PM   New York Capital Vegetarian Expo will be held at Saratoga Springs City Center, 522 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY.  For more information about free admission, free parking, free food sampling, nationally renowned speakers and free exhibits, see http://nyvegetarianexpo.org/events.php4#expo2009.
   
• September 20, Sunday, 5 PM   Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society potluck with Priscilla Feral, who will demo recipes from her new book, The Best Of Vegan Cooking.   Priscilla is President of Friends of Animals.  She will give us some insight into how this group is working to cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic.  Their goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $10 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
  
• October 18, Sunday, 5 PM   Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society  potluck with Sheila “Shal” Gagne.  Shal operates MaidOrganic, her ecological friendly cleaning service.  Organic cleaning is simply cleaning with natural cleaners that are toxin-free and do not present the harmful chemicals of common commercial products.  Learn more about how to make your home sparkle without harming your family and pets.  Bring a healthy vegan dish to share along with a note card listing your ingredients and your name.   Also, please bring your place setting (plate, cup, and utensils).   A donation of $7 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
  
  
• October 31-November 1, Saturday-Sunday   Boston Vegetarian Food Festival will be held with Free Admission and Free Parking.  For more information, see www.bostonveg.org or call Evelyn Kimber at (617) 424-8846. 
  
  
• November 15, Sunday, 5 PM   Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society potluck with Jane Sirignano, Food For Life Cooking Instructor of Litchfield County’s The Cancer Project.   Jane will present a Cancer Project class, including DVD featuring Neal Bernard, recipe demos, and food samples.  Thanks to a grant from Hope's Cancer Support Group, a donation of $10 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
  
• November 21, Saturday  New York Thanksgiving Celebration FOR the Turkeys will honor feathered friends with the Feeding of the Turkeys Ceremony, vegan feasts, and guest speaker presentations at Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY.  For more information, call (607) 583-2225 or see http://woodstockfas.org. 
  
  
• December 13, Sunday, 5 PM   Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society potluck with Phil Milgrom, who is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed speaker, stress management consultant, educator, writer, and therapist.   He will show us how to live with greater balance, less stress, and more humor.  Thanks to a grant from Hope's Cancer Support Group, a donation of $7 per adult is requested.  Children are free.  The Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT, is the location for this event.  Free parking is available in a large lot across from the Center.   For more information, telephone Harry at 860-623-8082 or email Harry at veggyharry@aol.com.
  
   
  
  

Note: All events take place at 5:00pm at Carniglia Senior Center, 41 Oak Street, Windsor Locks, CT (unless otherwise noted). Click here for directions or contact Harry at veggyharry@aol.com or (860) 623-8082. Please bring a dish to serve 6-8 containing zero animal products (meat, fish, egg, dairy or honey).

Notices/Of Interest

Friends Of Animals
 

• Maribeth Abrams New Tofu 1-2-3 DVD!
• It's No Joke: Even Animals Laugh - Scientists suspect that the panting behavior exhibited by dogs during "play chasing" is an analog for human laughter.
• Vegetarian Is The New Pruis http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/47668/
   
• UN report on "Livestock's long shadow" http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html
   
• Check out the Farm Sanctuary Calendar for upcoming events!
• NCVS member rescues farm animals. Click here for info about adoption or donations.

Suggested Reading

Dining with Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine by Lee Hall & Priscilla Feral

Get Political For Animals And Win The Laws They Need by Julie E. Lewin, President of National Institute for Animal Advocacy

The China Study (Most Comprehensive Study Of Nutrition Ever Conducted) by T. Colin Campbell And Thomas Campbell