Spring VegFest is June 7
Presented by Feel Bar
| | Just three months to go until our largest event of the year! Join us on Sunday, June 7, from 10am to 4pm for Spring VegFest at Eastern Market. We're bringing back your favorite food trucks and vendors, plus sprinkling in some new ones, along with great presenters and cooking demos. Don't miss out on this amazing day of plant-based food, community, and inspiration! Check the VegFest page in the coming months for details. | | Please support our Title Sponsor, Feel Bar. They help make VegFest possible, and Feel Bar is a Michigan-based small business that uses high-quality, plant-based ingredients. Shop their website today. | | | Membership Drive & Generous Match | | Thanks to the 26 members who joined or renewed in February, inching us further toward our goal of 400 members! Your support has double the impact, thanks to the generous support of Ramesh and Maya Dedhia, who are graciously matching all VegMichigan memberships, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000! Please support our work to host or participate in more than 100 events this year and reach thousands of Michiganders with the benefits of plant-based eating. Thank you for making this work possible! | | | Meet VegMichigan's Newest Staff Member | | | | Join us in sending a warm welcome to Megan Jalynski, VegMichigan's new Program Coordinator. Megan will help with outreach efforts by tabling at events, hosting meetups, coordinating the 30-Day Plant-Based Pledge Program, offering food samples, overseeing volunteer coordination, and assisting with plant-based festivals. Megan previously worked with the Center for Biological Diversity on its “Take Extinction Off Your Plate” initiative, which encourages plant-based eating, and authored the report A Recipe for Climate Disaster: How Food Outlets Dish Out Climate-Intensive Cuisine. | | She was an active volunteer with the Sierra Club, where she has advocated for plant-based eating as a way to protect biodiversity and free land for rewilding through initiatives such as tabling, contributing to discussion groups, and helping design presentations. Megan has also practiced herbalism through her business, Earthkin, crafting garden-grown tea blends and tinctures and leading educational workshops. | | Plant-Based Pizza Social with Toarmina's Pizza in Canton | | | | |
Join VegMichigan and Toarmina's Pizza at the Canton Public Library, 1200 S. Canton Center, on Tuesday, March 24, from 6pm to 8pm, for a fun and welcoming plant-based pizza social! Enjoy delicious slices from a local pizzeria, connect with others in the community, and discover how easy (and tasty!) plant-based eating can be. Whether you’re fully plant-based or just curious, everyone is welcome—come hungry and bring a friend!
We are asking VegMichigan supporters who are able to contribute a recommended $10 - $15 donation to offset the cost of the event and allow attendees new to plant-based eating to sample the pizza for free. Thank you for helping us build community and introduce Michiganders to the benefits of plant-based eating.
| | Enter This Month's Raffle | | |
Congratulations to the winners of last month's raffle. The answer was: Vegan Super Bowl Snacks. Janet R. won a gift card to Pizza House, Jeri S. won a gift card to Street Beet, and Rachel C. won a RYZE Superfoods gift set.
For this month's raffle, you'll have a chance to win one of the following prizes:
$25 E-Gift Card to Detroit Street Filling Station (Ann Arbor)
A copy of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook
$25 E-Gift Card to Papelon Market Cafe (St. Clair Shores)
| | To enter the raffle, solve the word scramble below and submit your answer using this form. As a reminder, you must be a current VegMichigan member to win. Good luck! | | Eat For Impact Month in Ann Arbor | | | | Join us for a delicious dinner at Tios Mexican Cafe. They focus on community, family, and sustainable food working closely with local farmers to provide high quality ingredients. With their beans and Spanish rice being vegan, the majority of their menu can be made plant-based upon request. In March they are offering two vegan specials to celebrate climate-friendly, plant-based food choices. RSVP to attend. | | Share Your Reasons for Being Plant-Based | | Share your favorite reasons for eating plant-based foods and get featured on the VegMichigan social media channels! We want to hear from our community about the many reasons you love plant-based eating. Share your reasons to help encourage others to eat more plant-based meals themselves! Does it improve your health in a specific way? Is there an environmental issue that it helps with that is especially meaningful to you? Do you have a special connection to an animal(s) that influenced you? Are there plant-based recipes or restaurants you love more than anything else? Something else? We want to hear about it! Send your reasons to olivia@vegmichigan.org, and we will be in touch! | |
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