The Viva Vine: vol #5, no #3: November / December 1996

CALENDAR
for November
through December,1996

(Though some, or all of these events may be past, we leave them in for historical reference)

Special thanks to ADVANCE, the ultimate vegetarian calendar

November

Bowl-a-thon fund-raiser with New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, Northwest District. Call Scott at (908) 850-5840 or Greg and Patti Chontow at (201) 398-0762.

Vegetarian Thanksgiving potluck with the Vegetarian Society of South Jersey. 6:30 pm. Moorestown Community House, 16 W. Main St., Moorestown, N.J. $6 for family, $4 for singles. Bring a vegan dish to share with recipe. Call Joan Fitzpatrick at (609) 216-9095.

Join VivaVegie in Hare Krishna's worldwide "Feed the World Day." In NYC, veg meals (along with pro-veg message) will be distributed city-wide via shelters and charitable organizations. Call 301-299-4797 to volunteer. [see p. 6 for related story]
Big Apple Vegetarians' Thanksgiving Talent and Fashion Show [the event of the season!]. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Reservations, call: Jean Thaler at (718) 438-1523.
Turkey-free Thanksgiving with Howard Lyman. 7 p.m. Sweet Hollow Hall, Melville, Long Island. Bring a vegan dish for six to 10 people. $6. Reservations: Call EarthSave Long Island: (516) 421-3791.
All-vegan Thanksgiving dinner. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. United Poultry Concerns, 14331 Poplar Hill Road, Germantown, Md. Bring a vegan dish, enough for four people. Call (301) 948-2406.

New York Vegetarian Food Festival. Food, cooking demonstrations, speakers. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. New York Coliseum, 59th Street and Broadway, New York City. Free. f(212) 971-0653 or (212) 868-6578.
Vegetarian Thanksgiving with Boston Vegetarian Society. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Country Life Vegetarian Restaurant, Boston. Unlimited buffet, $10. Call (617) 424-8846.

Vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast on the Potomac. Tour the river with the Vegetarian Society of the District of Columbia. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Odyssey Cruise Ship, 6th and Water Street, SW. $38. Reservations: Call (202) 362-8349.

Fur Free Friday. Rally at Central Park with demonstrations near fur stores. 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Meet on the sidewalk at Central Park South, the park side, half a block west of Fifth Avenue. Call (212) 757-2166 for recorded hot line; (212) 247-8120 for a Friends of Animals representative.

The VivaVegie Society hosts an Internet fundraiser nite. Upload your veg-epiphany to cyberpeas.com. Not necessary to have a computer of your own. See your web page on the Internet this very nite--Come with 500 words & a picture of yourself. $35 admission includes web site for a year, and vegan pizza. Call (212) 966-2060. (see cyberpeas info page)

The VivaVegie Society targets holiday shoppers with the "101 Reasons...", Rockefeller Plaza. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (212) 966-2060 [you must call ahead].

The VivaVegie Society
P.O. Box 163
Pocono Lake, PA 18347
212-966-2060