November 11, 2007

Hi everybody,

 
A) Last Monthly Membership Meeting of the Year
B) St. Louis Vegetarian Society's Turkey-Free Thanksgiving
C) Fur-Free Friday Demo
D) Great Veg Websites in Time for Thanksgiving
E) This 'n That

THANK YOU
to everyone who participated in
Show Me St. Louis promotion for the Oxygen Mask Campaign
Four Muddy Paws fundraiser for the Oxygen Mask Campaign
Ringling Brothers circus demonstrations

A) Last Monthly Membership Meeting of the Year
Tuesday, November 13, 7:00 pm, at the Brentwood Community Center, will be the last START meeting of this year.  (Remember, we don't meet in December.)  We will feature vegan foods for Thanksgiving and how to prepare them!  So, bring your appetite and enjoy the cooking demo!  

B) Tenth Annual St. Louis Vegetarian Society Turkey-Free Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 17, 5:00 to 6:30 pm, at the First Congregational Church, 6501 Wydown at University Lane.  The tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.  You can purchase advance tickets from MoKaBe's, The Natural Way store in Webster, or at Sappington Market on Watson.  The Veg Society will once again be collaborating with the St. Louis Community College School of Culinary Arts.    

C) Fur-Free Friday Demo
Friday, November 23, Noon to 1:00 pm at the Galleria.  We have signs, or you can make your own.

D) Great Veg Websites in Time for Thanksgiving
There are more and more great vegan cooking and recipe sites out there than ever before.  Some even have blogs or forums for you to ask questions or offer advice to others.  Here are just a few we've recently discovered:
+++FatFree Vegan Kitchen  Lots of recipes, lots of helpful advice, lots of luscious photographs!  This is technically a blog, but it's so much more.     
+++Kids Get Healthy  It's no secret that American kids are getting fatter and sicker.  They're experiencing "adult-onset" ailments like never before.  Get a handle on your kids' health with the help of this PCRM-sponsored website.
+++Vegan Ice Cream Paradise  Do you have an ice cream maker you thought you'd never be able to use again?  Before you throw it out or feature it at your next garage sale, check out this website.  The entire site is all about making vegan frozen treats.
+++VegFamily  This is a wonderful website for people who want to spend more time enjoying their family meals.  It offers helpful hints for dealing with children who aren't necessarily keen on total vegan eating, advice from a dietician, recipes, articles, and more.  Even if you don't have kids, this is a very interesting and positive site.  They even have A Very Vegan Thanksgiving page.
+++VegWeb  You probably already know about VegWeb, but it's time to rediscover it.  Need a good scrambled tofu recipe?  Not sure how to make the "perfect" vegan pumpkin pie?  Having trouble using nutritional yeast?  Want some meal-planning help?  You can find answers to any veg-related question right here.

E) This 'n That
The infamous Yerkes National Primate Research Center was fined $15,000 for "alleged" AWA violations.
Donate to IDA's Anti-Fur television ads.
The Kapparot chicken-swinging ritual got national attention this year, and two synagogues changed their policies because of it.

 
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