Events
Upcoming events include:
Recent events include:
- Healthy Food for Life & Cookie Demo Social
- NY's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo
- Expo Speaker Recognition Dinner
- Vegetarian Summer Gathering at Grafton
- Spring Benefit Dinner
Healthy Food for Life & Cookie Demo Social
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
11am–3pm
held at
The First Unitarian Society of Schenectady
1221 Wendell Ave.
Schenectady, NY 12308
- Free lunch, free of animal products, consisting of
Hot soup, shepherd's pie, sandwiches, cold and hot beverages! - Holiday cookie making demonstrations & tastings by
Nicole Arciello Berhaupt,
co-owner of Food For Thought (Cooking with Compassion with No Animal Products), starting at 12:30pm
- Pumpkin cranberry cookies
- Rum nog cookies
- Kids Activities (coloring table and arts & crafts)
- Live music by Aaron Civic.
Suggested donation: $7–15 per person.
NY's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo
The Expo is the first in the Capital Region area to bring together and promote the global health benefits of green sustainable living, environmental awareness, and compassion for animals and all beings while highlighting their relationship to a plant-based diet.
Details:
- Saturday, September 19, 2009
- 10:00am - 5:30pm — Exhibition area
- 9:00am - 5:00pm — Speaker presentations
- Saratoga Springs City Center (Directions)
Everyone is Welcome
- Free admission!
- Free on-line registration for attendees
- Free parking
- Free food samples
- Educational exhibits regarding animals, green living and healthy eating/living
- Nationally renowned speakers
- Erin Williams — Communications Director, The Humane Society of the United States
- Barbara Warren, RN, MS — Development Associate, Citizens' Environmental Coalition
- Barbara A. Ellicott, PhD
- Frank & Mary Hoffman — The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation
- Michael Greger, MD — Director, Public Health and Animal Agriculture, The Humane Society of the United States
- Theodora Capaldo, EdD — President, New England Anti-Vivisection Society
- Mark Oldendorf, MD
- George Eisman, RD — Coalition for Cancer Prevention through Plant-Based Eating
- Matt Kelly — Berkshire Vegetarian Network
- ASL interpreters for the hearing impaired
- Kelly L. Decker
- Juliana Post-Good
- Children's corner
- Book signing
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Expo Speaker Recognition Dinner
Albany Vegetarian Network Inc.
Presenting dine with our distinguished Expo speakers:
Friday, September 18, 2009
Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Theodora Capaldo, Dr. Barb Ellicott, Dr. Mark Oldendorf
Erin Williams, Mary & Frank Hoffman, Barbara Warren, RN
DOOR PRIZES!!
Keynote Speaker
George Eisman, Registered Dietitian — Founder of the Association of Vegetarian Dietitians and Nutrition Educators, and co-founder and first Chairman-Elect of the Vegetarian Nutrition Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. He has taught nutrition at the college and university level for over 20 years. He is the author of The Most Noble Diet; Don't Let Your Diet Add to Your Cancer Risk, and A Basic Course in Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition. In 1993 he was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame by the North American Vegetarian Society.
MENU
- Mixed Green Salad
- Grilled Vegetable Antipasto
(Portabella, Zucchini, Squash, Roasted Red Peppers, Grilled Red Onion, Kalamata Olives, Balsamico) - Egg Free Ravioli Filled with Tofu in a Red Pepper Sauce
- Mixed Vegetables
- Oven Baked Rolls
- Poached Pear with Chianti Syrup
- Beverage
Master of Ceremonies
Dave Lajeunesse, Founding Member of the Albany Vegetarian Network Inc.
Details
5:30 pm – 9:00pm (dinner beginning promptly at 6:00pm)
Holiday Inn - Saratoga
232 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
$55 per person and $50 for AVN members
Proceeds will help support the NY's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo
Contributors
Lisa (tables for NEAVS)
George Eisman RD
Lisa NEAVS (tabling with Theo)
Chatham Makes Scents
Cow Jones Industrials, Inc.
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
Quinoa Financial Consulting, LLC.
The Mary T. and Frank L. Hoffman Family Foundation
Vegetarian Summer Gathering at Grafton, NY State Park
GRAFTON, NY: The Berkshire Vegetarian Network, in conjunction with the Albany Vegetarian Network Inc., hosted an all-vegetarian potluck/gathering/picnic at the beautiful Grafton Lakes State Park on Sunday, June 28th, 2009, starting at 11:00 AM. The event featured fun, food, music & speaking, including; Animal Communicator/Singer/Songwriter, Susan Hamlin, Nationally Recognized Raw-Vegan Athlete, Tim VanOrden, and Radical-Pacifist, Vegetarian Musician, Barry Hyman.
Grafton Lakes State Park has an entry fee of $7.00 per car load, which includes all the amenities of the park, including the use of "New York's best freshwater beach," boat rentals, and 25 miles of hiking trails, for the entire day. For further information on the park, including park regs, click here.
The public is invited to the Vegetarian Gathering, which takes place under the shelter at the "Rabbit Run," lakeside, at Grafton State Park. Each participant is asked to bring a VEGAN entrée (a dish free of all animal products including dairy and eggs) to feed 10 people. A suggested contribution of $5.00 per person is asked to offset rental costs, with any surplus monies donated to the Berkshire Vegetarian Network and the Albany Vegetarian Network Inc. to support New York's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo taking place in Saratoga Springs on September 19th, 2009. The Potluck dining will take place from 12:00 noon. Attendees should bring their own plates, utensils, and serving ware. Coolers and comfortable lawn chairs are highly recommended, otherwise, seating is at wooden picnic tables.
Spring Benefit Dinner
We just held a semi-formal, all-vegan dinner to support the Albany Vegetarian Network Inc. and our annual New York's Capital Region Vegetarian Expo! Many thanks to our volunteers, speakers, sponsors and donors for making this event possible!
Featuring
- Speakers:
- Maribeth Abrams, Certified Nutritional Consultant at the Monaco Center for Health & Healing LLC and author of the cookbook Tofu 1-2-3.
- Jenny Brown, Co-Founder and Director of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.
- Live music by Nephin (traditional Irish).
Details
- Saturday, June 6, 2009
- 5:30pm — Arrive and converse, enjoy hors d'oeuvres
- 6:30pm — Be seated for dinner
- At The Women's Club of Albany
725 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
Sponsored by
Vegan Creations
With additional donations from
Jewish Vegetarians of North America (JVNA)
Laurie's Gluten Free Goodness
Starbucks Coffee Company
The Phoenicians Restaurant
The show is not under the sponsorship of the Woman's Club of Albany, Inc. and does not necessarily reflect its mission or policies.