1) VRG Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck Dinner, Sunday, November 18, 2018, 5 PM, Baltimore, MD

North Baltimore Mennonite Church
4615 Roland Ave, Baltimore, Maryland 21210

Please share these links.

• [ https://www.vrg.org/2018_Thanksgiving%20Potluck-1.pdf ]
• [ https://www.facebook.com/events/430242214151336/ ]

The Vegetarian Resource Group is hosting our 37th Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck Dinner, showing appreciation for turkeys by not eating them! Join us in sharing a variety of festive, delicious, vegan dishes. All are welcome. Adult admission is $5 and children are free. Please bring a vegan dish - free of meat, fish, fowl, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal-derived ingredients - that serves 4 per adult in your party. Write ingredients of the dish on an index card to accommodate special diets.

If you can't cook, check out our restaurant list for take out:
[ https://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php ]

We are also collecting canned foods for those in need. The event will take place Sunday November 18th at 5:00 PM in the North Baltimore Mennonite Church, located at 4615 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. If you have any questions, please call 9am to 5pm, Monday-Friday (410) 366-VEGE (410-366-8343). You can email us questions at [email protected].

To volunteer for setup or do promotion, email Gene at [email protected] or call (410) 366-8343.

2) Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes

Looking for vegan Thanksgiving recipes? We’ve got you covered:
[ http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vegan_thanksgiving.php ]

3) Veg Soc. of DC Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday, November 22, 2018, Washington, DC

Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Celebration to be held at the Grand Hyatt (1000 H Street NW) in Washington, DC this year!

Tickets are $70 for VSDC members and $80 for non-members.

The Annual Vegan Thanksgiving includes a gourmet delicous menu, which you can view here: [ http://vsdc.org/VSDC-Thanksgiving ] . The event also features speaker, Ruby Lathon, raffle prizes, a silent auction, live music, and much more! Please visit [ http://www.vsdc.org ] , to learn more and buy your tickets.

4) Earthsave Thanks-Living Celebration, Saturday, Nov 24, 2018, 6 pm, Baltimore, MD

Saturday, Nov 24, 2018 - 6:00pm

Earthsave's last potluck of the year will be at Govans Presbyterian Church on Saturday, November 24th from 6:00 until 8:30. There will be live music, and a chance to connect with like-minded people. RSVP and join them for a fun event! [ http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/77 ]

Earthsave Baltimore is a volunteer operated nonprofit group that helps people learn a healthier and more peaceful way of eating and living. The Veg/Vegan Dinner Series meets on the last Saturday of the month at Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828 York Rd, Baltimore, 21212, next to the historic Senator Theater.

DINNER GUESTS may choose to either bring a dish made without animal products (to serve 8) plus $5 (members pay just $2) donation; pay $15 (members pay just $12) to enjoy dinner and presentation; or pay $5 for presentation only. We eat first, then make announcements, and then hear the presentation. Let us know in advance, if possible, if you plan to pay for dinner rather than bring a dish. RSVP by calling 410-252-3043, or emailing [email protected]. Meetings are held at Govans Presbyterian Church, 5828 York Rd, Baltimore, 21212. Please RSVP and join us!

FULL CALENDAR of EVENTS is available at MustLoveVeg, where you will find an extensive list of local and national events and resources that promote healthier eating and support people in adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. [ https://www.mustloveveg.com/events/ ]

CONNECT with like-minded local people for discussion and support on Facebook by joining Earthsave Baltimore group at [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/EarthsaveBaltimore/ ]

For MONTHLY EMAIL REMINDER of local events and free subscription to Earthsave's monthly email Newsletter, go to [ http://tinyurl.com/2d34u93 ]

5) Vegan Mac Fest, December 1, 2018, Baltimore

The upcoming event, The First Annual Vegan Mac Fest, is going to be in Baltimore on December 1, 2018. This is a 100% plant-based festival exclusively featuring the Vegan Mac and Cheese. This is not a contest. This is a chance for you to taste and support the area's varieties of delicious vegan mac and cheese. Are you excited yet? Tickets go on sale November 1, 2018. Click [ http://www.veganmacfest.com/ ]
See: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/280498472793239 ]

6) Vegan Drinks Holiday Party at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary

Tuesday, December 11 @ 7 PM
Vegan Drinks Holiday Party at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary
3950 White Rose Way Ellicott City, Maryland 21042

[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1077307999085163/ ]

7) Volunteer Thank you

A Big Thank You To All Our Volunteers
Thanks to the following VRG volunteers for all your hard work with The Vegetarian Resource Group, including, posting to social media, writing blog posts, research, presentations, restaurant research, clerical work, writing HTML, contributing to our vegan parents group, doing media interviews, staffing booths, editing, performing nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, and more!

• Matthew Baker, RN
• Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD RD
• Whitney Blomquist
• Keryl Cryer
• Anne Custer
• Kalie Ganem
• Carole Hamlin
• Suzanne Hengen
• Chloe Hightman
• Reed Mangels, Ph.D, RD
• Paul Marrocco
• Julia Mathew
• Laura McGuiness
• David Milner
• Karen Peissinger
• Beth Preiss
• Marcia Schveibinz
• Brad Scott
• Stuart Stahler

We have about 50 new vegan restaurants around the country to add to our national restaurant list. If you can volunteer to help with gathering details, please email gene at [email protected], and we can give you an assignment. Thanks.

Visit here when traveling.
[ https://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php ]

8) VRG Highlights

We sent 200 copies of the Vegetarian Journal along with 600 brochures to Vegan Community of Eastern Iowa in support of their first vegFest.

We assisted a new vegetarian company in finding food technologists.

We sent 200 brochures and coloring books to a dietitian working for 5 schools in Eastern Pennsylvania; books, brochures, and other literature to a chef in Florida who's teaching upper-elementary school children about veganism; and materials to a dietitian who works with children in a public high school in Delaware.

We sent 100 Veganism in a Nutshell brochures, along with several buttons, and samples of brochures and the Vegetarian Journal to a college vegetarian group at Baylor in Waco, Texas, plus a case of Vegetarian Journals and over 600 brochures to the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii for distribution at their VegFest Oahu.

VRG assisted a journalist with an article about vegan fish alternatives.

We ran an outreach booth at the annual meeting of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Special thanks to Reed Mangels PhD, RD and Catherine Conway MS, RD for helping us talk to over 1,000 dietians who came by the booth.

To support VRG outreach, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Or join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/cabdacae.php ]

9) ABOUT VRG

Our health professionals, activists, and educators work with businesses and individuals to bring about healthful changes in your school, workplace, and community. Registered dietitians and physicians aid in the development of nutrition-related publications and answer member and media questions about vegetarian diets. The Vegetarian Resource Group is a non-profit organization. Financial support comes primarily from memberships, donations, bequests, and book sales. The Vegetarian Journal, a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG. (For more information, please see the Vegetarian Journal online at:

[ https://www.vrg.org/journal/ ]

To sign up for the The Vegetarian Resource Group national email newsletter, please visit:

We are also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!!

• Facebook [ https://www.facebook.com/thevegetarianresourcegroup ]
• Instagram [ https://www.instagram.com/vegetarianresourcegroup/ ]
• Twitter [ https://www.twitter.com/VegResourceGrp ]
• VRG Parents and Kids Vegan Facebook Group [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/VRGparentsandkids/ ]

If you would like to make a donation, become a member, volunteer, or find out more about The VRG, contact us at:

The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Phone: (410) 366-8343
FAX: (410) 366-8804 E-mail: [email protected]
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]

To donate: [ https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=1565 ]

Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2018 The contents of this newsletter, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your own best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.

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