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Monthly Dinner at Babycakes
For June we meet at BabyCakes Muffin Company on Wednesday, June 7th at 6pm
Join Northern Vegans for our monthly dinners every first Wednesday of the month. Everyone is welcome.
Please order vegan* options when joining us.
No RSVP is required. Everyone is welcome.
Babycakes is located at 223 W. Washington St. in Marquette
Kim, the owner, will be staying open later just for us and making everything from scratch- all vegan of course! Several gluten-free/vegan items as well and vegan muffins!
Details on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NorthernVegans
*Vegan omits all animal products including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey. Anything from the plant kingdom is vegan.
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For July we meet on Wednesday, July 5th at 6pm at Rare Earth Goods in Ishpeming. For those who can, we will bike ride to Rare Earth from head of Heritage Trail in Negaunee at 5:15. Right across the street from the Negaunee Senior Citizen Center.
Details will be on our website and Facebook page. We will email you the invite and details at the end of June as well.
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Northern Vegans Second Monday Potluck
Northern Vegans Monthly Meet & Greet
Location: Presque Isle Park in Marquette (at the Peter White Library if inclement weather)
Time: 6:30 pm
When: Second Monday of the Month
Who: Everyone welcome!
Northern Vegans Second Monday Potluck
Our potlucks are growing each month as the word gets out about how delicious the food is
J. Please join us on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 pm for a vegan potluck. Everyone is asked to bring a vegan dish to share, their own table service (plates, bowls, napkins, glass, utensils, etc.), and their own beverage. If you love to cook, feel free to bring more than one dish. If you don't cook or don't have access to a kitchen, come anyway. The important thing is that you come. All are welcome!
For the months of June, July, August, and September we will be gathering at Marquette's Presque Isle Park in the picnic area across from the pavilion with the attached bathrooms. We have a room reserved at the Peter White Public Library in case of inclement weather. Call Natasha at 906-235-5430 and/or check Facebook on the day of the event if you are unsure about the weather. Facebook:
www.facebook.com/NorthernVegans
Next potluck: June 12th at 6:30pm.
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What's UP Locally Vegan!
Another vegan group up in Copper Country!
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New Local Resource for U.P. Vegans and Those Interested in Making the Transition
Natasha Lantz, one of the founding members of Northern Vegans, recently started
Plant Centered Living (PCL). PCL helps people to better understand the joys and challenges their transition to a plant centered lifestyle will bring and how to articulate what being plant centered truly means to those around them-family, friends, health care providers, co-workers, etc. Having confidence in one's decision to lead a plant centered lifestyle is critical to the successful navigation of daily living in a world that is not designed to make the healthy and ethical choice, the easy choice. PCL offers a range of resources from mentoring to
Natasha's Notes, a practical 75-page resource guide. Plant Centered Living services and resources are available to those living in the U.P. and anywhere around the world, so please help Natasha get the word out by sharing the website with your personal networks. Visit
www.plantcenteredliving.com , email
[email protected] or call 906.235-5430 to learn more.
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City Green Market- The First Vegan Grocery Store in the Entire Midwest!
Located at 331 Iron St. in downtown Negaunee
Owners Jeff and Carrie Plummer, also founding members of Northern Vegans, run an all vegan grocery store in the Old Bank Building in the oasis of downtown Negaunee called City Green Market. The Old Bank has been an antique store since 1987 and continues to run as an antique store as well. Customers have been saying that it has an old mercantile vibe to it with the mix of antiques and groceries all under one roof!
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Northern Vegans is always in need of donations
to continue our great work in the community. As most of you know, not only are we a not for profit group with no paid employees, but we also often fund our group with our personal funds as board members. Northern Vegans has existed since 2006 and a short list of our accomplishments in the community include: library donations of vegan related books and media numbering in the hundreds; dozens of movie/documentary showings; over a hundred restaurant meet ups and other socials; numerous vegan presentations; countless tabling events; immense amount of vegan literature dispersed; and the list really goes on and on.
Help us continue spreading the message and consider donating to us today. No amount is too small and we use every bit of it to our fullest extent. In fact it is not outlandish to say that for every $1.00 that is donated we put at least 50 cents more into that $1.00 simply because we work on a 100% volunteer basis, no salaries, and several of us continuously put our own personal money into the necessary expenses for the group.
Please send donations to:
Northern Vegans
P.O. Box 126
Negaunee, MI 49866
THANK YOU!
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VegFest 2017 in Novi, Michigan!
Dr. Michael Greger (in center wearing suit with green tie) with members of Northern Vegans and Copper Country Vegans. Founding Northern Vegans member, Natasha Lantz, next to Dr. Greger- on his left.
Eleven members of Northern Vegans and Copper Country Vegans and two downstate friends participated in the largest single day vegan festival in the U.S. held in Novi, Michigan on April 30th. Over 5,000 people packed the Suburban Collection Showplace for the 18th annual MI VegFest. The energy, new information, inspiration, and opportunity to be surrounded by people of like-mind makes MI VegFest something to look forward to each year. Dr. Michael Greger of NutritionFacts.org and Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States brought down the house with their presentations about health and animal welfare, respectively. The exhibit hall was packed with 60+ food vendors and 100 businesses all showcasing their vegan food and services. Hopefully, there will be even more Yoopers who make the trip next year. Below are comments from those of us who attended this incredible event.
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Wayne Pacelle of Humane Society of the United States
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"For me Veg Fest was a complete success. It gave me a renewed sense of all that I hold to be true about the whole foods plant based lifestyle. They gave us a nice cross section of people in all the areas that count for me (health, animal welfare, environment). It is a jammed packed day that I would highly recommend to all those that are invested or thinking about this lifestyle. It gave me hope for the world." -Mary, Northern Vegans
"The highlight of VegFest for me was thanking Emily from Bite Size Vegan for all of her amazing and informative videos on YouTube. Her channel was a huge help to me when I first went vegan." Tara, Northern Vegans
"We had a great time at what was our first VegFest. There were a lot of great exhibitor booths as well as some great food vendors! I opted to spend as much time as I could in the presentations. While they were all good I especially enjoyed Wayne Pacelle and of course Michael Greger. While I have heard a great deal of Dr. Greger's material previously, seeing him in person was a real treat. Overall it was a fantastic experience and I recommend it to anyone who has never attended." Craig, Copper Country Vegans
"I feel lucky to have been part of VegFest. Being surrounded by people of like-mind provides for an environment ripe for sharing and inspiration. The networking opportunities for me were really beneficial. And, having the opportunity to invite Dr. Greger to come to the U.P. with his family was a real treat." Natasha, Northern Vegans
"VegFest really brought an awareness of how many people, especially in Michigan are truly interested in a plant-based lifestyle. The plant based community is a very welcoming group of fellow animal lovers and health minded individuals." - Carmon (Northern Vegans Wannabe and friend of Natasha and Mary)
"Attending Veg Michigan's Veg Fest 2017 was a wonderful experience. It was great to hear so many knowledgeable speakers who provided valuable information to people already living and new to a plant based/vegan lifestyle. I am grateful that I found my way to a vegan lifestyle and that so much work has been done to help people who want to make positive changes that impact the health of people, animals and the earth." Karen, Northern Vegans
"I took away from Veg Fest a more solidified stance on veganism, and realized that there are far more than I thought and also that they DO come from all walks of life; superb. I also decided that I really want to take my life in the direction of, either helping animals, helping to get the message out louder and clearer, (although how much clearer does it need to be,) to the people that can really benefit from it, or trying to make it harder for those at the top to just keep doing what they are doing, i.e., sending out mixed messages that literally lie to all of us. I feel like with my passion, with Chelsea's help of course, energy, and charisma, I can accomplish any of these goals, all I need is the place to start." -Eric, Copper Country Vegans
"I enjoyed attending my first Veg Fest and to be surrounded by so many like-minded people was a very warm experience. The speakers were especially interesting and convincing. I left knowing that I have chosen the right path for me." -Chuck, Northern Vegans
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