Update

Hello Veggie Friends!


Thanks to all who attended our November dinner at Satisfation Feast! It was a great success. Atlantic Healing Hemp was there to provide an interesting talk regarding the many benefits of hemp in the diet and also provide attendees with a free sample of their tasty hemp seeds.

Satisfaction Feast provided us with a delicious three course dinner at reduced cost. Everyone was overly pleased with the meal and service alike.

Unfortunately, we have decided to by-pass a dinner in December. Due to the busy nature of the month, and because many people leave town for the holiday's, we see it best to put our efforts into January's event. As soon as more details are known, we will be sure to send an e-mail and post an update.

Currently we are working towards expanding the Halifax Association of Vegetarians Discount Card. We anticipate announcing its expansion soon.

H a p p y H o l i d a y ' s from HAV.


the Halifax Association of Vegetarians team

It's Almost That Time!

Spaces are filling up fast!

Email us TODAY to reserve your seat at our

Festive Monthly Dinner at

Satisfaction Feast!!

yummmm

It's Dinner Time at HAV !

We're holding a FESTIVE DINNER at

Satisfaction Feast !!


Where ? 1581 Grafton Street

When? November 16th 2006

Time? 6:30 PM

What? A three course dinner including soup as the appetizer; vegetable tofu pot pie,
mashed potatoes, with gravy and cranberry sauce as the main course; and a choice of
their famous chocolate or carob balls for dessert (an alternative dessert is vegan
pumpkin pie, also very popular). The dinner is vegan or vegan adaptable.

Cost? $13.00 OR $11.00 if you choose to order the main course with smaller portions.
Tea and coffee included. Other drinks are an additional cost as well as taxes and
gratuity.


Satisfaction Feast has become the first of a growing number of restaurants and cafes in Halifax to give a 10% discount to HAV members. And the discount can be used towards this dinner! :)

The only conditions are:

• Payment must be made with cash or debit
• $10.00 minimum purchase
• Must show your card when ordering
• Cannot pay for non-members

In addition, Wanda Beattie of Atlantic Healing Hemp, an Annapolis Valley company, has agreed to come as our guest and talk about the health advantages of using hemp in the diet!

There is limited seating, so reserve early for our festive vegetarian fall dinner by emailing halifaxvegetarians@gmail.com.

Thanks!

the HAV team

Join Us!

Hello HAV Friends!



On November 04 at 1:00pm we will be having a very informal HAV meeting. We welcome anyone who would like to further their involvement, offer suggestions, ask questions, learn more, or just join for a coffee! The meeting, held at Uncommon Grounds 1030 South Park St., will discuss such topics as upcoming events, expanding our discount card, outreach initiatives, and more. We welcome and need your input to make the association stronger.

Other ways to offer suggestions or to get involved is by contacting us at halifaxvegetarians@gmail.com or by posting a friendly blog!



We hope to see you next Saturday!


Cheers for now,
THE Halifax Association of Vegetarians




-- "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as
much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." ~Albert Einstein

To HAV or HAV not - a membership card!

Hello everyone!

We have a new and exciting announcement from HAV!

Satisfaction Feast has agreed to join our disount card! For every purchase over ten dollars that is paid with either Cash or Debit, HAV members receive a 10% discount!

If you havn't yet joined the Association - I suggest this is a good time to do so. Our next monthly dinner in November will be held at Satisfaction Feast offering members an excellent opprotunity to use their new membership cards!

We will be announcing further information regarding next month's dinner very soon!

If you have any suggestions, comments, or inquiries for us; please don't hesitate to email halifaxvegetarians@gmail.com :)

Thx!
The HAV team

Welcome! halifaxvegetarians@gmail.com

Welcome all new HAV members!




The 2006 Nova Scotia Good Health Show was very successful for the Halifax Association of Vegetarians (HAV) in raising our profile. Itwas our first large event, since we reactivated the association in thespring of 2006 and it required signs, brochures and also membershipcards, as we decided to start selling memberships at this event. We nowhave twenty-two members and this will quickly increase, as those whohave been attending our dinners will now be able to buy memberships. In addition to our new members, an additional twenty-seven names/emailshave been added to our contact list for information on our continuing activities.

Highlights of the show included our contact with Val Moressa, the Eastern Canada Sales Manager for L'Ancetre. This Quebec company sellscertified organic dairy products and their cheese is rennet free. Theywould like to support our association and are willing to sendcomplimentary cheese for a future HAV event. Although this is not for all of our members, we also expect to make connections with makers of non-dairy cheeses.

A professor of nutrition (also a vegetarian) took some of ourbrochures to distribute to her students. We were able to make connections with the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia, who werejust across the aisle; Wanda Beattie of Atlantic Healing Hemp; andCarl Baxter of Half Island Harvest, who sells Nova Scotia sea salt ofhis own making and olive oil imported from Greece. All of these connections are possible speakers at future dinners or potlucks.

We have spoken about using our membership card as a discount card,similar to the popular discount card that the Toronto Vegetarian Association sells separately to its members. This is starting to happen more quickly than I expected, as The Source, located next to us at theshow, have agreed to honour our membership card for a 10% discount onadvertising. We'll be contacting other businesses in Halifax that areveg friendly and, as our membership grows, so too will the list ofbusinesses giving a discount to our members.

We will be organizing our festive dinner for November andsending you information regarding the date, menu, cost and perhaps our first speaker at the dinner. Our website needs updating and this is apriority for us, as is continuing outreach at appropriate locations,such as farmers markets. If you have ideas and can volunteer some ofyour time, please contact us. Jessica and I were able to cover thehealth show, but the success of the association will be determined bythe energy and talents we can collectively contribute to it.

Finally, we would just like to take this opprotunity to congratulate our
winner - Kathleen Jones who recieved
a dinner for two at Tarek's Cafe on Robie St.

Enjoy!




Halifax Associations of Vegetarians

-- "Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." ~Albert Einstein