Annual Festive Dinner

It's Dinner Time at HAV !

Once again we are holding a FESTIVE DINNER at
Satisfaction Feast and, this year, our guest speaker is
Dr. Anne Houstoun, who will speak on the health benefits
of being a vegetarian.


Where ? NEW LOCATION
3559 Robie Street (one block north of Lady Hammond)

When? December 7th 2007

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 truffles, peanut butter balls or carob balls for dessert.
The dinner is vegan or vegan adaptable.

Cost? $15.00 OR $13.00 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 is one of a growing number of restaurants and cafes
in Halifax to give a 10% discount to HAV members.
The discount does not apply in this case, as the Satisfaction Feast
is already giving us special pricing on this dinner.

• Payment must be made with cash or debit

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

Thanks!

the HAV team.

September and October Review

Wellness Expo
Our attendance at the Wellness Expo (previously NS Good Health Show) was the highlight of our fall activities. For a second year, Shivaraj and Kundalini (the owners of the show) made our booth possible by supporting our association. This enabled us to increase our membership and raise the profile of vegetarianism.
The show was held on the weekend of October 19-21 and attracted thousands of health conscious Maritimers. For a second year, thanks to Tarek, we awarded two dinners for two at Tarek's to visitors to our booth that entered our draw. In addition, thanks to Robert Webber, Director of the Yoga Loft, we awarded five yoga classes at the Yoga Loft to another lucky booth visitor.

Website
We launched our new website in May, but as our webmaster soon moved to Toronto, the site sat idle and in need of updating for several months. After posting a request on kijiji, we found two webmasters that are now sharing the responsibility. David Kristof, a Halifax native, and Sudhanshu Singh, a native of India that comes to us via Saskatchewan. Sudhanshu is a lifelong vegetarian. Both have now joined as directors of our association. The recommended restaurants with photos and maps, and an interactive element to our site are the first of many changes that will make the site essential viewing for the thousands of vegetarians living in Nova Scotia or visiting our area.

Membership and Discount Program
We now have a laminating machine, thanks to our treasurer, Jesslyn Fowlie, which enables us to provide laminated membership cards. This is increasingly necessary, as our discount program for members continues to expand to more veg-friendly restaurants (and other shops and services) in the Halifax area and across Nova Scotia.

Update

Over the next few days we will be updating this blog, and including the activities that have taken place, since Jessica (our secretary that created this blog) left on her travels. We'll also be adding information on our upcoming events, such as the upcoming festive dinner at the Satisfaction Feast's new location on Robie Street, and recent developments regarding our website and discount program.