Thank you to Bob Morgan and iHeart Media for hooking us up with 343 (!) free radio ads on the Rochester airwaves, and also arranging three interviews, with Brother Wease on 95.1, Kimberly and Beck on 95.1, and Pauly Guglielmo on WHAM 1180.
You helped us pack that park!
Thank you to Mary for leading a yoga benefit for Jo-Anne MacArthur’s We Animals project Saturday morning, and thank you to those who came. What a lovely way to start a day of peace and friendship.
Our Dinner and a Movie event Friday night was a huge success! Fifty-five people came out for Greek spreads and bread dip (thanks for the donation, Voula!), Buddha Bowls from Red Fern, and cupcakes from Happy Cakes, followed by a showing of Speciesism: The Movie, and then a talk by its director Mark Devries. Thank you to everyone who attended, everyone who bid in the silent auction, and to the item donors. Thank you to Cam F. Awesome for MC-ing and Mark Devries for bringing his film and speaking. We were glad other VegFest speakers Mike Stura, Kerry Graff, Ted Barnett, and Jo-Anne MacArthur could attend.
Thank you to Jack & Meg for donating two tickets. Thank you to organizers and everyone who helped out or brought stuff either to use, eat, or donate: Mary, Bubbie, Deb, Kim, Darren, Mike, Leanne, Robyn, Varun, Andy, Michael, Rosemary, and Ted. People helped in so many big and little ways I can’t possibly list everything everyone did.
Last week Mary Barletta (Animal Rights Rochester & Vegan Army) and Sarah Goodenough (Kitchen Verde) went on the Kimberly and Beck show on 95.1 to promote VegFest! So that was three radio shows!
Friday morning Mary Barletta (ARRoc and Vegan Army) and Mike Stura of Skylands Animal Sanctuary and Rescue were guests on Brother Wease’s show on 95.1 to talk about veganism, animal rescue, and RocVegFest!
Here’s a link to the show. Mary starts at 31:00 and Mike at 42:00.
Rochester VegFest was on the air!
Andrea Parros (The Red Fern), Sarah Goodenough (Kitchen Verde), Dr. Ted Barnett (Rochester Area Vegan Society and Rochester Lifestyle Medicine), Mary Barletta (Animal Rights Rochester and Vegan Army), and Brittany Riggs (Everyday Gourmet Bakery Cafe) were interviewed on WHAM 1180 and were on the air during VegFest!
I want to thank Wegmans again for the $200 gift card they donated. We used it for food for volunteers. Thank you to Mary for picking it up and making vegan cheese spread and grilled peppers and onions (in her spare time!), which my daughter and I made into wraps and delivered to hungry volunteers at their posts. I hope I found everyone!
Thank you to Sarah at Kitchen Verde for bringing food for volunteers to VegFest. There was rice and black beans, tofu, and a wonderful corn salad that was so welcome on a hot day. We scraped those pans clean. Kitchen Verde was scheduled to be a vendor, but unfortunately had to cancel, so we’re sorry attendees didn’t get to have any.
I want to thank Balsam Bagels for giving us vegan cream cheese and dozens of bagels the morning of VegFest. They were most welcome to the many volunteers who came very early to help set up. Thanks to Mike Q for picking them up! The gift certificate they also donated was a big hit in the raffle. I hope everyone has seen their new vegan menu. Thanks to Mary for encouraging them to do that; they told her it had really increased their business.
Wow! Roc VegFest rocked!Saturday, September 16th was a beautiful, hot day and we estimate over 1,000 people came out for Rochester’s first annual VegFest at Martin Luther King Jr. park downtown.
There were 43 vendors, nine speakers, and we showed the film What the Health. There was a huge raffle, kids activities, tons of food, and free samples. We heard from many people that they decided to go vegan after attending, and I think everybody found new favorite companies and organizations.
Everyone is looking forward to Rochester VegFest 2018!
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