Photos from this week’s VegFest volunteer work-party

We made some signs and banners at this week’s VegFest volunteer work-party. I posted some photos on the VegWorcester flickr page.

Next VegFest work-party is on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at Kaylee’s house (23 Barber Ave, Worcester). Interested in volunteering for the VegFest? Email Kaylee@VegWorcester.com. Even if you can’t make it out to a volunteer meeting, [...]

February 24, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Worcester VegFest 2010  No Comments

Photos & Quick Reportback from Today’s Vegan Donut Feed-in [Photos]

Today’s vegan donut feed-in went really well! We gave out about 100 donut samples and flyers about the campaign to get Dunkin Donuts to add vegan donuts. We were out there urging Dunkin Donuts to quit supporting animal cruelty at egg factory farms. We met some vegetarians and vegan who were excited to see us [...]

January 27, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Events, Misc, More Veg Options, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments

Have a Vegan Thanksgiving in Worcester [Events, Photos]

Lots of stuff going on this Thanksgiving. Hope you have a rocking vegan Thanksgiving in Worcester!
SAVVY’s vegan Thanksgiving was seriously over the top
Last Monday, SAVVY, the veg group at Clark, held their annual vegan Thanksgiving. It was huge, with somewhere around 200 people. The line was out the door.В  Crazy. If you missed it this [...]

November 25, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Artichoke Food Cooperative, Buddha Hut, Events  No Comments

Worcester’s Vegan Feed-in’s Just Keep Getting Better [Photos]

Our second “feed-in” demonstration was pretty sweet! This past Saturday, members of VegWorcester gave out a handful of vegan “chicken” samples along with literature about becoming a vegetarian. We setup outside the McDonald’s on Shrewsbury Street. There wasn’t a ton of foot-traffic, but there were plenty of people in cars who saw our signs.
This [...]

November 23, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Buddha Hut, Events, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments

Worcester Protests Animal Abuse at Ringling Brothers [Photos]

QUICK UPDATE: Charlene, the co-founder and organizer of Pet Rock, just posted a great blog post reflecting on the demonstration at the DCU center.

Today Worcester animal activists gave out flyers about Ringling Brother’s history of animal abuse and encouraged people to boycott the circus. I wish one of those animal-free circuses came to Worcester every [...]

October 8, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights  One Comment

Photos from August’s Buddha Hut Buffet

August’s buffet was even better than July’s. Lots of options, all very yummy. Photos are posted on VegWorcester’s flickr page.

There is no Buddha Hut buffet in September, because the Buddha Hut folks will be super busy with the Pet Rock Festival & stART on the Street. It will definitely resume in October, November, and so [...]

August 17, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Restaurants & Businesses  2 Comments

VegWorcester Meets Fireworks, Vegetarian Band from Detroit (Leafleting at the Palladium + DCU center)

On Saturday, a couple of VegWorcester volunteers handed out over 250 copies of our Spring 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester at events downtown. We went down to the Four Year Strong show (Worcester hardcore band) and also gave out leaflets at the Danskin Expo.
Fireworks at the Palladium
Lots of the kids in line at the [...]

July 26, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Activism, Belmont Veg, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Tortilla Sam's, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

What did you think about Buddha Hut’s buffet?

In case you missed it, last Saturday (July 11, 2009) Buddha Hut hosted a buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester. It was a huge success. Tons of awesome food and lots of cool people.

Should we do it again?
After talking to the owners of Buddha Hut today, I’m happy to say that the chances are good that we [...]

July 14, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses  No Comments

Photos from Worcester’s 2nd Annual New Orleans Festival

This weekend had a ton of events. While Buddha Hut held the first ever buffet fundraiser for VegWorcester (photos coming soon), some VegWorcester members were down the street at the 2nd annual New Orleans festival. We had a booth and gave out free stickers, handed out copies of our 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester, [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Barely Legal Treats, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Photos form the Vegan Cupcake Eating Contest at The Q

The vegan cupcake-on-a-string eating contest was bad-ass. Greg took first place and Stacie came in second. Congrats to everyone who participated. It was a blast!
Created with flickr slideshow.

April 30, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Barely Legal Treats, Events, Misc, Restaurants & Businesses, The Q Cafe  No Comments