Bake Sales Now Legal in the City of Worcester

I’m excited to announce a (small) victory for sanity. This morning the director of the City of Worcester’s Health Department gave me a copy of their new guidelines for bake sales in the city of Worcester. The take-away message: bake sales in Worcester require no permit and require no fees. See the guidelines below for [...]

May 11, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Food Love, Misc  6 Comments

The Vegan Bus is Coming to Worcester this Sunday [Event]

“The vegan bus is a vehicle of transformation.” The Vegan Bus crew is coming to Worcester this Sunday, August 29 to give away free samples of vegan baked goods in Elm Park, play some music, then go to Loving Hut for a special lunch and short presentation. You should come out for the fun. Meet [...]

August 24, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Buddha Hut, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy  No Comments

Photos from the Vegan Ice Cream Giveaway

The vegan ice cream giveaway was a success. We gave out tons of cones of soy- and coconut ice cream. We spent most of the time in Elm Park, but also ran over to the Main South farmers market (in the YMCA parking lot on Main Street) to catch the last half hour of it. [...]

June 19, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Events  2 Comments

Avoiding Cargo Cults [508 podcast]

On this week’s 508 podcast, Mike Benedetti–the blogging king of Worcester–and Brenden Melican talk about VegWorcester’s recent vegan donut feed-in (see photos). Mike and Brendan discuss how Richard Feynman‘s concept of cargo cults relates to activism and Worcester’s vegetarian renaissance. Mike’s analogy raises a question that we need to be constantly asking ourselves about VegWorcester’s [...]

February 3, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  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  3 Comments

Why is VegWorcester giving away free vegan donuts this Wednesday? [Feed-in Event]

Start your Wednesday morning off right with a free vegan donut. This Wednesday morning at 9am, join VegWorcester and Compassion Over Killing for a vegan feed-in outside of one the Dunkin’ Donuts location in downtown Worcester, the corner of Main St & Pleasant St. From 9am to 10am we’ll be handing out free samples of [...]

January 26, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Misc, Veg Advocacy  11 Comments

Free vegan food samples tomorrow at VegWorcester’s monthly feed-in

This is our third month of vegan feed-ins in Worcester (see photos from last month’s feed-in). Join VegWorcester from 11:30am to 1pm on Saturday December 19, outside the McDonalds at 548 Lincoln Street for an upbeat veg advocacy event. It might be cold, so bring some gloves and a hat! What’s a vegan feed-in? Every [...]

December 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Activism, Events, Veg Advocacy  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

Vegan Feed-in Number Two [Nov 21]

We’re Doing Another Vegan Feed-in This Saturday This Saturday, November 21, from noon to 1pm, join VegWorcester at the McDonalds located at 465 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester (map) for our second ever vegan feed-in. We will be giving out free samples of veg chicken along with information about becoming vegetarian. This is a great way to [...]

November 17, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy  2 Comments

Tomorrow in Worcester: McDonald’s Vegan “Feed-in” & Buddha Hut Buffet

Tomorrow will be a fun day in Worcester. The Weekend of Yum Come out to the McDonald’s at 995 Main Street, Worcester to give away free sample of veg “chicken” and literature at Worcester’s first vegan “feed-in”. If you can’t make it to the feed-in, definitely be sure to stop by Buddha Hut sometime between [...]

October 9, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Buddha Hut, Events, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy  No Comments