Meatless Meetup

Join us in helping out with volunteer tasks to help the bunnies at Rabbitats Sanctuary in Richmond! This is a family-friendly event and children of all ages are permitted, to help along with their parent(s)/guardian(s).

Rabbitats is a registered charity that provides permanent, communal housing for hundreds of abandoned and at-risk rabbits in Vancouver, Richmond, and other parts of the Lower Mainland. Tasks at the sanctuary will involve cleaning out colonies (living spaces), feeding the bunnies, refilling water dishes, and petting rabbits to help them socialize with humans.

We will start the session by touring the sanctuary and hand-feeding greens to all the bunnies. Then we'll dig into some work. After helping the bunnies for a few hours, we will break around 6pm for a well-deserved vegan potluck dinner!

Please bring a plant-based dish to share, with no animal products, including dairy, eggs, honey or gelatin. Please bring a plate to eat on, cutlery to eat with, and a serving utensil for your dish. There is a fridge to store your food in and a microwave to heat up food. We will have a vegan feast!

Dress for the weather (work can be in the sun, or indoors, as you wish), and wear clothes you don't mind getting dusty. Work gloves will be provided, or you can bring your own as well if you wish. Boots are a good idea as well.

Please keep in mind that Rabbitats is not transit accessible. It's in rural Richmond. Drivers are needed to get out to the sanctuary, so please post if you have a vehicle, if you are willing to drive others, and what city/part of the city you are in (passengers, please pitch in for gas). Your host Alison will reach out to arrange the carpools. We can have a maximum of 11 cars park on the property, with any overflow vehicles to part at the SilverCity parking lot (free), just 3 minutes away,

Entrance is free and there will be free vegan refreshments available.
Doors open for socializing at 6:30, film starts circa 7:00 pm.

Join us to watch "Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story". This is both an entertaining and a concerning local look at the issue of food waste from farm to retail to our own fridges.

Following the film, we will have two brief talks and a Q&A/discussion session.
Speaker 1: Jim Hisao is a long time dumpster diver.
Speaker 2: Rhoda Klein Miller and Amanda Lorefice will be speaking about the OAC Community Fridges program as a food waste reduction strategy

Meatless Meetup is partnering up with Oakridge Seventh Day Adventist Church (OAC_a church that promotes the plant based diet) to offer this film to our members for free at their community hall.

Refreshments provided will include: popcorn, fruit and veggie platters, cookies, crackers, VEGAN PUMPKIN PIE, tea & decaf coffee.

Some volunteers are needed for set up and tear down (70 chairs). Please contact Nancy if you would like to be on the team to help make this wonderful event go smoothly.'

If you have a canned good or a pantry item you don't want or could spare, please bring it along to donate to the Community Fridges program.

This is an event for people who want to learn to cook dishes from around the world! Everyone who signs up for the event, including guests, will bring a different homemade Iranian dish to share with the others. Links to great vegan Iranian recipes can be found at the bottom of this description!

Please bring a vegan dish, with at least 8 servings (=8 big scoops). Vegan means no dairy, eggs, honey, gelatin, whey/casein, or other animal byproducts. Please bring an ingredients list for your dish and include your name and the name of the dish.

As this event is held at Vancouver CoHousing, we ask for a $2 donation to cover some costs. There are dishes available so bringing a plate, cup, napkin, and cutlery for yourself, and a serving utensil for your dish is optional for this event.

Confirmed Dish List (more to come):
Jon: Reshteh Polo (noodle rice with "meatballs")
Camila: Baklava
Melissa: Yellow Rice
Sandra: Loobia Pollo (green bean rice with TVP to veganize it)
Tip: Spaghetti
Sharmila: Sourdough Bread

To ensure that we each bring a different dish, I will be contacting all attendees. If you have a favourite vegan Iranian recipe, we'd love to try it! If you need inspiration, you could try something from one of these websites (beware that not all recipes on these sites are vegan, so check the ingredients):