Meatless Meetup

This is our annual meetup on the beach to celebrate Solstice. Celebrating Solstice means enjoying the daylight and watching the sun go down circa 9:30. This year we're postponing our beach party until a few weeks after Solstice, so it is after FIFA has finished, as the beach is predicted to be even more crowded than usual during the World Cup.

Bring your own towel or blanket to sit on. If you want others to sit with you, bring a sheet or something.

Also, please bring some vegan snacks to share, such as strawberries, blueberries, pizza, popcorn, chips etc.

Volunteer greeters are needed, so contact us if you are interested.

We're not meeting AT the Boathouse restaurant. We will be directly in front of the restaurant but very close to the water not the restaurant. All attempts to have signs over the years have resulted in the signs blowing over. You will find us by walking along the water's edge NOT by walking along the path beside the restaurant.

Join us in helping out with volunteer tasks to help the bunnies at Rabbitats Sanctuary in Richmond! This will be our 3nd time there! 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 at 6pm for a well-deserved vegan potluck dinner! Plus, blueberry bushes are growing and they are ready to be picked and eaten! (please bring containers for picking and take as many as you wish.)

Please bring a plant-based dish to share, with no animal products, including dairy, honey or gelatin. Please bring a plate to eat on, cutlery to eat with, a serving utensil for your dish, and a reusable napkin. 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.

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,

This is an event for people who like to cook! Everyone who signs up for the event, including guests, will bring a different homemade Colombian dish to share with the others.

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.

Also, please bring a plate, cup, napkin, and cutlery for yourself, and a serving utensil for your dish. (a bag for your dirty dishes would be useful, too).

Confirmed Dish List (more to come):
Jon: Hot Dogs
Melissa: Chickpea Stew
Camila: Cocadas (coconut sweets)
Camila's guest: Tostones (fried green plantains)
David: Arroz con Coco (coconut rice)
Sheri: Hogao with Potatoes
Sandra: Cholado (icy beverage)
Marcia: Hominy and Corn Stew

To ensure that we each bring a different dish, I will be contacting all attendees. If you have a favourite vegan Colombian recipe, we'd love to try it! If you need inspiration, you could try something from one of these websites:

Admission: FREE!

Join Jon at Locarno Beach to check out the vegan night market and eat dinner.

After the entrance (or essentially the westernmost end where most of the food trucks are), we will be meeting at the first booth to the right (right side means closest to the road).

If people want to split up and do different things, that's okay too. We'll figure that out once we have a chance to look around.

Locarno Beach is the beach after Jericho and before Spanish Banks East. Free parking is available, but can be very hard to find. Transit and bikes are recommended.