Top RAW Food Potluck with Speaker Jackie Shore in Scottsdale!

Join us and special guest speaker, oncology nurse Jackie Shore, speaking on the topic of Beyond Food: The Missing Pieces of Healthy Aging, Healing, and Resilience, at Natural Grocers in Scottsdale on Saturday, July 11, starting at 5:30 pm for this month's Top Raw Potluck! Jackie will share educational insights that empower individuals to become active participants in their health, build their own personalized wellness toolbox, and discover practical strategies for living stronger, healthier, and more vibrant lives.

Come and experience the grandeur, the spectacle, the wonder of the world's most succulent and tantalizing foods. You'll discover new and creative dishes, consisting of savory and satisfying flavors, from foodstuffs found only in Nature. Get Real. Have Fun. Enjoy Life. And Living Foods! Hosted by Mary. (NOTE: This is a potluck, so please bring a RAW Vegan dish [to feed 8-10 people] and bring your own plate, utensils, and drinking cup [and take them with you afterwards].)

In Jackie's presentation, you will:
• Explore why two people can eat the same foods yet experience very different health outcomes, and discover the role of genetics, gut health, hormones, inflammation, and environment.
• Learn about cutting-edge wellness tools, including microbiome and DNA testing, cellular activation, sound healing, lymphatic support, and other complementary approaches being explored in the health and wellness space.
• Hear an oncology nurse’s personal story of moving beyond diet alone to create a personalized health toolbox focused on resilience, healthy aging, and supporting the body’s natural ability to thrive.

Jackie Shore, RN, is an oncology nurse, patient advocate, health educator, and lifelong student of wellness. With more than 22 years of nursing experience and over 15 years as the founder of RN Patient Advocates of Arizona, Jackie has dedicated her career to helping individuals navigate complex health challenges and make informed decisions about their care.
Her own personal health journey—including Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Crohn's disease, hormonal challenges, and ongoing exploration of personalized health—led her to look beyond conventional approaches and investigate the many factors that influence health and resilience. Through years of research and experience, she has developed a passion for helping others understand the connections between nutrition, genetics, gut health, lifestyle, environment, and cellular function.

This is a potluck, so please bring a Vegan RAW food dish (veggies/nuts, herbs/spices, salt, olive oil are generally acceptable ingredients for dishes), or a salad (fruits, veggies, nuts, spices), or a fruit/veggie platter for eight (or more) people, fully prepared and READY TO EAT. Don't know what to bring? There are literally 4.63 gazillion recipes on the Internet. Type in: "Raw Food Recipes" in a search engine and see what happens!

To see what others have brought at past Meetups to this event visit: https://www.meetup.com/VEGphx/photos/29509277/

This event starts at 5:30pm with food at 5:45pm. Please be on time so your dish can be featured in the line on attendees first pass through it. There is a guest speaker each month after the potluck. Stay tuned for forthcoming details.

HOUSE RULES at Natural Grocers: No items with gluten whatsoever are allowed, there's no soliciting or selling of anything at the store (which are the exclusive realm of the venue hosting the event). And to cut down on costs/waste, please bring your own plate, utensils, and drinking cup (and take them with you afterwards). Also, if you could list the ingredients of your dish, that would be helpful to people with allergy issues. Finally, we must have cleaned and vacated the potluck room (just inside the front door to the left) by 8pm. Please cooperate in that regard.

Please be advised that this is a RAW-Vegan potluck. For those persons unfamiliar with "raw," that generally means no foodstuffs that have been heavily processed/heated/cooked. In other words, "raw" typically entails foodstuffs as Nature intended (e.g., fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts/seeds, sprouts) which have all their nutrients intact, and not cooked out of existence, nor processed into oblivion. Most manufactured/canned/bottled/packaged foods, such as popcorn, chips, Veganaise, etc. are typically not "raw"; though, cold-pressed olive oil, raw coconut aminos, raw agave, spices, and salt are generally-acceptable exceptions to the non-packaging precept.

For those persons not familiar with the term "vegan," that generally means free from animal products and their derivatives. This includes all dairy products, honey, and whey. If, on the off chance that someone new attends this event, and is unfamiliar with the RAW-Vegan parameter of the event, please be in keeping with the longstanding tradition of the leadership and members of the Vegetarian Society of Phoenix to be accepting/understanding (in the moment) of all people, their current level of awareness, and their own individual paths in life. This means that if there is a particular potluck item that is not entirely "raw" and not entirely "vegan," do your part (in a calm and loving way) to help make sure that this item is clearly labeled as such, and let the participants at the event decide for themselves whether or not to indulge in it.