Ladies and Gentlemen,
All the way from Kansas City,
Emcee ECO ELVIS invites You
To Do the Earth Day Rock!
"Hi there, I just want to thank you and everyone who put together the seminar- for putting it together. I came back learning a lot, understanding a lot.
I’ve emailed a synopsis of what I learned - it’s sort of a gentle email to wake people up.
I’ll see what kind of impact I have.
But I want to thank you because all of your efforts, they certainly done me very good.
And I’ll try to gently open the minds of anyone that is willing to listen.
And I’m going to try to get involved with your to your monthly vegan potluck meals, it’s a little bit far for me to drive because of income and everything.
But God bless you and everyone who participated. You are all good souls.
Right now it’s a streamlet, but one of these days it’s gonna be a mighty river of change. Thank you very much."
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All day long we served free sandwiches in the lobby, THANKS TO generous donations from: Dave's Killer Bread sent us #100 loaves! Wayfare gave unlimited cheese for the day! Turtle Island Foods sent 10 pounds of deli slices! Field Roast Grain Meat Company sent 20 pounds of Smoked Tomato Deli Slices Four volunteers made grilled Wayfare Cheese, and cold sandwiches with Field Roast and Tofurky deli slices, with Veganaise, lettuce and tomato. The grilled cheese was super fast and easy to make with a little panini maker - you don’t even need to use Earth Balance margarine - just spread some Wayfare Chedder Cheese on the bread, and place the sandwich in the panini machine for a couple of minutes. The bread gets crispy and the middle gets gooey - everyone LOVED those sandwiches! One woman sampled all three sandwiches and raved: “There's nothing better than a grilled cheese for comfort food! I loved ALL the sandwiches - the Field Roast and Tofurky were SO DELICIOUS and the tomato and lettuce made it perfect! And Vegenaise is GOOD! Who knew?!" |
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Free Cupcakes! We baked over 1400 mini-cupcakes for this event! All day long people said these were the best cupcakes they had ever tasted, and asked if we were opening a bakery. All day long we explained that it was easy to bake without animal products, using non-dairy milk, organic canola oil, and one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar along with the usual baking ingredients. Thank goodness we had a copy of “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World” on the table for people to flip through! Favorite comment of the day: from a board member of the Emerson during their Fund Raiser in the adjoining Ballroom, which featured food from 10 local restaurants. He said “EVERYONE in the ballroom is talking about the food YOU GUYS are serving in the lobby!” Another wonderful comment was from a wedding cake decorator. The left-over cupcakes were given away at the |
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Perhaps the most powerful booth in the lobby, this table featured three viewing stations for people to watch a short clip of Mercy for Animals "Farm to Fridge" documentary, which reveals to consumers the cruel plight endured by animals in factory farms, hatcheries, and slaughterhouses. People who watched a short clip of this film were given one dollar and vegetarian starter kits from Mercy for Animals and Vegan Outreach. The table was covered with free literature, CDs, and DVDs. Thanks also to Larabar , who donated free samples of their cherry pie and carrot cake energy bars! Many people were moved by this 5 minute film, and wanted more information. |
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The “Where to Buy It” table - featured empty packages of many transition foods such as Tofutti, Daiya, Vegenaise, Gardein, etc, (and listed all the local stores that carried those items). These tables also displayed popular vegan cookbooks and sign-up sheets for the vegan potlucks across the state. This table came in handy when people who watched the video wanted to know “so what do I eat now?” These delicious products help people to transition towards a plant-based diet.
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Other booths in the lobby! |
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We've always love the CD “Burning Globe” by Eco Elvis Several classes of school children attended his free matinee performance, and the kids absolutely LOVED the show. Eco Elvis sang about recycling, composting, and yes, Between films in the auditorium, he handed out We look forward to sharing his show on YouTube later this month, Thank you Elvis! Thankyouverymuch. |
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 School kids arrive for the show! |
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Dr. Lisa Kemmerer's presentation "Eating Earth" was powerful and informative. |
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We were delighted to have Howard Lyman as our Keynote Speaker. All day he visited with folks in the lobby, answered questions, and signed books. His speech was great, as always, and we will share it soon on You Tube. Here Howard is signing a copy of Veg News. The cover story is 99 Things You MUST Do - #4 on that list was to hear Howard Lyman speak, in person. Mission Accomplished! |
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The next day, April 23rd, the Bozeman Area Vegetarian Society held their monthly vegan potluck at the Bozeman Public Library. It was a wonderful opportunity for the volunteers to visit and relax with each other - and also a great place to give away the left-over cupcakes to the library patrons! |
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