Just a reminder, the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale is underway... The dates of the sale are June 20 - 28th. To see what events are occuring in your area, click here. And when they say worldwide, they mean worldwide. There are sales scheduled for Australian, New Zealand, Canada, England, Greece, and Nigeria! (As well as the United States.) We've had our heads down a bit, so sorry for the last minute notification. Hopefully you'll be able to attend if there's an event in your neighborhood.
If you live in Los Angeles, there are two events scheduled (there was one yesterday too).
Bake Sale #1
Date: Thursday June 25, 2009
Time: 10am – 2pm
Venue: Los Angeles City Hall Farmers Market
Address: 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
The market is located on the south lawn on First Street between Main and Spring Streets.
Proceeds: Los Angeles Conservation Corps, and part of the city's Los Angeles River Revitalization
Bake Sale #2
Dates: Sunday June 28, 2009 (There was also a sale here on 6/21)
Time: 11am – ?pm
Venue: Locali
Address: Hollywood, 5825 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 466-1360
Web Site: Bake Me Up! LA
Proceeds: Animal Acres, Earthlings, and Little Big Dog Rescue
If you have the time, and can get to one of these events, you should consider heading out and supporting the effort to show the world how sweet it is to be vegan.
Related Information:
- Vegan Bake Sale
- World Vegan Day – Celebrating 65 Years of Veganism
- Revel With A Cause
- World Vegan Day
- Animal Rights National Conference 2009
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