I'm there in spirit!

I'm into it! What about somewhere like UBC campus? I'm not familiar with the ins and outs on how to arrange something like that, but I could inquire with the Student Union building which is insanely busy all day long on weekdays. Or wherever really...I was just thinking the university (we could do SFU too) because of the guaranteed traffic. Yay! Some of my colleagues in my program and I are putting on a by-donation literary reading for Haiti. I'll let you guys know the deets on that when we hammer them out if you're interested.

What date are you thinking?

I think UBC would be great...they're selling random shiitake in the SUB every single day and I'm always amazed by how many rich students are buying new wardrobes and posters. At least we'll be able to appeal to the conscientious students, and though UBC doesn't have a HUGE vegan population, there are thousands of people concerned with food security and such that can get behind the vegan thing. We'd have to do it on a weekday though because there's no one around on weekends. Would that work for you guys? I have a thesis meeting on Monday and I can inquire about setting up in the SUB. Maybe the 29th could work? (it's a Friday). I can't really do Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, so if we could do it on a Tuesday or Friday that'd be awesome.

I think I might be able to convince some non-vegan friends to buck up and bake some vegan treats as well. Yay!

ETA: So I just emailed a bunch of student union contacts inquiring about setting up in the SUB. Hopefully something will come of that!

I encourage all of you other Vancouver people to get in on this!

Last edited by Vijita (Fri 1/15/10 11:27 am)

if the university idea doesn't work out, there is the new community center at broadway and kingsway. that might be another option....

humanitarian coalition sounds good to me. i like having a first hand account that the charity we donate to actually does good work. and i'm definitely not comfortable supporting a religious organization.

ingredient donations would be amazing! we should definitely try!

the nice thing about mount pleasant community center for me is that it's actually in my community, and it would be nice to do something in the neighbourhood where more people i know would be able to participate and get involved.... i'm just not sure how successful a bake sale on a weekday would be there and you're right about not really needing to advertise at UBC. i'm too foggy headed to send a coherent email to the community center right now. maybe we'll wait to hear back from the universities before we pursue the option further.

beyond robson is a good way to get the word out. and we can make a facebook event of course....

Last edited by fishelle (Fri 1/15/10 12:42 pm)

i'm so happy you're free on the 29th! things seem to be coming along quite nicely. i agree that a university is best under these circumstances since we want to put this together quickly and be visible to as many people as possible to raise lots of cash fast! i'm just trying to brainstorm other ideas in case it doesn't pan out....

as far as people worrying about whether or not we're legit, i don't think that's to much of a concern. i think people are more wary when it's random people just asking for cash donations, but a bunch of bleeding heart vegans who obviously spent a lot of time producing a product to sell for a good cause shouldn't weird anyone out. getting authorization from a charity is a good idea if it's straightforward enough, but i don't think we'll need it. people love cupcakes!

added. ignore my profile though ;[

I didn't hear from the uni today so it'll probably be early next week that I get a response, but the more I think about I don't think we will have any problems. I posted about this on my facebook and already a couple of people (who don't live in Vancouver) have offered cash donations for ingredients! Yay!

I'm getting constant updates from my sister about what oxfam is doing, so I'd feel great about donating to the coalition, but we should definitely look into the "matching".

I'm making the salted caramel pecan bars from Vegan Cookies Invade for sure. They'll convert people!

So here's where all you silent Vancouver PPKers jump on in!

joobs! it would be great if you could hang out. and we can use all your ubc contacts to spread the word.

Damn, why didn't I read this earlier?! I'd love to help out (you guys know how much I love baking!), but I'm going to be doing research in California between Jan. 27 and 31, so if you guys are having the bake sale on the 29 then I'll be missing out...

well me and josh are both pretty much free whenever and it would be great if pistachiorose could join in so the week after should be just fine. we can't really make any set plan until we find a venue anyways.

Hi everyone! I just registered to participate in this thread....
I'm the proprietor of http://www.veganmania.com, a Vancouver-based vegan baking and catering company
I would like to participate in whatever is being planned.
Happy to make some cake, mind a stall, inform my friends
I may not have the chance to check in to this thread often so if I could get some updates as things progress, that would be great.
I think it's fantastic that you're mobilizing like this!
My email is bakery@veganmania.com

Last edited by Kreeli (Sun 1/17/10 2:36 pm)