January Potluck dinner is Saturday the 16th

Normally our potluck dinners are on the second Saturday of each month, but this month our January potluck is actually on the third Saturday, the 16th. It'll be at Nancy Woolley's home in West Austin, we hope everyone can make it out. There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors immediately preceding the potluck, we encourage anyone who's interested in getting involved with the VNA's activities to come give your input. We have the National Meat-Out Day and Earth Day coming up in a few months, and we will be starting the planning for for those.

The board meeting starts at 5:30, and the potluck dinner starts at 6:30.

Vegan Drinks come to Austin

Yes, that sounds a little strange- "Aren't most drinks vegan?" you're probably thinking- but we're specifically referring to a series of meetups that vegans and vegetarians have been starting in different cities around the country. People with our earth-, health- and animal-friendly mindset get together to socialize, network and of course enjoy good drinks. Daniela Nunez of VegAustin.com has brought a local version to Austin in conjunction with Compassion Over Killing, and they had their first meetup on Thursday the 7th. (Not sure how good a turn-out they had since the National Championship Game was going on.) The meetups will have drink specials and even door prizes. They also intend to work with the bars they choose to try and get more vegan options in food provided.

She plans for the meetups to happen about once a month, and they'll change the bar of choice around (the first one was at The Ginger Man). For more information, go to AustinVeganDrinks.com.