Welcome to the Vegan Holiday Festival
November 3, 2007 in Portland, OR!
Title: Vegan Holiday Festival - Celebrating Life on Earth
What: Vegan Holiday Festival with food, exhibitors, presenters, networking and fun!
When: November 3, 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 10AM-6PM Open to the public (Exhibitors set up 8AM-9:30AM)
Where: Benson High School 546 NE 12th Ave Portland, OR 97232
Why: To build community, strengthen our vegan community, celebrate and recognize local vegan businesses, organizations and individuals. To recognize the holiday season and show how vegans can thrive during this time of year typically focused on using animals for food and clothing as the norm.
Who: Our goal is to have as many people attend as possible who are interested in veganism, vegetarianism, the environment, and changing the world for the better. We will invite local businesses, chefs, exhibitors, organizations, and encourage the Northwest community to attend and get involved. All are welcome.
How: Robert Cheeke and Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness will organize and sponsor this 2nd Annual event that will also host a variety of other sponsors including NW VEG, the local vegetarian group, and a host of popular local businesses.
Contact Info:
Robert Cheeke, (Organizer) 541-231-6269, veganholidayfestival@yahoo.com
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Join us at the Vegan Holiday Festival!
At the festival you can:
-Attend for FREE this year!
-Watch cooking demos by World Renowned Vegan Chefs including Chef Al Chase
-Shop for amazing vegan gifts and products
-Learn how to improve your health and vitality
-Sample great vegan products
-Network with like-minded people
-Enjoy the atmosphere and company of people motivated to change the world
-Visit dozens of exhibitors
-Meet with hundreds of other attendees
-Learn useful information to apply immediately
-Have the opportunity to join great organizations such as local non-profits
-See what the Portland Vegan Community has to offer
-Taste the best vegan foods in the Northwest
General Information
The Vegan Holiday Festival came about because we felt there was need for this type of event during the Holiday season. The "Holidays" can be a sad time for vegans with the cruelty that goes on in food production for this season. Our Vegan Holiday Festival is meant to uplift, inspire, educate and motivate people to make healthier and more compassionate food and lifestyle choices now, and throughout the rest of the year. This festival will not only highlight vegan food companies, but a wide variety of vegan-friendly goods, arts, crafts, services, products and individuals. We feel that this single event will save thousands of animal lives and will be life-changing for the attendees.
Why Portland?
Portland was voted by PETA and GoVeg.com as the #1 Vegan-Friendly City in America. VegNews Magazine chose Portland as the #2 Vegan-Friendly City in America. We have a great community with great businesses, organizations, and groups focused on changing the world for the better. Portland is truly a great place to be vegan!
The main organizer of this event (Robert Cheeke, President of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness) successfully organized the First Annual Vegan Holiday Festival in 2006. He has also organized the 2006 and 2007 Vegan Vacations that took place in Portland, and co-organized the 2007 Portland VegFest. Portland has a lot to offer vegans and we want to embrace our city and celebrate all of us this Holiday Season.
Why host a VEGAN Holiday Festival?
There are lots of holiday festivals, green festivals and organic festivals but this is a VEGAN Holiday Festival to not only focus on healthy foods but focus on compassion to all beings. This is a great time to celebrate the vegan community of Portland and present great companies, groups, individuals and organizations that make this city so unique. Be proud to be vegan and support veganism here in Portland.
What can I expect as an attendee?
-Attend for FREE this year!
-Watch cooking demos by World Renowned Vegan Chefs including Chef Al Chase
-Shop for amazing vegan gifts and products
-Learn how to improve your health and vitality
-Sample great vegan products
-Network with like-minded people
-Enjoy the atmosphere and company of people motivated to change the world
-Visit dozens of exhibitors
-Meet with hundreds of other attendees
-Learn useful information to apply immediately
-Have the opportunity to join great organizations such as local non-profits
-See what the Portland Vegan Community has to offer
-Taste the best vegan foods in the Northwest
As an attendee you can expect to see dozens of exhibitors that will have vegan products for sale, free samples, free literature and information, and a great atmosphere. Attendees can expect to see hundreds of other vegans participating in the expo and presentations. Volunteers will be on hand to assist with any questions during the Festival.
What can I expect as an exhibitor?
The Vegan Holiday Festival will be a great opportunity to showcase your products and/or services to a captive target audience during holiday season. As an exhibitor you can expect hundreds of potential customers in attendance and you can promote your company, products and services to a concentrated target vegan/eco friendly audience. The expo is a full 8-hour festival and will draw people from all over, primarily from right here in the Portland community. This is an amazing networking opportunity for local businesses. Volunteers will be on hand to assist with any questions during the Festival.
What can I expect as a non-profit exhibitor?
As a non-profit exhibitor you will be able to meet with hundreds of the like-minded people you are trying to reach. You will have a unique networking opportunity that can help make your organization thrive. Volunteers will be on hand to assist with any questions during the Festival.
What can I expect as a Sponsor?
As a sponsor you will be recognized with affiliation to the Vegan Holiday Festival in many forms of media. We will list all of our sponsors in the program that will be given to every attendee and we will feature banners provided by our sponsors throughout the venue. We will also make up some generic posters listing all the sponsors. We will list the sponsors in advertising online, on flyers, in interviews, and in event summary reports after the Festival. All sponsors will be prominently featured on our official website www.veganholidayfestival.com.
Ways we will be promoting the Vegan Holiday Festival:
The Vegan Holiday Festival will be promoted in a variety of media markets including Radio, Newspaper, Internet, Flyers, Posters, School Announcements, via our sponsors and exhibitors, and through word of mouth and e-mail networking. We will distribute over 5,000 flyers within the Northwest as well.
Specifics:
Costs: Admission for attendees is FREE this year! Exhibitors and Sponsors, please refer to the Exhibitor and Sponsor applications for prices to participate.
Not allowed on School Property
No Pets
No Smoking, No Drugs, No vandalism.
No access to parts of the school that are not related to our festival.
Travel/Parking:
Attendees are encouraged to carpool, bus or bicycle to the event. Street parking and nearby parking lots and will be available. Arrive early to secure a good parking spot.
