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The Great Aduki Melbourne Vegan Bake Off and Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale!

The Great Aduki Bake Off...

is on again!  Everyone who entered last time will remember how successful the last one was - a fantastic turnout and a table positively groaning under the weight of all the vegan goodies cooked up by Melbourne's eager vegan bakers. This time the event will be divided into categories - whole cake, biscuits, slice, savoury, raw dessert and gluten free - with prizes for the winner of each category.
When: Saturday 27 March at 2pm
Where: Kindness House, 288 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
More info: Doors open at 2pm, entries accepted until 2.45pm, judging from 2.50 to 3.20pm and winners are announced at 3.30pm, with entries consumed until 4pm, finishing up at 4.30pm!


The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale...

will run from 24 April to 2 May 2010.  This is a great opportunity for all keen bakers to get involved and show the public how delicious vegan baking is, while  at the same time raising funds to help animals!  If you are interested in holding a bake sale in your local community on behalf of ALV, please contact us with the details and we will advertise the location so people know where to come and support you.  So why not get together with a few friends and ask your local market if they can offer you a free stall during this week.


ALV's Vegan BBQ a hit at Sustainable Living Festival! 

Feb 19 - 21 2010

This year at the Sustainable Living Festival (SLF) ALV served up a delicious Vegan BBQ in addition to our regular animal rights information stall. With a festival that is all about promoting sustainability, we felt it was important to provide sustainable / cruelty-free food at the event. There was huge demand for our vegan schnitzel burgers, hotdogs and burgers from The Radical Grocery Store.  Pies and sausage rolls from La Panella Bakery sold very quickly not to mention the delicious cupcakes, muffins and other baked goods from  Nelly's Vegan Bakery.  While some of our customers were already vegan, it was great to see many people discovering vegan food for the first time (and of course enjoying the experience!). Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out over thet weekend. Everyone did a fantastic job and really made our Vegan BBQ and information stall a great success!











 




 


 



 







 

 

 

 

Chrisi shaves her head and raises $800 to
help rescued animals!

Chrisi, a devoted vegan has taken it upon herself to raise funds for the animals at Animal Liberation Victoria's  animal sanctuary.  Her plan was to raise funds by shaving her head on her 21st Birthday - asking her family and friends to donate to ALV instead of giving her presents.  In the weeks leading up to her 21st, Chrisi far surpassed her original goal of $500, instead raising $800 for go towards helping animals!  Patty Mark, President of ALV interviewed Chrisi and her partner Adrian about her wonderful fund raising efforts and her thoughts on being vegan.  To watch the video click here.  Animal Liberation Victoria would like to thank Chrisi for all her hard work and initiative in raising funds to help animals. 





          

          
To watch Chrisi's interview click here.

ALV's Vegan BBQ entices the crowds at South Melbourne Market!


On Sunday 15 November, Animal Liberation Victoria held a vegan barbecue at the busy South Melbourne Market. We were invited along by Port Phillip Council, and thought it would be a perfect opportunity to celebrate the halfway point of the 30 Day Vegan Easy Challenge. We were also really excited to receive a fantastic plug for the event in the A2 section of The Age on the Saturday (see below).

It turned out to be a fun and busy day, with lots of food to feast on including hot dogs, schnitzel burgers, vegie burgers and tempeh/vegetable skewers. An array of cupcakes, brownies and cookies from Nelly's Vegan Bakery - served by Nelly herself - proved extremely popular, with the cupcakes selling out before half of us even managed to secure one! Thanks also goes to La Panella for the donations of delicious donuts, muffins and pastries. We all had sugar highs by the end of the day!

Thank you to everyone that came down and joined us, tried some of the food and helped out on the day.


 



Musician Mauro Gomez cuts his hair for the Vegan Easy Challenge at World Vegan Day!


Entertaining the huge crowds at the 2009 World Vegan Day (WVD) in Melbourne on Nov 1, was reggae band Madre Monte. Mauro Gomez, lead singer was so inspired by ALV's 30 Day Vegan Easy Challenge that he joined our 470 other registered participants in going vegan! Mauro also kindly did an interview about his reasons for joining the Vegan Easy Challenge talking about his deep love for animals and his experience of being vegetarian in his native Columbia.

ALV is honored to have Mauro's help in raising funds by cutting his hair off on stage during WVD - what commitment to animals and the Vegan Easy Challenge. You're a champion Mauro and thanks for all your help!  Watch the video here.. Donations in honor of Mauro's committment can be sent to ALV, PO BOX 15 Elwood, 3184 or can be made online here.

World Vegan Day Success!

The Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, once again proved to be a wonderful venue for World Vegan Day - which gets bigger every year! There was a huge range of vegan excitement on offer which included (as always) delicious vegan food, presentations, information stalls, bands and cooking demos.

Animal Liberation Victoria ran two stalls on the day (including one for the Vegan Easy Challenge). ALV presented vegan cooking demos which gained much interest. Jo Osborne (Vegan Easy Challenge Coordinator) showed us how easy it is to make a vegan Lemon Cheesecake.  Watch the video here..