Welcome!

Join the Vegetarian Society of Georgia for a Humane Thanksgiving “Supper & Service” on Saturday, November 24!

We will gather for a vegan potluck lunch at 11 a.m. at Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve before going just down the road to the AWARE Wildlife Center to take a tour, deliver much-needed supplies and do simple hands-on service projects. AWARE stands for Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort, and they are a vital resource for injured and orphaned animals year-round.

Please bring a vegan stew, casserole, salad or dessert; VSG will provide plates, bowls, cups, utensils, cider and water (you may bring other non-alcoholic drinks if you like).

We would also like to encourage donations of supplies and/or food for the AWARE animals Click here to download a copy of the wishlist.

Lunch will be held the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve at 3787 Klondike Road, Lithonia, GA. Directions:

• From Atlanta take I-20 East to exit 74.

• Follow the exit ramp straight until you pass the Dairy Queen and then turn right.

• Go straight ahead for 1 mile to the dead end and turn right onto Klondike Rd.

• Luncheon: Go one mile to Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve at 3787 Klondike Road (on the right). This is the north parking lot for Davidson-Arabia Mountain. We’ll eat in the nature center.

• AWARE : From the luncheon, continue another mile to AWARE at 4158 Klondike Road (on the left). AWARE is in the back of the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve south parking lot.

We will take a tour of the facility at 1 p.m. to see a variety of animals being treated for release, and some resident animals as well. AWARE takes in all species of native Georgia animals for rehabilitation and release, and through its Peaceful Coexistence Campaign works to educate the public about the futility of trapping and killing wildlife as a method of human-animal conflict management in urban settings.

If you can, please stay after the tour to do some hands-on helping at the center; wear appropriate outdoor clothes/shoes and bring work gloves as well as bottled water for yourself. The work session will start at 2 p.m., and you can stay as late as 5 p.m. Children are welcome as long as they are supervised by an adult. (This is a great opportunity for students to get community service hours for school, too!)

RSVP is requested by Nov. 21 to vegsocietyga@gmail.com
(but if you want to come last-minute, please do)

Learn more about AWARE at www.awareone.org

Thanks, and we hope to see you there!
 

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VSG Needs Volunteers to Help With…

…our member discount program
…staffing information tables at events
…organizing regional events

Please e-mail us at vegsocietyga@gmail.com or call (770) 365-7464 if you have even a few hours to spare! We'd like to have contacts in all parts of metro Atlanta as well as Macon, Savannah and Athens

Please send all donations and correspondence to:

PO Box 56174
Atlanta, GA 30343
web: VegSocietyOfGa.org
to Email us.