Actions in September…

Hi,

A busy September meeting! Have a close look at all the dates and let us know if you can help.

Sunday 6th September, 12pm, Longley Funday- Stall to raise funds: We will be raising funds for SAF trough selling bric-a-brac. Let us know if you can come along to help, even for an hour or so.

Saturday 12th September- Demo at Jungle Zoo, Cleethorpes: Meet at 9.30am at Waitrose to go to the concrete jungle zoo. Find out about the appalling conditions inside the zoo here http://www.captiveanimals.org/news/2007/jungle_zoo.html. Let us know if you would like to come.

Saturday 19th September, 11am-4pm, Fargate- Anti-Shooting Week Stall: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_shooting//2183// Animal Aid are coordination an anti-shooting week of action. We will be doing a stall to highlight the issue.

Sunday 20th September, 11am-1pm, Fry- Up: A social brunch style breakfast to raise funds for SAF. Two course breakfast of fry-up (beans, friend potatoes, scrambled tofu, sausages, toast, fried mushrooms) followed by a choice of pancakes (blueberry, chocolate or apple and cinnamon). All vegan. Let us know if you would like to come and we can send you details of the whereabouts.

Thursday 24th September, 10am-3pm, Sheffield University Student’s Union- Fresher’s/Activites Fair in the Octagon: Calling for people to help with the stall to lure in the new students. We would also appreciate it if people could volunteer to make cakes for the occasion. Please let us know if you can help.

Thursday 1st October, 6.30pm, Blue Moon Cafe (next to Cathedral, students can be met at Union at 6.15pm to go down) Freshers Social: A chance to welcome all interested students to Sheffield to share tasty v*gan food together, meet SAF members and find out about the group. (This is also open to anyone else who has been receiving these emails and wants to get involved!)

Monday 5th October, 6.30pm, Fat Cat Pub http://www.thefatcat.co.uk/location/location.htm : First meeting of the academic year when we hope to welcome many new students (and anyone else!) Please get in touch if you would like to be met at the Blue moon Cafe at 6.15pm if you don’t know where the pub is. The pub serves vegan grub so come along and have your tea there as well.

Saturday 24th October, 6pm-10/11pm, Broomhall Centre http://www.broomhallcentre.org.uk/contact.php – Film showing of Earthlings: (Help needed to set up from 6pm, * doors at 7pm * followed by food and * film starting at 8pm * followed by discussion). If you haven’t seen this film yet you really should! One of the most thought provoking documentaries ever made and hailed as the most important animal rights film, Earthlings is a an eye-opening documentary that brings to light the often disguised connection between consumer habits and the plight of animals that feeds capitalist society’s gargantuan appetite for goods and services. You’ll never be able to look at non-human Earth dwellers in the same way after watching Earthlings. Please come along to show your support and spread the word. If you are available to distribute some fliers, for example at health food shops or at the universities, or are available to contribute some food for the event then please let us know!

Sunday 25th October, 1.30pm – 5pm, Broomhall Centre- Northern Animal Rights Coalition Meeting: Sheffield will be hosting the next NARC meeting. Please come along to show your support. Get there for 1.30pm set out food, eat and chat until 2/2.15pm, start meeting, end at 4.45pm clear up to leave at 5pm. Again, contributions of food would be greatly appreciated! http://narcampaigns.wordpress.com/

Saturday 5th December, Time TBC, Quaker Meeting House- Vegan Food Fayre: Due to the success of the last food fayre, SAF will be organising a second free food fayre. The organising of such an event is extremely complex and the more helpers there are, the better. Here is a list of jobs that need doing. If you can do any, please let us know! Write thew date in your diaries to remember!
Phoning companies to ask for donations of food (list can be supplied)
Making food
Making recipe cards/ booklet
Sorting out the leaflet/poster
Fliering
Contacting the media
Volunteering on the day (washing up, dishing out etc.)
Sorting out the raffle
Decoration the hall in a christmassy theme

Again, we cannot stress the importance of letting us know if you can take part in any of the above actions. We are struggling for support at the moment so even if you have a spare hour then it is not too little!

Strength in numbers,

SAF