We’re thrilled to announce that Ride to the Light is happening again this year. Come join the fun!
Forwarded from NW In Defense of Animals (IDA):
Our second annual one-hundred mile fundraising bike ride is right around the corner. Yep, we had so much fun last year that we’re doing again this year and we need you to make it a success.
The Ride to the Light is a bike ride to benefit Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, Out To Pasture Sanctuary and IDA’s own Hope Animal Sanctuary.
This one-hundred mile (century) bike ride is Saturday, September 25, 2010. We’ll be leaving from the Vegan Mini-mall and riding to Out To Pasture in Estacada, then on to Lighthouse in Scio. Project Hope is in Mississippi, so we won’t be making a stop there, but they’ll be with us in spirit.
Can’t ride a hundred miles? No problem. New for this year’s ride we’re adding a shorter 40-mile route that ends at Out to Pasture in Estacada. Now you have no excuses not to do this ride!
Our fundraising site makes an easy job of raising the $120 minimum pledge to join the ride. All you have to do is circulate this site to friends and family via Facebook and email, and ask for them to contribute to these worthy sanctuaries. On the site they can post a message of support and let everyone know they are giving a donation in your name.
We’re also working on awesome vegan prizes for the folks who raise the most money beyond the $120 entry fee.
Come along for the ride or make a donation and help us reach (or even better, exceed) our goal of $15,000 for these three very worthy causes.
Please e-mail Eric (eric[at]idausa[dot]org) or Matt (matt[at]idausa[dot]org) or call 503-249-9996 for more information. Please also visit our donation page and consider making a donation to help support our ride.
| OTP is looking for a few burly men or women to help unload a few tons of hay on Wednesday August 4th from 1:00 until about 3:00 at the sanctuary. No previous experience required since this is a brawn not brain activity. Good company and vegan snacks provided. If this sounds like your idea of a good time please contact Kit at kit.collins@gmail.com or call 503-756-8652. Yeehaw! |
| Yard sale #2 this summer will take place next Saturday, July 31 and the day after from about 11 am until evening. Please stop by, 2907 NE Weidler St, Portland. Item donations are still being accepted. If you have an item or items you would like to donate please contact Kit at kit.collins@gmail.com or 503-756-8652. |
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| Thank you to all our wonderful food donors for the Open House scheduled for Saturday July 24th. Vegan sausages for the vegan bbq are being donated by Turtle Island. Proper Eats, an organic vegan cafe in St Johns, will be donating salad fixings to our meal. Buns are being provided by Nature Bake. Dave’s Killer Bread is giving us vegan cookies and Turtle Mountain will be donating delicious vegan ice cream desserts. Yum! We can hardly wait! |
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| …and here’s a delicious opportunity for you to support Portobello and Out to Pasture. Out to Pasture Sanctuary is so thrilled to be the first 10% Tuesdays charity partner of Portobello Vegan Trattoria in their beautiful new space! Go eat deliciousness there every Tuesday in July, and 10% of the proceeds go directly to benefit the animals at OTP. |
Sorry about the late announcement. With the cooperation of weather and timing, the OTP yard sale is taking place this weekend (today, Sunday and Monday). Please stop by, 2907 NE Weidler St, Portland.
| And click here for a pdf version of the event flyer. If you would like to join us please RSVP to Kim at kim@outtopasturesanctuary.org or to Kit at 503-756-8652. |
takes place this weekend, June 25 thru 27, in the Smith Memorial Student Union building (SMSU) on the campus of Portland State University (Saturday and Sunday). From the Let Live Foundation website….
“This year’s conference will focus on creative activism and expanding your activists skills to build relationships in the movement and beyond. We hope to help everyone realize their potential so they can utilize they’re unique abilities to further the movement as a whole.”
OTP will be tabling at the event and John will be participating on a Sanctuary Panel Saturday, 2:00-3:20, room 333.
For more information please check out the Let Live Foundation website.
| Regretfully, due to the wet conditions today and according to weather.com, a 60% chance of rain Sunday, the yard sale scheduled for this weekend has once again been postponed. The next target date for the sale will be posted soon. |
The next volunteer day will be Saturday June 19 from 11 am until 4 pm. We will be working on the rooster pen addition, painting and staining (if sunny), manure management and other fun stuff. Vegan snacks and good company provided. Come join the fun. If you would like to join us please RSVP through the OTP facebook page or email Kit at kit.collins@gmail.com.
