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Saturday, January 30th

Vegan Drinks at Pizza Fusion: Alcohol, vegans, and pizza. Three of my favorite things all rolled into one awesome event. We’ll be making the trek all the way over to the westside to finally check out the Pizza Fusion pizza that everyone’s been raving about. As of right now, there is one RSVP spot left, so if you’re thinking about going, you best get on it. You can find out all the details here. Also note, it’s an early event, from 2 PM – 5 PM.

Sunday, January 31st:

Haiti Fundraiser Vegan Bake Sale: If you find yourself in Hollywood this Sunday, stop by Locali (5285 Franklin Ave) to pick up some of the finest vegan baked goods known to man. ALL proceeds from the bake sale will be going to Doctors Without Borders. We’re making a few items and if previous vegan bake sales are any indication, get there early with a lot of cash because you are going to want to take some of these items home with you. Here is the Facebook event page.

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Restaurants.com are running their 80% dining coupons again. Now through Sunday, January 31st you can pick up $25 dining coupons at some great vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants for just $2! I’ve complied a list below of the restaurants and reviews from some of your favorite and most trusted bloggers. Click on the links and enter discount code: “BONUS” (no quotes) at checkout and hit “Apply” to take advantage of this offer.

Bawarchi Indian Cuisine

Bella Cucina Italiana

Better Life Cuisine

Cru Restaurant

Desert Rose Bar and Lounge

Happy Family Vegetarian Restaurant – Monterey Park

Vegan Factory

Vegan World

ZPizza – Hancock Park
ZPizza – Lakewood
ZPizza – Woodland Hills

The Vegan Collection has maintained our own Los Angeles vegan events calendar for the past year or so, but we are handing over the reigns to the people at Los Angeles Vegan Events. We will be replicating their Google calendar on our page, but if you have any events you would like added, please contact VeganEvents@gmail.com.

This past Saturday we had the opportunity to distribute the items that we had collected at last December’s vegan drinks. A few fabulous people gave up their Saturday afternoon to join us giving in out a huge pile of toys, treat, blankets, food and beds to animals at LA Animal Services’ North Central shelter. We want to thank everyone who showed up (or attempted to show up)! We had a great time and could tell that it made the day a little bit brighter for the animals waiting for new forever homes. You can check out a few photos from the event below:

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Saturday, January 23rd

Emergency Animal Care Day at Animal Acres: We will be giving out toys and treats at the North Central Shelter on Saturday, but Animal Acres just put out a emergency bulletin to help clean out the barns due to non-stop rain. They are looking for people to come around 10 AM to remove all of the wet straw from the animal barns and replace it with clean dry straw to keep the animals cozy after the storms. Animal Acres doesn’t have the details up on their site, but you can call them at 661-269-5404 if you’re interested in volunteering.

Sunday, January 24th:

Haiti Fundraiser Bake Sale: Although this isn’t a strictly vegan bake sale event, our favorite cupcake maker, Vegan Bake Sale will be there, so it will be worth it. All proceeds are going to Doctors Without Borders. So stop by Home Ec (3815 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029) this Sunday from 12-5 PM to pickup some great baked good. To Live And Eat In LA has the full scoop here.

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As part of last December’s Vegan Drinks, The Vegan Collection asked people to bring toys, treats, beds, blankets or cash donations to be distributed to homeless pets. We were taken back by the outpouring of generosity of the Vegan Drinks crowd! We ended up with a complete carload full of items to be donated to LA Animal Services as well as a nice sum of cash which was used to hit up after X-mas sales to maximize our buying power. We have contacted LA Animal Services and set up an appointment to give out all these items this Saturday, January 23rd. We would like to invite anyone who is interested to join us for an hour or two spending time with us handing out treats and giving a little attention to these unfortunate animals who somehow ended up in the shelter system. We will be meeting at the North Central Shelter which is located at 3201 Lacy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90031 at Noon this Saturday. If you would like to join us, please e-mail kevin@thevegancollection.com to RSVP. Once again, we can’t thank those who donated enough!

THE magazine for all that is veg*n, VegNews, is giving away one of our Spencer Pocket wallets in blue to one lucky commenter at the end of the week. Leave a comment here about why you think it’s important (or not) to be completely leather-free to win. If you ask us, leather-free is the way to be!

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Saturday, January 16th

Animal Acres Farm Chore Day: Stop by Animal Acres on Saturday morning to pitch in with helping with chores around the farm. If you show up between 10-11 AM and work until 2, they’ll even feed you a vegan lunch! Animal Acres doesn’t have the details up on their site, but you can call them at 661-269-5404 if you’re interested in volunteering.

Sunday, January 17th:

Compassion Over Killing Fundraiser Dinner: Doomie’s Home Cookin’ will be serving up vegan tacos at Handmade Galleries in Burbank this Sunday as part of a benefit for Compassion Over Killing. It doesn’t get much easier to support COK, you show up, donate what you feel is appropriate, eat and mingle. You can find all the details on the Facebook event page here.

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If you find yourself living in or visiting Seattle, you can now stop by Washington state’s only 100% vegan store, Sidecar For Pigs Peace, and pick up one of our belts or wallets! The profits from this vegan grocery and boutique go towards providing a safe home for unwanted, abused or neglected animals at The Pigs Peace Sanctuary. We are super excited that a store with such a great purpose is carrying our products. You can visit their site here to find out more information about the shop and sanctuary.

Do you like hockey? Do you like animals?  This Thursday you can join LA’s chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for their annual Night with the LA Kings fundraiser. You can get an individual ticket for as low as $28 and have a chance to bid on silent auction items during the game. If you’ve never seen a hockey game or been to Staples Center, this is the perfect opportunity to experience it while helping the spcaLA prevent things like hockey playing bears.

Click here for all the details.