Donations still needed!

Friends of Farm Sanctuary, This year's San Francisco Walk for Farm Animals was a huge success. We are in the process of totaling up our final numbers and it looks as though we are short of matching last year's total. There's still time to accept donations via your Firstgiving page. In fact, if everyone who walked with us on Oct. 24th collects just an additional $20 each in donations, we will have exceeded last year's fund-raising efforts. That said, I have a request of you. Can you help us help Farm Sanctuary by raising an additional $20 in donations by November 16th? You have two full weeks and that's just over a $1 a day! Together, we can do this and help make it a landmark fund-raising year for the animals! Please let me know if you have any questions. --

Sincerely,

Karine Brighten
Walk For Farm Animals
Coordinator, San Francisco Walk
Saturday Oct 24th, 2009
http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org/

Please consider making a donation to:
http://www.firstgiving.com/karinebrighten

The walk is just around the corner!!!

Dear 2009 Walkers,

I am so excited for the Walk for Farm Animals this Saturday! It promises to be an afternoon filled with fun, yummy food samples and amazing prizes. Everyone will be going home with a gift bag thanks to all of our generous sponsors.

I encourage everyone to try to get as many donations as they can before Saturday. Keep in mind there will be fantastic prizes for the top fundraisers!

The event will be taking place at Ferry Park Plaza, which is North of Justin Herman Plaza, right behind the fountains.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111182927779428197711.000474336d6bf8b67c70f&t=h&z=19

Here is the schedule for the day:

Registration, silent auction and free vegan food samples

12:00-1:00

Guest speakers Joyce Tischler and Christopher D. Cook

1:00-1:40

Award ceremony for top fundraisers and silent auction winners

1:40-2:00

The Walk (the Walk will start and finish at the Ferry Park Plaza totalling 2.9 miles, approximately 49 minutes)

2:00-3:00

Here is the route we will be taking:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Drumm+St&daddr=333+Post+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94108-4901+(Union+Square+Park)+to:Embarcadero+%26+Market+St.,+San+Francisco,+CA+94111+(Ferry+Building+Marketplace)+to:The+Embarcadero+%26+Washington+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94105&hl=en&geocode=FfK4QAIdZl-0-A%3BFfeYQAIdoDW0-CFOTE4Edo84nw%3BFZS1QAIdhm20-CHsoAgixumPpw%3BFYq7QAIdkGW0-CkXdOMtZ4CFgDGthZS2cYYZLQ&mra=pe&mrcr=2&dirflg=w&sll=37.79232,-122.400365&sspn=0.025198,0.03077&ie=UTF8&z=15

A few words regarding the silent auction;

Please make sure you bring cash! The auction will be closing at 1pm sharp. Winners will be announced after the presentations. If yours was a winning bid, please stop by the table after the walk to pay for and claim your prize.

It is not too late to bring a friend to the event. They can register Saturday for $20.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.

I look forward to meeting all of you on Saturday.

**I am looking for a couple of volunteers to help me on the day of the walk. If you are interested, please email me as soon as possible.

Sponsors and partners as of October 3rd

(In alphabetical order)

• Action for Animals
• Arsenal
• Aviva Photographer
• Betes Noires Chocolates
• Compassionate Cook
• Daily Acts
• Daughter Earth
• David Rio
• Dharma's Restaurant
• DMCjewelry
• Earth Island / Follow Your Heart
• Eat in the Raw
• FunkyDoorYoga
• Ginkgo Photography
• Global Vegan Kitchen
• Go Max Go Foods
• Hair Fix
• Howard Lyman
• Karine Brighten Events
• Kitty Gallery
• Lori Stanton
• Lush
• Millennium
• Nu-tru
• Organic Ville Foods
• Pangea Vegan Products
• RabbitEars
• Samovar Tea Lounge
• San Francisco Vegetarian Society
• Sjaak's Organic Chocolates
• STUDIO 12
• Sugar Beat Sweets
• Tom Bihn
• Truth
• Turtle Island Foods
• V-Dog Food
• Vegan Soap Kitchen
• Veganessentials
• VegNews
• Yoga Tree

Goodie bags!!

I am happy to announce that everyone will be going home with a goodie bag thanks to our sponsors!!! :)

Silent auction - day of event

I have decided to hold a silent auction the day of the event instead of a raffle draw! All proceeds will of course be going to Farm Sanctuary, and will also got towards costs associated to the event.

There will be a special table set-up with all the prizes on display, and sheets where you can write your name and your bid. If you win a bid, you will be going home with the prize, so make sure you bring cash with you :)

Here is a list of some of the things that will be auctioned off:

• Unlimited monthly yoga passes (Funky Door Yoga, Yoga Tree)
• Gift certificates to several restaurants
• Cookbooks (by Sarah Kramer, Robin Robertson)
• Purse from Kitty Gallery
• Nu-tru products
• Daily Acts tour passes
• Belts from Truth
• Lush gift basket
• Soaps from Vegan Soap Kitchen

and much much more!!!

Let me know if you have any questions

K

Updated! Location confirmed + special guests

Here is some updated info on the event:

We will be gathering at the Ferry Park Plaza!!

It is North of the Justin Hermam Plaza, at the foot of Market Street and right behind the Vallicourt Fountain in Justin Herman Plaza.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111182927779428197711.000474336d6bf8b67c70f&t=h&z=19

Here is the schedule for the day:

Registration, giving out food samples, bidding on silent auction	12:00-1:00 pm
Speakers	1:00-1:45 pm
Awarding prizes	1:45-2:00 pm
Walk	2:00-3:00pm

I am very excited to announce that Joyce Tischler (the founder of ALDF) will be one of our speakers! More special guests TBA.

We have lots of amazing prizes that we will be awarding, and we will also have a silent auction (so bring some cash!).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Looking forward to seeing you all

Karine

2 more sponsors have joined us!

Lush and Hair Fix have just joined the list of sponsors.

We are now up to 30 sponsors/partners!!!

I am so excited for this event!

Please continue to spread the word.

Our location and exact time will be announced by mid-next week, promise :)

Stay tuned

K

Special offer from one of our sponsors - Kitty Gallery !!!

Kitty Gallery has generously offered a special deal for members only! $39.99 for ANY purse (retail price $89.99-$99.99)

Check them out!:

http://www.kittygallery.com/handbags.php?pg_genre=handbags_animal

If you want to take part of this special deal, send a message to "contact us" and write "Farm Sanctuary" in the subject line and specify which purse you want. Let me know if you have any questions. Kitty Gallery is 100% cruelty free!!!!

And the list of sponsors and partners is still growing...

Wow I am amazed by how generous companies are being!!

The number of walkers is pretty low, please please try to spread the word :)

Arsenal

Aviva Photographer

Betes Noires Chocolates

Daily Acts

David Rio

Dharma's Restaurant

Earth Island / Follow Your Heart

FunkyDoorYoga.com

Ginkgo Photography

Global Vegan Kitchen

Go Max Go Foods

Hair Fix

Kitty Gallery

Millennium

Nu-tru

Organic Ville Foods

Pangea Vegan Products

RabbitEars

San Francisco Vegetarian Society

Sjaak's Organic Chocolates

STUDIO 12

Sugar Beat Sweets

Tom Bihn

Truth

Turtle Island Foods

V-Dog Food

Vegan Soap Kitchen

Veganessentials.com

VegNews

More sponsors/partners !!!

Wow I am so blown away by the huge amount of support from vegan companies all over the country!!!!

Here is an updated list of our sponsors (in alphabetical order)

There will be some very lucky walkers out there who will receive amazing prizes!!

Arsenal

Daily Acts

David Rio

Dharma's Restaurant

Earth Island / Follow Your Heart

FunkyDoorYoga.com

http://www.ginkgophoto.com/

Global Vegan Kitchen

Go Max Go Foods

Karine Brighten Events

Kitty Gallery

Millennium

Nu-tru

Organic Ville Foods

Pangea Vegan Products

RabbitEars

San Francisco Vegetarian Society

Sjaak's Organic Chocolates

www.sugarbeatsweets.com

Tom Bihn

Truth

Turtle Island Foods

V-Dog Food

Vegan Soap Kitchen

Veganessentials.com

VegNews

Great way to raise more money for the walk!

Mention the company Hotels Combined on your blog, and they will donate $20 to your Farm Sanctuary Fundraising page!!! It's so easy and only takes two section.

I recommend Hotels Combined and sent $20 to Farm Sanctuary!

You can shout and help too.

Contest announcement!!!

Dear Fellow Animal lovers,

I have a special contest announcement!!!!!

Recruit 5 people to register as walkers for the SF Walk, and get a special prize from one of our amazing sponsors:

Pangea Vegan Products

Arsenal

Daily Acts

Dharma's Restaurant

Earth Island / Follow Your Heart

FunkyDoorYoga.com

Global Vegan Kitchen

Kitty Gallery

Organic Ville Foods

RabbitEars

San Francisco Vegetarian Society

Tom Bihn

Truth

Turtle Island Foods

V-Dog Food

Vegan Soap Kitchen

Veganessentials.com

VegNews

Sjaak's Organic Chocolates

David Rio

*The people that you get to sign up must send me an email with your name. Only new registrations qualify!

Sponsors

Hi everyone,

Here is a list of our current sponsors for the walk:

www.veganstore.com

globalvegankitchen.com

arsenalpulp.com

http://www.rabbitears.org/

vegnews.com

FunkyDoorYoga.com

veganessentials.com

http://www.truthbelts.com/

We have lots of amazing prizes to be won!!! :)

K

If you can't make it to walk and would like to make a donation, please read this

Hello,

If you are not able to make it to the walk, but would still like to make a contribution please consider making a donation (any amount will be GREATLY appreciated).

You can make a donation by clicking here:

http://www.firstgiving.com/karinebrighten

Thank you for helping the farm animals,

Karine

Sf Walk for Farm Animals, Oct 24

Dear fellow animal lovers,

Tania and I are the Walk Coordinators for the SF Walk for Farm Animals (benefiting Farm Sanctuary)

We have decided to create a special blog to keep you updated on the most recent news!

We will also be announcing contests, prizes, and more right here so stay tuned.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at:

sfwalkforfarmanimals@gmail.com

Thank you for helping the animals!

Karine & Tania