UPCOMING EVENTS:
Check out our events calendar for more details!
NEW EXTENDED HOURS!
Gift and Consignment Shop Regular Business Hours:
Monday 10:00-7:00
Thursday 10:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-6:00
Sunday 2:00-6:00
9/23/21 (Thursday) Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Networking Event and Vendor Market. Tours, tai chi class, free
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Check out our events calendar for more details!
NEW EXTENDED HOURS!
Gift and Consignment Shop Regular Business Hours:
Monday 10:00-7:00
Thursday 10:00-6:00
Saturday 10:00-6:00
Sunday 2:00-6:00
9/23/21 (Thursday) Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Networking Event and Vendor Market. Tours, tai chi class, free snacks. 4:00-7:00.
9/25/21 (Saturday) Community Rummage Sale 10:00-2:00 Rent a table and join us! This will be our last rummage sale of the year and it is going to be HUGE!
9/26/21 (Sunday) WNY Vegfest! We will have a booth at Riverworks 11:00-6:00 Gift shop will be CLOSED.
9/27/21 Meatless Monday Farmers Market 4:00-7:00. Featuring produce, Shidog Originals, Apa's Kitchen, and more! Inside and behind The Vegan Center.
10/9/21 (Saturday) Vegan Pop-Up Market 10:00-2:00
10/16/21 GIFT SHOP CLOSED. Visit our booth at the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Fall Expo at Gratwick Hose Company, 110 Ward Road, North Tonawanda from 10:00-5:00.
NO COOKING CLASS IN OCTOBER.
10/23/21 Join us at Lavocats in East Amherst for a plant-powered pop-up market. Gift shop will be CLOSED.
10/25/21 Artisans Market opens! Mondays from 4:00-7:00. Session 1 runs through November 29th.
10/28/21-11/1/21 Anniversary Celebration!!!
10/28/21 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas. 4:30. All are welcome to attend!
10/29/21 Wellness Fair 11:00-2:00
10/30/21 (Saturday) A Spooktacular Night at The Vegan Center. 5:00-8:00. Ticket required. www.eventbrite.com/e/spooktacular-night-at-the-vegan-center-tickets-174267216937
10/31/21 Safe Trick or Treat event with our Vendors 3:00-6:00
11/1/21 World Vegan Day! Artisans Market from 4:00-7:00.
11/13/21 (Saturday) Vegan Pop-Up Market 10:00-2:00
11/20/21 (Saturday) FREE Healthy Plant-Based Cooking Class with Genga and Marcy beginning at 4:00 at The Vegan Center. Please contact us to sign up.
12/4/21 (Saturday) Holiday Arts and Craft Show 10:00-3:00. Now accepting applications. See Events Calendar page.
ONGOING EVENTS:
Sneaker Drive to benefit The Silver Lining for Pit Bulls. Drop off your used sneakers and sports cleats whenever The Vegan Center is open. Sneakers can be in any condition, but only sneakers and sports cleats in pairs are accepted.
Tai chi classes every Thursday from 5:30-6:30. Suggested donation $10.00. Wear comfortable clothing.
Swap Shop! Take what you want, leave what you can. Your unused vegan items are welcome, including wrapped, shelf-stable food, literature, and unopened toiletries.
Resource Center is open during Shop hours. Everyone is welcome to browse. Members may check out books, DVDs, and CDs for up to 2 weeks.
Coming Soon:
Yoga, Wellness and Fitness Classes
Small Business Workshops
Let us know what classes and events you would like to see held at The Vegan Center!
Speaking Engagements
Topics Include:
- Look Great, Feel Great, Be Great on a Vegan (or Plant-Based) Diet
- Transitioning to a Vegan Lifestyle
- Vegan for the Environment
- DIY Workshops - homemade toiletries and household products
- Not Quite Cooking Vegan Cooking Class
- How to (and NOT to) Read Food Labels
Contact me for more informat
Speaking Engagements
Topics Include:
- Look Great, Feel Great, Be Great on a Vegan (or Plant-Based) Diet
- Transitioning to a Vegan Lifestyle
- Vegan for the Environment
- DIY Workshops - homemade toiletries and household products
- Not Quite Cooking Vegan Cooking Class
- How to (and NOT to) Read Food Labels
Contact me for more information!
(Shown above accepting the Moo-Velicious Bake-Off Award from Albert Brown and Tracy Murphy (standing) for Best in Show. Seated: Celebrity Judge Doug McNish and Michael Broderick and Robin Fauling, co-owners of the Orange Cat Coffee Co. in Lewiston, NY.)
On April 15, 2015, The Vegan Educator earned her Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator certificate through Main Street Vegan Academy.
On May 31, 2015, The Vegan Educator participated in the Moo-velicious Vegan Bake-Off at Asha Sanctuary. I won the peoples' choice BEST IN CATEGORY and the judges' choice BEST IN SHOW. I now sell my award win
On April 15, 2015, The Vegan Educator earned her Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator certificate through Main Street Vegan Academy.
On May 31, 2015, The Vegan Educator participated in the Moo-velicious Vegan Bake-Off at Asha Sanctuary. I won the peoples' choice BEST IN CATEGORY and the judges' choice BEST IN SHOW. I now sell my award winning cookie bars and many other baked goods at many of my shows.
On June 2, 2018 the Vegan Pop-Up Markets were launched! The Market is now a quarterly event.
On February 10, 2019, The Vegan Educator earned her certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.
On September 16, 2019, Project Vegan 716, LLC was formed to further the work done by The Vegan Educator.
On October 31, 2020 The Vegan Center opened its doors for its first indoor event, a Halloween Trick or Treat event and Vendor Market.
On November 27, 2020 The Vegan Center Gift and Consignment Shop opens its doors!
On December 17 2020, City of Tonawanda Mayor Rick Scott performed a ribbon cutting ceremony at The Vegan Center.
We got a lot of new items in our shop, including these handsewn baby dolls. We also have handsewn microwave potato bags and microwave bowl holders in two sizes!
Tai chi beginner/intermediate classes every Thursday from 5:30-6:30. Instructor: Karmynn Grimmer www.karmynngrimmer.com
Airplanes, cars, and motorcycles handmade from recycled cans! From 14 degrees.
Pillows, magnets, jewelry, and more! 90% of proceeds benefit the work of The Silver Lining for Pit Bulls rescue group. We are also collecting used sneakers and sports cleats to be recycled or reused. All the proceeds from the sneaker drive will benefit The Silver Lining. Drop off your sneakers and sports cleats in our gift shop.
It is not easy starting a business during a pandemic! https://plantbasednews.org/news/economics/covid-19-how-vegan-entrepreneurs-have-shifted-during-the-pandemic/
Our exclusively vegan kitchen is spectacular! All brand new equipment, including a double deck convection oven, 6-burner stove with two ovens and a grill, spacious refrigerator, upright freezer, ample prep tables, and a 20 quart mixer. Available to rent 24/7/365!