UPCOMING EVENTS:
Check out our events calendar for more details!
9/19/23 The Mindfulness Collective 6:30-8:30 pm. Holistic Practitioners TBA.
9/23/23 (Saturday) Wellness Event at Stretchd Out Buffalo from 8:00-3:00. Offsite event at 4275 Delaware Avenue, Tonawanda (across from the Valu Plaza)
9/25/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Meditation wit
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Check out our events calendar for more details!
9/19/23 The Mindfulness Collective 6:30-8:30 pm. Holistic Practitioners TBA.
9/23/23 (Saturday) Wellness Event at Stretchd Out Buffalo from 8:00-3:00. Offsite event at 4275 Delaware Avenue, Tonawanda (across from the Valu Plaza)
9/25/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Meditation with Reiki, 6:30-7:30. Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
10/9/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Sound Bath Healing, 6:30-7:30 pm
Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
10/17/23 (Tuesday) The Mindfulness Collective 6:30-8:30 pm. Holistic Practitioners TBA.
10/19/23 (Thursday) Small Business Series: Setting Prices from 6:30-8:00 pm.
10/23/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Meditation with Reiki, 6:30-7:30. Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
10/28/23 (Saturday) Halloween/3-Year Anniversary Pop-Up Market 11:00-3:00
10/29/23 (Sunday) The Great Vegan Mac and Cheez Cook-Off! Enter your dish or sample up to 20 dishes and be the judge! 2:00-4:00
11/4/23 (Saturday) Member Appreciation Party!
10/6/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Sound Bath Healing, 6:30-7:30 pm
Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
10/20/23 (Monday) Monthly Self Love Meditation with Reiki, 6:30-7:30. Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
11/21/23 (Tuesday) The Mindfulness Collective 6:30-8:30 pm. Holistic Practitioners TBA.
12/4/23 Monthly Self Love Sound Bath Healing, 6:30-7:30 pm
Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
12/11/23 Monthly Self Love Meditation with Reiki, 6:30-7:30. Instructor: Susan Gonsiorek, Soul Renewal Healings
12/16/23 (Saturday) Hooray for the Holidays Pop-Up Market 11:00-3:00
12/19/23 (Tuesday) The Mindfulness Collective 6:30-8:30 pm. Holistic Practitioners TBA.
Plant-Based Cooking Class Series
4 classes per session
Sign up through Ken-Ton Community Education (Sorry, no member discounts for these classes)
All classes are held in The Vegan Center commercial kitchen from 6:00-7:15 pm
9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12/23
1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1/24
3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28/24
Ken-Ton Community Education Classes offered by Project Vegan 716
All classes are held from 6:30-8:00 pm at Kenmore Middle School
9/11/23 (Monday) Plant-Powered Diets - An Introduction to the Benefits
9/18/23 (Monday) Plant-Based Nutrition 101 - The Macronutrients
9/25/23 (Monday) Plant-Based Nutrition 102 - The Micronutrients
10/16/23 (Monday) Reading Food Labels
10/30/23 (Monday) Creating a Plant-Based Meal Plan (NEW CLASS!)
11/20/23 (Monday) Starting a Small Business: What You Need to Know
3/20/24 (Wednesday) Starting a Small Business: What You Need to Know
ONGOING/ EVENTS:
Sneaker Drive!
Bring in your new or used sneakers (any condition) and we will have them recycled or reused. Only pairs of sneakers and sports cleats will be accepted. Drop off during business hours.
Food Not Bombs Niagara Chapter donation site. Drop off non-perishable and frozen food items during shop hours or during events. We also accept plastic wrap, disposable utensils, and new food containers.
Membership Drive! Sign up to become a member of The Vegan Center for just $25/year! Family membership is $40/year. Sign up at The Vegan Center and receive a gift!
Resource Center is open during events. Everyone is welcome to browse. Members may check out books, DVDs, and CDs for up to 2 weeks.
Looking for Reliable Instructors to hold
Yoga, Wellness and Fitness Classes
Looking for Rescue Groups to hold
Pet Adoption Events
Looking for your ideas for
Social Events
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
- Plant-Based Nutrition
- 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
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Speaking Engagements
Topics Include:
- Look Great, Feel Great, Be Great on a Vegan (or Plant-Based) Diet
- Transitioning to a Vegan Lifestyle
- Plant-Based Nutrition
- 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.
On October 28, 2021, we kicked off our one-year anniversary celebration with a ribbon cutting ceremony with The Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas.
On April 1, 2023, we welcomed our newest tenant, Beautiful Chaos Salon and Boutique! They have rented our storefront.
Our Resource Center has moved to the back of The Vegan Center! Members have full access to our collection of over 200 books! Free literature available to all. We even have a 50 cent book rack!
New vendor alert! We now carry jams by Black Sheep Jarred in a variety of flavors and sizes! Jams can be purchased at our events or contact us for pick up.
We offer many plant-based cooking classes in our exclusively vegan commercial kitchen!
Join us for WNY's first Meatless Raffle! We will be raffling off meat analogs, produce, and other delicious vegan products. Side raffles will also be taking place throughout the night. All proceeds will benefit Penelope's Place the Santuary.
Tickets will be available soon.
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 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!