Potlucks

🍽️ Harmony ‘N Houston

It’s finally time for the All Pods Fall Picnic hosted by Harmony ‘N Houston. We are looking forward to October weather and truly enjoying being outside again. What could be better for getting the whole community together than being under a sturdy pavilion roof to provide shade, surrounded by green space, and enjoying our delicious food! You could even enjoy a walk around the ponds!

Please bring a WFPB dish to share prepared with limited added oil, salt or sugar. We will be outside without cooking facilities. Also bring your own drink.

Date and Time: Sunday, October 12  3 – 5 pm
Location: Spring Brook Village Pavilion, 4002 Windfern Road, Houston, 77080
For additional information contact Susan @ susanintheheights@gmail.com or  (713) 724 – 1880

🍽️ Bayou City Beet

Bayou City Beet invites you to the October potluck at the Lifestyle Docs clinic. Guest speaker will Dr. Rajeev Raghavan. Dr. Raghavan is a practicing nephrologist, Professor of Medicine at UH College of Medicine and Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at HCA Kingwood. His presentation: “Slowing the Progression of Kidney Disease with Lifestyle Medicine” will provide you with a healthy way to manage kidney disease and keep your kidneys functioning properly.

Please share your favorite whole-food plant-based dish for our potluck. We invite you to prepare foods without oil and with minimal salt. Please bring plenty to share. For ideas, scroll down to the recipe and food blogs section on our resource page.

Date and Time:  Sunday, October 26 at 1 pm 
Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet, Suite 355, 77041

🍽️ First UU invites you to the annual Día de los Muertos Plant-Based Potluck! Together we’ll honor extinct animals with a colorful ofrenda, share delicious plant-based dishes, and enjoy a special conservation talk from the Houston Arboretum, highlighting efforts to restore native habitats and protect wildlife. Bring your favorite vegan dish to share and be part of an inspiring evening of remembrance, celebration, and community. 
For questions, please email Karoline, Ettental@yahoo.com

RSVP
Date and Time: Saturday October 25 at 6:30 pm
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church
                 5200 Fannin St, Houston, 77004

Cooking Classes

Join Plant-Based Woodlands for an engaging information session and cooking demonstration by Food For Life Instructor Lilia Atkinson on how Foods Fight Diabetes. RSVP at wfpbstronghtx@gmail.com and walk-ins are also welcome.
Date and Time: Saturday, October 25 at 10 am – 12 pm
Location: The George & Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library
                  8125 Ashlane Way, The Woodlands, TX 77382

Lifestyle Docs October’s whole food plant based cooking class at the clinic will be hosted by Wendy Leede-Smith. This class will be themed “Fall comfort foods”. This class is free to the Lifestyle Docs Community.
Sign Up
Date and Time: Saturday, October 18 at 11 am
Location: Lifestyle Docs, 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite #355, Bellaire, 77401

More Lifestyle Docs Events

Mindfulness Meditation with Dr. Munish Chawla, MD. These classes are both in person and virtual.
Date and Time: Saturday, October 18 at 9:30 am CST
Location: Online and Lifestyle Docs, 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite #355, Bellaire, 77401

For the October movement class, Lifestyle Docs welcome In October we welcome Simran to teach a beginner friendly Bollywood Dance workout class at the Lifestyle Docs clinic! 
Please register here.

5K Run/Walk
SEWA International Houston, HCA Houston Healthcare & Peaceful Planet Foundation invite you to a FREE family friendly event Join us for 5K Walk/Run

Date and Time: Saturday, October 11 at 8 am
Location: Hermann Park
Registration is mandatory, please click here.

Jumpstart Your Way to Better Health

It is time to register for the Fall Jumpstart Second Session that begins on October 23. Registration closes on October 20th and there are scholarships available. Our collaboration with PlantPowered Metro New York is going well and we are excited to welcome another group  from Houston. Houston Area participants in the September/October jumpstart are benefiting from the support of our local mentors, Leah, Susan, and Sangeeta.

The next jumpstart in English runs October 23 till November 20 and registration closes on October 20. 

Reto Salud a Base de Plantas runs from October 3 till October 26, registration by October 1. 

Please spread the word about these sessions. Is there a better gift before the holiday season to share with friends and family? For scholarships, please contact Dr. Munish Chawla at munish@peacefulpf.org.

Community Engagements

Do you enjoy speaking to strangers about tasty, healthy food? Join Virginia Miller, the indefatigable volunteer with Peaceful Planet Foundation. She will be handing out information materials and connecting with people at two upcoming events. Please let her know that you are planning to join her at 7vamiller5@gmail.com .

EEDC National Night Out 2025 at Emancipation Park
Date and Time: Tuesday October 7th, 5 pm – 7:45 pm
Location: 3018 Emancipation Ave, Houston, TX 77004

We Roar Against Breast Cancer, see flyer here.
Date and Time: Friday October 31st, 11 am – 3 pm
Location: Sawyer Plaza, Texas Southern University
                3100 Cleburne St., Houston, TX 77004

Last, here are a couple of recipes from Peaceful Planet Foundation. Derek’s Mock Tuna and Massimo’s Minestrone. Buon appetito!
 
Peace and Health,
Susan, Karoline, and Sangeeta

PodLeads@PlantPureHouston.com
For individual community leader contacts, please see below.

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