August 2024
AUGUST 2024 EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Ongoing – Summer Salad Recipes
August 10 – 8 am – Gardening at Blackshear – Saturday
August 17 – 9 am – Meditation
August 17 – 9:45 am – Yoga – Saturday
August 17 – 11 am – Cooking Demo – Saturday
August 18 – 4 pm – Potluck – Sunday
August 23 – 6:30 pm – Vegan Potluck – Friday
August 24 – noon – Restaurant Outing – Saturday
August 25 – 1 pm – WFPB Potluck – Sunday
September 14 – 8 am – Walk With a Doc – Saturday
September 14 – 9 am – Meditation – Saturday
Making It Through the Heat
The hottest month of the year encourages us to seek plenty of water, stay hydrated with fresh vegetables and fruit, and find a cool place under a tree. Gardening at Blackshear this Saturday and September Walk With A Doc start at 8 am to catch some morning breeze. Check out our events to find other ideas how to stay cool.
POTLUCKS
🍽️ Bayou City Beet invites you to the August potluck. PlantPure
Houston will share about the Let’s Beat Breast Cancer Rally and our first, very
own Jump Start. Please share your favorite whole-food plant-based dish for our
potluck.
Date and Time: August 25th at 1 pm
Location: Lifestyle Docs Clinic 4500 Bissonnet, Suite 355, 77041
🍽️ The food theme for the First UU potluck is centered on burgers to go along with Sandy Boyd discussing the American Climate Corps.
To RSVP or for questions, please email Karoline, Ettental@yahoo.com
Date and Time: Friday, August 23 at 6:30 pm
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church
5200 Fannin St, Houston, 77004
🍽️ PlantEd in Fort Bend is getting fruity in August!! Hot weather, cool food!
Please join us at the Arnolds home for an exotic fruit tasting event. Bring a new and different type of fruit to share! Should be fun!
Please join us! RSVP Lisa (713) 560-7849
or LisaArnold4U@yahoo.com
Date and Time: August 18 at 4 pm
Location: 7114 North Bridlewood Ct, Richmond
SPECIAL EVENTS
Please join Plant-Based Woodlands us Saturday, August 24th, as we gather for another plant-based lunch at True Food Kitchen in The Woodlands. This self-pay event is a chance to enjoy delicious vegan dishes and an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for plant-based living. See the flyer here.
Date and Time: Saturday, August 24 at Noon
Location: True Food Kitchen, 9595 Six Pines Dr #150, The Woodlands
For questions, contact PlantBasedWoodlands@gmail.com
COOKING CLASS
Lifestyle Docs welcomes Sakinah Omari to lead this month’s plant based cooking class. She will show us simple recipes and tips for creating delicious plant based meals easily! $20 Fee.
Click to Sign Up
Date and Time: Saturday, August 17th at 11 am
Location: Lifestyle Docs, 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite #355, Bellaire, 77401
RECIPE SERIES
🍽️ Did you jump on Donna’s recipe series? It is still going through August 25th. Discover the art of creating delicious whole food plant-based salads with PLANTifull Fare using fresh produce, completely free from oil and dairy.
Sign up now to receive recipes delivered to your mailbox with the last recipe sent on August 25th. Each week, PLANTifull Fare will surprise you with a fresh and exciting salad
recipe. Say goodbye to boring, calorie-laden salads and discover vibrant,
healthy dishes that everyone in your family and among your friends will eagerly
reach for! Let’s get chopping!!
Date and Time: Weekly email July 7 – August 25
Location: Virtual via eMail
LIFESTYLE DOCS EVENTS
🧘🧘🏽♂️ Mindfulness Meditation with Dr. Munish Chawla, MD
This Class is both person and virtual.
Date and Time: Saturday August 17th at 9 am CST
Location: Online and Evelyn’s Park, 4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, 77401
🚶♀️🚶🏽♂️Welcome back Jacinta Brondgeest back to the clinic to lead a beginner-friendly yoga class Cost is $10.00. You can sign up early here.
Date and Time: Saturday July 20, 9:45 – 10:50 am
Location: Lifestyle Docs, 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite #355, Bellaire, 77401
SAVE THE DATES
🥊Let’s Beat Breast Cancer Rally
Drumlines, Panel, and Information to raise awareness how food can help prevent breast cancer. Save this date to get behind this national effort spearheaded by PCRM. There will be a place for you to participate as a volunteer or attend with a group of friends.
Date and Time: Saturday September 21 at 9 am
Location: Urban Harvest Farmers Market, 2752 Buffalo Speedway, 77098
🦘Jumpstart
Plans are under way to hold the first ever Houston Jumpstart sponsored by PlantPure Houston. This will be a one day in-person event is followed by a 28 day support cycle. More information to follow soon. Register opens September 21st and space will be limited.
Date and Time: Saturday November 2, 8 am to 3 pm
Location: Spring Brook Village Amenity Center, 3209 Millwork St., Houston, 77080
Until next month our friends, we wish you good health, lots of laughter, and peace!
In Peace and Health,
PlantPure Houston Pod Leaders
PodLeads@PlantPureHouston.com
Pod Leader contacts
Contact Karoline (aka Karlina)
Bayou City Beet POD
Ettental@yahoo.com
(832) 647-2220
Contact Lisa
PlantEd Fort Bend POD
LisaArnold4U@yahoo.com
(713) 560-7849
Contact Susan
Harmony N Houston POD
susanintheheights@att.net
(713) 724-1880
Contact Donna:
PLANTifull Fare POD
donna@plantifullfare.com
Contact Sangeeta
Plant-Based Woodlands
sangeeta_wahi@yahoo.com
