June 2024 EVENTS AT A GLANCE

June 1 – 9 am – Meditation – Saturday
June 1 – 9:45 am – Walk With A Doc – Saturday
June 2 – 3 pm – WFPB Podluck – Sunday
June 9 – 2 pm – All Pods Potluck Picnic – Sunday
June 15 – 9 am – Meditation – Saturday
June 15 – 11 am – Cooking Class – Saturday
UPDATED! June 22 – 6:30 pm – Vegan Potluck – Friday
June 22 – 12 noon – Cooking Demo, Food For Life class – Saturday
June 23 – 1 pm – WFPB Potluck – Sunday
June 29 – 12 noon – Special Event – Building Muscle at Any Age – Saturday

YOUR HEALTHY JOURNEY

With some preparation, we can still enjoy the outdoors. This months community opportunities are Walk-With-A-Doc and the picnic.

Are people asking you about the recipe for your dish? We are inviting you to email the recipe to be included in the next newsletter. (PodLeads@PlantPureHouston.com).

This month, find Sharron Sims Almond Cookies recipe here.

Potlucks

🍽️ Terasa and Joe are hosting PlantEd in FortBend for a Finger Food Podluck.
Since it’s a Finger Food Potluck, here are the guidelines:
🍴No utensils! Really, we’re eating with our fingers!  😉😋
🍴Whole food, plant based. Little or no oil, please.  
This should be a lot of fun and we’ll get some great ideas for summer parties!  
Please join us!  RSVP Terasa (425) 246-7147 or donnellytm@hotmail.com
Date and Time: June 2 at 3 pm
Location: 8711 Mugwort Drive, Rosenberg

🍽️ May Picnic is First UU‘s potluck theme. Our special guest, dermatologist Dr. Suzanne Bruce, MD, will share her medical knowledge how food impacts health and how to best take care of our skin. Great to know for your next picnic.
Please RSVP – this event is filling up! For questions, please email Karoline, Ettental@yahoo.com
UPDATED! Date and Time: Saturday, June 22 at 6:30 pm
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church
                 5200 Fannin St, Houston, 77004

🍽️ Plant-Based Woodlands’ theme is How Foods Fight Cancer. We will show a short video, followed by a cooking demo, and invite everyone to enjoy a whole-food plant-based potluck meal afterwards.
Date and Time: Saturday, May 25 at 12 Noon – 2 pm
Location: South Regional Library, 2101 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands
For questions, contact PlantBasedWoodlands@gmail.com

🍽️ Save the Date! Harmony ‘N Houston invites everyone to the Pavilion to share community, food and the great outdoors. We are looking forward to hearing Dr. Maria Colon-Gonzalez, MD, speak about her work with women and diabetes patients. Please share your favorite whole-food plant-based picnic food.
Date and Time: Sunday, June 9 at 2 pm
Location: Spring Brook Village Pavilion, 3209 Millwork St., Houston, 77080

COOKING CLASS

🧑🏼‍🍳 Lifestyle Docs welcome Katie Van Hooser to the clinic for this month’s plant based cooking class. This class will be titled, “Making raw foods easy”. Get inspired to eat more raw foods! She will show us simple recipes and tips. https://embeelifestyledocs.com/cooking-class/
Date and Time: Saturday, June 15 at 11 am
Location: Lifestyle Docs, 4500 Bissonnet St. Suite #355, Bellaire, 77401

🧑🏼‍🍳 Plant-Based Woodlands offers the Food For Life class on Food For Mood. We will show a short video, followed by a cooking demo, and invite everyone to enjoy a whole-food plant-based potluck meal afterwards. Please bring a wfpb dish of your choice to share.
Date and Time:  Saturday, June 22 at 12 Noon – 2 pm
Location: South Regional Library, 2101 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands
For questions, contact PlantBasedWoodlands@gmail.com

LIFESTYLE DOCS EVENTS

🧘🧘🏽‍♂️  Mindfulness Meditation with Dr. Munish Chawla, MD
This Class is both person and virtual.
Date and Time: Saturday June 1 and 15, at 9 am CST
Location: Online and Evelyn’s Park, 4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, 77401

🚶‍♀️🚶🏽‍♂️Walk With A Doc with Drs. Bandana and Munish Chawla. Enjoy a Summer stroll around Evelyn’s Park while discussing lifestyle topics with the doctors and participants. Walk With a Doc offers a special raffle this month. The winner will receive a pair of On Cloud sneakers.
Date and Time: Saturday June 1 at 9:45 am
Location: Evelyn’s Park, 4400 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, 77401

SPECIAL EVENTS AND SAVE THE DATES

🏋️‍♀️🏋️‍♂️Building Muscle At Any Age On a Plant-Based Diet
PlantEd-In-Fort-Bend offers this special event featuring three speakers sharing information how to stay healthy and build muscle. The speakers are: Martica Heaner, PhD in Nutrition, exercise physiologist, author, and fitness instructor; Geoff Palmer, 61year old, 39 year vegan, Natural Bodybuilding, Natural Physique Masters Champion; and JT Thomas, powerlifter, personal
trainer, and healthcare coach.
Date and Time: Saturday, June 29 at 12 Noon – 1:30 pm
Location: Cinco Ranch Library, 2620 Commercial Center Blvd, Katy, 77494

🥊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
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