posted by Charles Johnson at 10:23 am
We’re happy to announce that Food Not Bombs Las Vegas has opened up a second weekly Free Picnic in the Park! In addition to our ongoing Sunday picnics at Baker Park, FNBers, activists, community members, and anyone who’s hungry will now be joining together for a free vegan meal and community picnic, every Wednesday from 4-6pm, at Paradise Park (4775 McLeod Dr, in between Harmon & Tropicana. Paradise Park is a great space, with a comfortable, laid-back atmosphere, some beautiful trees, lots of shade, playground equipment for kids, and a lot of picnic tables.
And you’re invited! Come on down and join us for community, conversation, and a delicious vegan meal. Please feel free to drop in whenever you can — it’s a picnic, and many folks who can’t make it at 4 might be able to make it at 5 or 5:30.
If you’re interested in volunteering to help bring food or drinks to the picnic, or in helping to prep and cook food with other FNBers, contact Charles (by e-mail, or by voice or text at 734-262-2129).
WHAT: Food Not Bombs Las Vegas new Wednesday weekly meal
WHEN: This Wednesday, 7/7, 4pm-about 6:30pm, and every Wednesday thereafter 4-6pm.
WHERE: Paradise Park, 4775 McLeod Dr (between Harmon and Tropicana), Las Vegas
WHO: Anyone who wants to eat!
We’ll be out at Paradise Park every Wednesday from here on out. Feel free to spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested in this community/activist picnic.
See you all at the park!
—Charles Johnson
Tags: Meals, Paradise Park, Project Wednesday
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posted by Charles Johnson at 7:21 pm
Today, Sunday, July 4, Food Not Bombs Las Vegas gathered to celebrate Revolution Day and to hold our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park, from 10:30am to 12pm. We had rice, veggie chili, salad, vegetable soup with rye bread, fresh fruit, and banana bread, with juice, water, and some iced coffee to drink. FNBers Daniel, Charles, Sarita, and Sean; Gail sent along some food. And three new friends we met at this weekend’s First Friday tabling came on down to join us, with some delicious vegan lemon bars. We put on the boombox, talked about the World Cup and local organizing in Vegas, and had a great time Feeding The Revolution. All told, about 25 people joined in the meal at the Park.
This was a special occasion because of the holiday; but we come out to Baker Park every Sunday to share a free vegan picnic, with food for anyone who wants to eat. See you at the park next week!
—Charles Johnson
Tags: Baker Park, Holidays, Meals
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posted by Charles Johnson at 6:53 pm
Today, Sunday, from 10:30am – 12:00pm, Food Not Bombs Las Vegas gathered for our weekly Free Picnic in the Park in Baker Park. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the first Food Not Bombs action in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and we celebrated with a big meal and some good conversation. We shared rice, chili beans, potatoes, hot salsa, bread, vegetable soup, fresh fruit, salad, and muffins for the meal, with hot coffee, cold water, orange juice and citrus punch for drinks. About 35 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Sarita, Sean, Kelly, Charles, Daniel, and Gail came out to meet up, celebrate the occasion, and keep the table from blowing away in the wind.
We had a great meal, and some good conversations about organizing spaces and community support for Food Not Bombs.
We come out to Baker Park every Sunday to share a free vegan picnic with food for anyone who wants to eat.
See you at the park next week!
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—Charles Johnson
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 8:34 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on March 28th from 10:00am to 12:00pm. We had rice, beans, salad, potatoes, salad and fruit for the main course, with juice and fruit punch to drink. Sean brought juice; everything else was yet again courtesy of Gail.
About 40 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly and Sean were there. The weather stayed nice. We talked about community organizing and just generally enjoyed the nice weather.
See you at the park next week!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 8:32 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on March 21st from 10:00am to 11:30am. We had rice, beans, salad, potatoes, salad and fruit for the main course, with juice and fruit punch to drink. Daniel and Sean brought juice; everything else was yet again courtesy of Gail.
About 20 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Daniel, Kelly and Sean were there. The weather was warm and sunny. We talked about community organizing and just generally enjoyed the change in the weather.
See you at the park next week!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 11:44 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on March 14th from 10:00am to 11:30am. We had rice, beans, salad, potatoes, salad and fruit for the main course, with juice and fruit punch to drink. Daniel brought juice and donuts and Sean brought juice; everything else was yet again courtesy of Gail.
About 20 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Daniel, Brian and Sean were there. The sun was out and, though the wind threatened to blow us away early in the morning, things calmed down by about 11pm, and it turned out to be really nice. We talked about community organizing and how budget cuts might affect homeles and other services, and tried to be as productive as we could be.
See you at the park next week!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 11:40 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on March 4th from 10:30am to 12pm. We had rice, beans, Oriental noodles, potatoes and salad for the main course, with various juices and fruit punch to drink. Daniel and Sean brought juice, Charles brought taters and onions and Gail whipped up everything else
It was cold, windy, cloudy and just generally miserable. But we persevered. About 15 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly, Daniel and Sean were there. We talked about plans for upcoming events. The pavilion at Baker park also held host to a meeting of CopWatch. All things considered, a great day was had by all.
See you all this weekend!
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on February 21st from 10:30am to 12pm. We had rice, chili beans, vegetable soup, sweet potatoes, stewed squash, salad, banana bread and fruit for the main course, with orange juice and fruit punch to drink.
It was a beautiful day out but a small group. About 15 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly, Daniel, Nick, Vanessa, and Gail were there. It was beautiful and warm as long as the sun stayed out, but with a wind that kept blowing around our utensils. Dogs were walked; we talked about plans for upcoming events; and had a great day in the sun.
See you all this weekend!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Charles Johnson at 12:54 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on February 21st from 10:30am to 12pm. We had rice, chili beans, vegetable soup, sweet potatoes, stewed squash, salad, banana bread and fruit for the main course, with orange juice and fruit punch to drink.
It was a beautiful day out but a small group. About 15 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly, Daniel, Nick, Vanessa, and Gail were there. It was beautiful and warm as long as the sun stayed out, but with a wind that kept blowing around our utensils. Dogs were walked; we talked about plans for upcoming events; and had a great day in the sun.
See you all this weekend!
—Charles Johnson
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 10:45 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on February 21st from 10:30am to 12pm. We had rice, chili beans, noodle stir fry, homestyle potatoes, salad, chili peppers, banana bread and fruit for the main course, with orange juice and fruit punch to drink. Charles and Kelly brought the banana bread and Charles brought the taters; everything else was yet again courtesy of Gail.
About 30 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly, Sean, Kaleb, Irina, Joanna and Nick were there. It was cold with the wind, which threatened to blow us into Arizona a few times. But we persevered, threw around the football, listened to some music and talked about community organizing. Hope the weather gets better, and see you at the park next week!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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posted by Sean Daily at 10:05 pm
Food Not Bombs Las Vegas held our weekly Free Picnic in the Park at Baker Park on February 14th from 10:30am to 12pm. We had a big mess of rice, beans, vegetable soup, homestyle potatoes, salad, chili peppers (that some of us mistook for okra, with comical results), bananas, banana bread and apples for the main course, with orange juice, citrus punch, and fruit punch to drink.
About 25 people joined in the meal this week. Food Not Bombs organizers Charles, Kelly, Sean and Daniel were there. The lousy weather finally broke this weekend, and it was sunny and fairly warm. Everyone had a chance to kick back to some good tunes brought by Charles. Hope the weather holds, and see you at the park next week!
—Sean Daily
Tags: Baker Park, Meals
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