🌱 17th Annual Vegan ThanksLiving Community Potluck 🦃💚

Thanksgiving Day — Thursday, November 26, 2026 | 5:00 PM

Phoenix Metro Area — Venue To Be Announced

Celebration! Exaltation! Emancipation!

Greetings and salutations, Vegan ThanksLiving Community! 🌿

You are invited to join us for our 17th Annual Vegan ThanksLiving Community Potluck on Thanksgiving Day 2026!

If you already have someplace wonderful to celebrate Thanksgiving, we hope you have a beautiful holiday. But if you don’t have somewhere to go—or you’d simply LOVE to share an incredible vegan Thanksgiving feast with a compassionate community—we would love to have you at our table.

And if you know someone who is vegan, plant-based, vegan-curious, or simply seeking community this Thanksgiving, please invite them too. You do not need to be vegan to join us—you simply need to bring vegan food and respect the compassionate intention of our gathering. 💚

🍂 A Different Kind of Thanksgiving

ThanksLiving is our opportunity to celebrate gratitude for life while honoring life.

We’ll gather around a table overflowing with Nature’s bounty and enjoy an abundant array of delicious vegan dishes created and shared by members of our community.

Expect comfort food. Creative dishes. Thanksgiving favorites reimagined. Savory sides. Gorgeous salads. Decadent desserts. New recipes to discover. And plenty of conversations with people who believe compassion belongs at the table.

Come hungry. Come curious. Come ready to connect.

Get Real. Have Fun. Enjoy Life. Together. 🌱

🥧 What Should I Bring?

Please bring a vegan dish to share.

All dishes must be free from animal products and animal-derived ingredients, including:

No meat, fish, dairy milk, eggs, butter, cheese, honey, whey, gelatin, or other animal-derived ingredients.

We’re hoping to create a beautiful balance of appetizers, salads, entrées, traditional Thanksgiving sides, desserts, and non-alcoholic beverages.

Please also bring an ingredient list to place beside your dish. This helps guests with food allergies or dietary sensitivities make informed choices—and gives everyone a chance to discover what’s inside your delicious creation!

Not sure what to bring?

We’ll use our traditional ThanksLiving guide:

🌿 Last names A–J: Main dish or salad
🥔 Last names K–R: Side dish or appetizer
🥧 Last names S–Z: Dessert

And yes… mashed potatoes and vegan gravy are always welcome. 😍

♻️ Help Us Keep ThanksLiving Eco-Friendly

We’re working to minimize unnecessary waste, so please bring your own reusable dining supplies for yourself and anyone attending with you:

Plate or bowl, fork, spoon, knife, napkin, drinking cup or bottle—and a serving utensil for your shared dish.

A little preparation from each of us can prevent a LOT of single-use waste. 🌎💚

🪑 Tables, Chairs & Helping Hands Welcome!

Community makes this event possible.

If you’re able to bring folding tables or chairs for the gathering, we would greatly appreciate the additional support.

Those bringing equipment—or anyone who simply wants to lend a hand—are invited to arrive one hour early at 4:00 PM to help us prepare the space.

💚 Cost to Attend

FREE

A suggested $10 donation is appreciated to help offset venue and event expenses. We want this gathering to remain accessible, so please don’t let the suggested donation prevent you from joining us.

Your presence—and the vegan dish you bring to share—matters most.

🏡 2026 VENUE: TO BE ANNOUNCED

We’re currently searching for a welcoming Phoenix-area space to host our 2026 gathering!

If you own or manage a vegan or vegan-friendly restaurant, café, wellness center, community space, event venue, or other local business and would like to host or support this year’s ThanksLiving celebration, we’d love to connect with you.

We’re especially interested in businesses that would like to donate, sponsor, or provide an affordable space for our community on Thanksgiving Day.

Know the perfect place? Please share this event with them!

🐦‍🔥 What Is ThanksLiving?

ThanksLiving transforms the traditional Thanksgiving gathering into a celebration centered on gratitude, abundance, community, and compassion for all living beings.

For 17 years, this gathering has created a place for people to break bread together without requiring another living being to become the centerpiece of our celebration.

This isn’t about perfection.

It’s about gathering around a table and imagining what our traditions can look like when gratitude and compassion coexist.

Bring a dish.

Bring a friend.

Bring your appetite.

And most importantly…

Bring your beautiful self. 💚

🌱 17th Annual Vegan ThanksLiving Community Potluck
📅 Thursday, November 26, 2026
⏰ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
🪑 Community setup begins at 4:00 PM
📍 East Valley / Mesa Area — Venue TBA
💚 FREE | Suggested $10 donation
🥗 Vegan Potluck

Gratitude for life. Compassion for all.

🐦‍🔥 Vegan ThanksLiving Community × Vegan Love Warrior

Rise with Love. Live with Purpose.