As I was pondering what to write about today, I received an email from San Francisco’s Cafe Gratitude, a wonderful little eatery in the city’s Mission District, where being grateful—and expressing it—is as common as their communal tables.
With menu items such as “I am Beautiful”, “I am Eternally Blessed” and “I am Berry Awesome” (with the waiter yelling across the room to you: “Vegan Girl, You are Beautiful” when serving up your order), it’s little wonder this place has become a must-visit, and sanctuary, for raw food vegans and the curious alike.
But just when I thought the cafe’s mission, service and food couldn’t get any better. I just learned it can. Each year, for the past five years, Cafe Gratitude hosts a FREE Thanksgiving dinner for vegans (between 11am and 3pm), with ingredients supplied by local vendors.
It made me think about what I’m doing to give back and how I can do more to brighten someone’s day, even just once a week. So now I’m off to research some volunteer opportunities, and grateful to Cafe Gratitude for giving me the nudge.
Check out some of these volunteer organisations near you:
New Zealand
Volunteer Now
Volunteer Service Abroad
Australia
Volunteering Australia
Australian Volunteer Search
UK
USA
Photo courtesy of Taniamarie.com
For all of my eating-out-woes while exploring the land of the long white cloud, I was a happy girl to find a vegan diamond in the dining rough.
Randomly stopping off at Hislops Cafe in Kaikoura turned into a stroke of luck, with the organic cafe proudly boasting a vegan dish on their menu (sure it’s just one, but it’s a good one). The roast cashew and curried lentil burger on fresh salad, finished with homemade tartare sauce was a vegan’s dream — and enough to share between two. Completely, utterly yummy.
