Let Live Foundation

Hey everybody!

Less than a week to go, hope you’re ready. Just a few things we’d like to mention in no particular order and in handy bulleted points. Here we go:

• Please try and come to the opening party on Friday night if you can. Sure to be fun and Will Potter is always a great speaker.
• Don’t forget the fun night at Bye and Bye on Saturday night. Come hang out and eat and talk to your new pals. All details on our website.
• Recheck the schedule, some things may have moved. Plan out in advance what you wanna see, there are some tough choices to make, sorry.
• There may be a couple of people trying to do interviews at Let Live. One person is working on a documentary and is renting out a room at PSU to film in. This does not mean that we know him, his true intentions, or endorse his project. We urge everybody to just use your best judgment with regards to talking to ANYBODY. I’m sure this doesn’t even need to be said, but… we felt it should still be put out there.
• We’re trying our darndest to make this event as eco-friendly as possible. All the food service items will be compostable and we’ve really tried to minimize paper usage, opting to print big schedule posters instead of individual registration packets like last year. Please bring your own scratch paper, pens, and reusable water bottles. Thanks in advance for help with this.
• Oh yeah, the full street address of the Smith Memorial Building is 724 SW Harrison St, Portland, OR 97201. Plop that into your internet direction makers or GPS or whatever.
• Ummm, what else? Parking info is on the conference page (http://www.letlivefoundation.org/conference/), take note.

That’s about it. Come ready to learn, get inspired, and take your new energy home with you to get active for the fuzzy-wuzzies. They need you. See you soon.

xoxo the Let Live crew

Hello Everyone!
As the conference is fast approaching we wanted to make a note of the current status of volunteer positions. First I would like to thank all of the people who have volunteered their time, without you we would have no conference! The amount of caring and helpful people who have offered their time has brought us to a point where we are formally closing volunteer requests. That being said, we do understand the current economic hardships and will continue to accept work in payment for entry. These requests need to be sent in by Wednesday (06/24) as we need sufficient time to finalize the schedule and volunteer list for the conference opening Friday night. Please remember that we will not turn anyone away for lack of funds, so please contact me if you have questions, concerns, would like to schedule a volunteer time slot etc. See you at the conference!

Thanks,
Els

From our pal Ben:

“Interested in meeting up in a parking lot for a late night “Whiffie”?! I know I am!!

Join us while we attempt to break the record (currently 7) for most Whiffies (fried pies) in an hour.

Whiffies are $3 for sweet, $4 for savory. Many delicious vegan options are available.
Winner gets the official “Pie Champ” hat and access to the “Pie Champ” Twitter account.

Not up for pounding 8+ pies? Then how about: Fastest person to eat 3 pies with NO HANDS!!! WINNER GETS 25 FREE PIES!!!

Gregg (owner of the Whiffie cart) will also be debuting his vegan chocolate creme pie when we arrive that night. The vegan pot pie (a crowd favorite) will also be available, along with additional varieties. Partial proceeds from sales will benefit: http://www.letlivefoundation.org/ A donation jar will also be passed around. And I will be personally donating a dollar per pie for every person that eats at least 6. Ride leaves (at 10pm ON THE DOT) from the Honest-1 Autocare Parking lot, SE 20th Ave and Stark St. Bring lights! (approximately 1 mile downhill to the Whiffie cart : )

Even short rides are fun in big groups. So please make the effort to ride down together.
10:00pm – 11:30pm

The longest contest lasts an hour… or until everyone explodes (whichever comes first).”

Your presence is requested at the Let Live Benefit Party at Bye and Bye, Portland’s favorite vegan bar.  The festivities will begin at 8pm on Saturday the 27th.  Age 21+ w/ valid ID, sorry kids. Come and blow off some steam, have a drink (with or without alcohol), eat some amazing food, and chat it up with all the new friends you made at the conference.  Bye and Bye will be donating a percentage of sales, so buy some stuff if you can.  No one will be turned away for lack of funds.  Bye and Bye is a 10 minute cab ride from PSU.  Feel free to share a ride with other attendees.  Everyone is welcome.

What: Let Live Benefit Party
When: Saturday, June 27th 8PM
Where: Bye and Bye - 1011 NE Alberta St Portland, OR 97211

Local Cab Companies:
Radio Cab 503.227.1212
Broadway Cab 503.227.1234
Portland Taxi  503.256.5400

“On Sunday July 19th, Akemi Salon will be hosting a benefit for the Let Live Foundation. Stylists Suzzette Fasching, Augustus Bowman, Christian McNutt, and one more TBA will be donating their talents for a very worthwhile cause. From noon until eight p.m. the stylists will be performing haircuts for the benefit of the Let Live Foundation. For a suggested donation of $20 for women’s hair, and $10 for men’s hair, you can look as good as you’ll feel after spending time in the chair of some of Portland’s most talented stylists. Come treat yourself to a full salon service experience while donating money to a very worthwhile cause.

Augustus, Suzzette, and Christian are all stylists who feel very strongly about a vegan lifestyle, and welcomed the opportunity to pool their talents to raise money for the unexpected expenses incurred in putting on this years Let Live Conference. All the shampoo and hair products used at Akemi Salon is completely cruelty free.

We do ask that you make an appointment, although walk-ins will be serviced as time permits. Please schedule with your desired stylist in advanced to make sure you can be a part of what will surely be a great time for a great cause.

To Schedule Appointments for the day, please call the Stylists directly. All men’s haircuts will be handled by Augustus Bowman.

Suzzette – 503-750-8584 (Suzzette is only offering this to new clients only please)
Christian – 503-863-4531
Augustus – 503-528-4173

Akemi Salon is located at 3808 N Williams Ave

Thanks, and hope to see you on the 19th!!!!”

Hello everybody. Just sending out this thank-you to those who have generously offered financial support for this year’s conference. Hopefully we’re not forgetting anybody, and hopefully a few more will come in (hint, hint), but for now, here we go. Please take note of these folks and support ‘em every chance you get, ok? Here they are (in alphabetical order, they’re all super nice and equally important):

Blossoming Lotus
Bye and Bye
Cosmo’s Vegan Shoppe
Earthly Gourmet
The Field Roast Grain Meat Co.
Farm Animal Reform Movement
Farm Sanctuary
Food Fight Grocery
Herbivore Clothing
H2OPE Biofuels, LLC
HELD Belts
In Defense of Animals
KingCat LLC
Lantern Books
Mooshoes
North American Animal Liberation Press Office
NWVEG
Papa G’s Vegan Deli
Portobello Vegan Trattoria
Progressive Counseling
68 Anarchist Collective
Scapegoat Tattoo
Sip
Slingshot Dakota
Sweetpea Baking Co
Vegan Essentials
Vegan Outreach
Vegans for Animal Advocacy
VegNews Magazine
Win Animal Rights/SHAC-North America
Woodstock Farm Sanctuary

And thanks to all of the generous individual donors who may or may not prefer to not be listed. We left all of you off this list, just in case. You’re SO shy!

xoxo
the Let Live Crew

ps. You’ve already registered, right?

Well, it had to happen sometime. Sorry, but registration for exhibiting/tabling at the conference is now closed.

There may be a tweak or two, but this is pretty solidly the final schedule for the 2009 Let Live conference. Follow the link in the top bar and get psyched!

Hey, wanna hear 2 dummies talk about Let Live stuff? Tune in here and listen. Thanks to Jess and Webley for talking to us.

From last weekend’s Let Live Series event, “Sanctuary Stories: Tales of Hope”, enjoy.