Let’s Meet for Dinner, Place Your Bids + The Week Ahead
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News & Events for Health Empowerment // March 11, 2022
PPMNY is officially three years old, and our anniversary celebration continues! In addition to our online auction, we’re excited to invite you to one of our neighborhood dinners taking place at restaurants throughout the five boroughs, Long Island, and in Northern New Jersey on Wednesday, March 30th at 7:00 PM.
All dinners are hosted by PPMNY volunteers who have made arrangements for wholesome plant-based meals. To hold your seat, you must register for your preferred location with a $10 deposit, at least one week in advance. Read more about each location, and sign up by noon on March 23rd!
Our anniversary celebration on Tuesday evening was high on inspiration! Catch the replay here. Enjoy moving tributes to our honorees, T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Aifra Ruiz, and Ron Weiss, MD, and their personal remarks that followed. Watch our community chefs demonstrate party-friendly recipes for your next get-together, and listen as Lianna Levine Reisner, PPMNY Network Director, shares a glimpse into our community in action, our growth, and what's on the table for the future.
Thanks to our sponsors Carolyn Sweetapple, Elnatan Reisner & Lianna Levine Reisner, Google LLC, Hilary Agin, Jeffrey A. Schrager, and Marcos Lara-Reinhold & Aifra Ruiz.
Place your bids for your chance to experience cooking classes, pick up kitchen essentials, enjoy local plant-based restaurants, join our next 21-Day Plant Powered Jumpstart with a friend or family member, or savor an 8-10 course meal with someone special at Daniel Humm’s 3 Michelin star restaurant, Eleven Madison Park, next Saturday!
Did you know you can place a proxy bid? Enter the maximum amount you're willing to spend and the system will bid for you, up to your maximum proxy bid amount, as additional bids are entered on the item. It's an easy way to outbid others -- up to your spending limit!
Technology Consult with Jim Spellos 🌱 Dr. Fuhrman Online Course + California Balsamic Gift Set 🌱 Urban Micro Farm Experience 🌱 Vermont Bowl Company Wooden Salad Bowl 🌱 Lekka Burger Gift Card 🌱 Fit n Play Mama Personal Training & Nutrition Consultation 🌱 MamaSezz Plant-Based Bundle 🌱 The Truth About Weight Loss Summit 2022
Help us reach our $10,000 fundraising goal! It’s easy to share our online auction with family and friends – just click on the social media icons on our auction home page.
Bidding closes on March 15th at 9:00 PM ET.
Subscribe to ourYouTube channelfor newly uploaded videos of past events.
All times below are Eastern Time.
Cooking with Chef Carole Sunday, March 13, 5:00 - 6:15 PM - Live on Facebook & YouTube Suggested donation:register here Tune in live as Chef Carole Levy prepares a flavorful North African tomato bean dish called loubia and a plant-based Indian rice pudding.
Talk through your challenges adapting to or maintaining a plant-based lifestyle. Join this safe and compassionate monthly session to discuss your motivations and struggles, led by PPMNY Community Support Facilitator Lori Pitkowsky, LSW, with PPMNY organizer and psychologist Denise Bassin, PhD.
Gather with community members over a virtual dinner to share stories and swap recipes. If you're looking for meal inspiration or have questions about eating plant-based, you'll find support from like-minded members of the PPMNY community.
Learn about the power of plant-based nutrition in health and healing through the award-winning Food for Life nutrition education and cooking classes created by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Led by Chef Carole Levy, certified Food for Life instructor and PPMNY Culinary Educator, this virtual class includes engaging cooking demonstrations, group support, and educational videos presented by doctors and dietitians teaching about evidence-based nutrition as medicine.
Join NY Food 2025, a collaboration of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, and the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University, for this online public forum designed to educate and inspire stakeholders to support food policies and programs that will ensure NYC emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic with a stronger, healthier, more just, and sustainable food system.
Join local leaders and physicians, including keynote speaker, Columbus Batiste, MD, alongside educators from the PPMNY community, to hear expert views and the scientific evidence supporting plant-based nutrition in managing and reversing chronic disease, using plant-based nutrition to optimize athletic endurance and performance, and implementing strategies that help individuals and families transition to a plant-predominant diet.
Our mailing address: Plant Powered Metro New York, PO Box 20771, New York NY 10025
Plant Powered Metro New York empowers people to find better health and overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition. We offer evidence-based education, resources, and support to create community and inspire change throughout the New York metropolitan area.
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