Chicago Raw Community Beach Fest!

The Raw Chicago Community RAW BEACH FEST at Dawes Park, Evanston
Sunday, AUGUST 30TH Bring a potluck dish and $5 donation requested
9:30am - 6:30pm

WE ARE EXPECTING LOTS OF SALADS SO IF YOU REALLY CAN'T MAKE A DISH, PLS COME ANYWAY, AND MAKE A DONATION, WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD!
REQUEST FOR DESSERTS PLS!
NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS

DAY OF EVENT CONTACT PHONE ONLY: [masked] (otherwise call ariane at number below)

The fest location is approximately the beach/Lake Michigan and DAVIS ST. DAVIS St will lead you right to our picnic area, and DAVIS St. is 3 blocks north of Dempster. We will be in between the Beach entrance by DAVIS St, where there is a public bathroom building, and the Lagoon, which is close to the Evanston Doggie Beach. There are only 2 picnic areas, we are the one are with 4 picnic tables. It will be easy to find us, there are also lots of really big trees right next to the picnic tables.

Parking: There is lots of free parking, with no time limits. Early birds will be able to park steps away. If you come later, still lots of parking available just south and just north of our picnic area, it will be easy to find parking and to find us. If it gets crowded, there are many many residential side streets with lots of free, no zone parking.

Public Trans: Purple line to Evanston, runs fine on Sundays, Davis stop, walk due east till you get to the Lake, turn right (north) or Dempster stop walk east to Lake and turn left (south). We will be happy to find you a ride home (or close to home) if you can make it there.

Bring blankets/chairs.
Bring a sweater, it might be a tad chilly in the morning, but sunny day is predicted.

BRING YOGA MAT !

Bring a raw vegan potluck dish to serve 8 - 10 people, email ariane for simple ideas of what to make or buy.
Bring your ingredient list with your name on it please, recipes are nice too.
BRING AN ICEPACK TO KEEP COOL UNTIL LUNCH TIME. Cooler if you have it.

Yoga, Raw Demos, Raw Food Expert Panel, Foraging/Nature Walk, Qi Gong, Chakra Exercise/Dance, Sound Healing, Drum Circle, Swimming, Raw/Living Foods Lifestyle Talk

9:30am Yoga with Shanti - Perfect for ALL levels!!

10:30am "How to Move toward Optimum Health" by Dr.Jane Fresne, Naprapath and Shamanic Healer
*Stretches & exercises from sitting, *Steps for incorporating more live foods, *Easy tips for relieving stress

11:00am Raw Chocolate Fudge DEMO by Jane

11:30am Foraging/Nature Walk with Blake, Wild Foods/RawChef Extraordinaire

11:30am Raw Food Demo: Sprouted Quinoa Salad by Lisa Persico, Ecoluxe Lifestyles

12:00pm Raw Food Expert Panel starring our local raw foodies:
Cyndi, Master's in Raw Nutrition from Tree of Life/Gabriel Cousens
Rich, our local RAW GURU with many years of experience
Blake, BEST raw chef ever and subject of many self-experiments
Jane, Naprapath, Shaman, Raw Chef, and Raw Foods Educator
Lisa, Health Transformation and Cleanse classes
Scott, Raw Foods Educator and Intern at Tree of Life
and GINA LAVERDE, who healed her son from autism with raw and fermented foods!

1:00pm Chakra Exercise with Roman, Kundalini Esctatic Dance

1:30pm Raw Vegan POTLUCK Lunch

2:30pm Raw Nutrition Talk: Superfoods, Sodium, Magnesium, Digestive Anatomy/Food Combining
by Scott of scottsrawjourney.com

3:00pm Qi Gong with Rich, Healthy Lifestyle Educator and Puppeteer

3:30pm Dessert

4:00pm Drum Meditation Circle with Manassah from Blossoming Life Studio, Evanston

4:30pm Sound Healing with Kenny, Sound Healer and Permaculturist

Evanston Beach Passes will be available for swimming!
(pls bring yours if you have them!)

Healing Arts - ongoing - Reiki, Thai massage, Readings, Reconnective Healing by Gosia

Dawes Park, Evanston, Sheridan and DAVIS St, just south of the Lagoon, Picnic Area C.

Bring a raw vegan potluck dish to share (to feed at least 10 people)
Bring a cooler and ice if you can AND YOUR OWN PLATE, SILVERWARE, BEVERAGE, ETC
Bring your beach and picnic gear, frisbees, etc
Bring your instruments for drum circle
Bring friends and family

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - pls email ariane if you can help out
HEALERS WELCOME - pls let ariane know if you are attending
PLS FORWARD TO FRIENDS - THANKS FOR HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT - ALL WELCOME!

If unable to bring a potluck dish, pls write in your rsvp that you will be bringing a cash donation ($15), for recipe or simple ideas of what to bring, pls email ariane

rawgirlchicago at yahoo.com for questions or [masked]
www.rawfood.meetup.com/222