Current and Upcoming Events

Sunday February 14th at 10 am

In observance of the 2nd Annual Florida Week for the Animals, Jungle Friends is hosting...

"Share Your Heart"
Special Volunteer Day

Please join Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary for Valentine's Day! Jungle Friends will host a Special Volunteer Day on Sunday February 14th from 10 am - 2 pm. After your hard work we will serve you a delicious vegan lunch from 2 pm - 3 pm. After lunch we will introduce you to the monkeys who call Jungle Friends home. You are welcome to stay and help us with afternoon monkey chores. At 7 pm we will be showing EARTHLINGS, an award-winning documentary film narrated by Joaquin Phoenix about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Heart Phoenix, Joanquin's mother, will be here to answer questions about the film and raising vegan children. Heart will also make her famous vegan chocolate cream pies! Claude will be serving yummy vegan snacks.

• 10 am - 2 pm Volunteer Time
• 2 pm - 4 pm Vegan Lunch and Tour
• 4 pm - 6 pm Monkey Chores
• 7 pm - 10 pm EARTHLINGS screening with Heart Phoenix

If you would like to attend, please email info@junglefriends.org so we will know how much to plan for lunch.

With the help of compassionate people we can accomplish so much for the monkeys in our care! Please join us for Share Your Heart on Valentines Day!

Mark your calenders for all the 2010 Special Volunteer Days:

• February 14 "Florida Week for the Animals"
• March 21 "Celebrate Spring"
• April 18 "World Week for Animals in Laboratories"
• May 2 "Be Kind to Animals Week"
• June 30 "Animal Rights Awareness Week"
• Future events to be announced later

Saturday
Mar. 20, 2010 10 am

"Celebrate Spring"
Special Volunteer Day

In observance of The Great American Meatout

Thursday
Mar. 25 - Sunday
Mar. 28, 2010

Florida VegOut 2010

Kari will be speaking at Florida VegOut which will take place Thursday March 25 to Sunday March 28, 2010 at Clarion Hotel Airport Conference Center in Jacksonville.

Florida VegOut 2010 is special retreat celebrating ANIMALS, PEOPLE and the EARTH. The event will include workshops on

• *Planning of the 1st Annual Florida Vegan Chili Cook-Off
• Starting an Animal Sanctuary
• How to Organize your own Vegan Seminars and Festivals
• Humane Education Techniques
• Vegan Outreach

Sunday
Apr. 18, 2010
10 am

Special Volunteer Day

In observance of World Week for Animals in Laboratories

Sunday
May 2, 2010
10 am

Special Volunteer Day

In observance of Be Kind to Animals Week

Sunday
June 20, 2010
10 am

Special Volunteer Day

In observance of Animal Rights Awareness Week

Thursday
July 15 -
Sunday
July 18 2010

Animal Rights Conference

Kari will agian be speaking at the Animal Rights 2010 National Conference, the world's largest and longest-running animal rights gathering. The Conference will take place on July 15-18th at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel, one of the national capital area's outstanding conference venues, located just five miles south of the DC line.

Monday
Oct 4, 2010

World Animal Day

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Celebrate World Animal Day with us at Jungle Friends...

• 6 pm - 7pm Meet the Monkeys
• 7pm - 8pm Vegan Dinner
• 8pm - 10pm Kari's Presentation

Monday
Nov 1, 2010

World Vegan Day

World Vegan Day is a vegan holiday celebrated since 1994 on November 1, the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society. 2010 marks the 66th anniversary of veganism and the Society. World Vegan Day is celebrated by vegans around the world. Celebrate with Jungle Friends...

• 6 pm - 7pm Meet the Monkeys
• 7pm - 8pm Vegan Dinner
• 8pm - 10pm Unity Screening