Friends with the Forest

Be Empowered to Live Your Best Life!

Friends with the Forest is hosting an inaugural family-friendly festival to bring the Bryson City community together to celebrate a healthy, compassionate, & regenerative summer! All proceeds will be applied to launching a 501c3 non-profit sanctuary and nature center. This free event features Earth-friendly vendors, plant-based food & beverages, live music & entertainment, workshops & presentations, food demonstrations, artists, yoga & meditation, kids activities, games, animal rescues, and more!

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Goals for Great Smoky Mountain Veg Fest 2025
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Create a social opportunity for the community to connect and meet new friends
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Give attention to cruelty-free and mindful lifestyle choices
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Benefit local businesses, artists, animal rescues, and non-profits
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Raise awareness for healthy solutions to benefit the Earth and all of its inhabitants
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Elevate consciousness in Bryson City through spreading a contagion of compassion, love, and kindness
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Educate on topics of self-sufficiency, healthy living, and conscious consumerism
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Veg out and have a great time with many activities for the whole community to enjoy
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Raise awareness for services available to the community
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Generate funds for local animal rescues & non-profit projects, including Friends with the Forest's sanctuary/nature center
Help Spread the Word!
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the people of Bryson City for working together as a team to create a community where we can all embrace living our best lives and supporting one another to thrive as friends with nature. This event is a collaborative effort and we are grateful for your support in spreading the word!
Below are PDF and png images of the event info with varying sizes to be printed as a flyer or shared via website or social media. Thank you again!
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/15x3ZsGmwS/
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Greetings Friends!
Our community here in Bryson City is highly faith-based and we feel it is important to share a very powerful documentary that has recently been released to unveil the truth of why Jesus was killed over 2,000 years ago. Thank you to the creators of this film for your tremendous efforts to share the message Jesus came for--to return Heaven to Earth through non-violence and freedom for all beings.
Today, Jesus is alive in all of us who stand with the courage and awareness of the need to change ourselves--to be in alignment with our innate compassion for all of creation with no need for guilt, shame, or fear. Let's show love for Jesus through loving ourselves, each other, and all precious beings existing here as One with Earth.
Watch Christspiracy for free here: https://christspiracy.com/
To see the truth of where 99% of animals raised for "food" come from, you can also watch the life-changing film Earthlings for free on www.NationEarth.com and ask yourself: "How would Jesus feel about how animals are being treated?" How does your heart feel about how animals are being treated? Our human bodies are naturally designed ideally for frugivorous diets (fruits, vegetables, fungi, nuts, seeds). Why consume what is not only unnecessary for our diets, but also killing us through easily preventable disease?
We can heal the world...one by one...starting with ourselves.
Much Love,
Friends with the Forest