When I got home from work several weeks ago, my May Swap was waiting outside of our door. Just sitting on my doorstep like some kind of wonderful present from a stranger (which… it was.) I was matched with\u00a0Denise the Veggiewitch<\/a> and I totally loved everything.<\/p>\n What was in there:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks for everything Denise!<\/p>\n Proof: this is tea at my desk<\/strong><\/p>\n You want to participate in this swap don’t you? Of course. Join us. Sign up here<\/a>, I’ll be pairing people off around June 7-8th, so there is time to sign up.<\/p>\n How It Works:<\/strong> The vegan food swap has been one of my favourite regular monthly activities. Sure it’s only been two months. But it’s been lovely. I’m thrilled with the positivity and graciousness that I’ve seen from most participants. I think people have for the most part been really appreciative of the thought...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,507],"tags":[450,509,540],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegan-food","category-vegan-swap","tag-vegan-food-swap","tag-vegan-swap-2","tag-veggiewitch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/DSCF1430.RAF_-1024x772.jpg\" "\\"What's")
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\n1. Sign up by completing the form HERE<\/a>. This swap is for Canadian Residents only, solely to limit the amount of customs issues you might experience with cross boarder shipping. It might be fun to do an international swap in the future, stay tuned. (the USA Swap is here<\/a>)
\n2. On\/around the 7th of the month, you’ll receive an e-mail from me containing the name and e-mail address of your Vegan Food Swap match. You’ll need to contact them to get their mailing address and any food specifics (allergies, gluten-free, etc.)
\n3. Collect items that you’ve purchased or made and box them up. Let’s keep the spending limit under $20 Canadian.
\n4. Please include a written or typed note in your package.
\n5. By the 15th of the month, ship your package to your Vegan Food Swap match.
\n6. Please let your partner know you received the package.
\n7. Around the end of the month, post an entry on your blog about what you received, and be sure to include a shout-out (or a link back) to the person who sent you the box!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"