Template.categories.helpers({ categories: function(){ return Categories.find(); } }); Template.categories.events({ 'click input[type=submit]': function(e){ e.preventDefault(); var name = $('#name').val(); var slug = slugify(name); Meteor.call('category', { name: name, slug: slug }, function(error, categoryName) { if(error){ console.log(error); throwError(error.reason); clearSeenErrors(); }else{ $('#name').val(''); // throwError('New category "'+categoryName+'" created'); } }); } })