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In addition to a concert today, I also leafleted outside the Saturday evening sermon at the Lakewood Church. One couple at the Church told me that they got this pamphlet last week, and that they are now almost vegetarian as a result, and are continuing to make changes. They had visited VO's website; I gave them a GCFE.
     I ran into lots of vegans at both the church and at the concert. It seems like we are everywhere now.
     I've now gotten used to people at concerts telling me they are vegan. But even I was stunned by hearing this from lots of conservative people outside the largest church in the country. And to think: a few decades ago, it was extremely rare to run into a vegetarian, let alone a vegan.
     Just think where we will be in another several decades.
     This is my main motivating factor in handing out so many pamphlets. It isn't just about reducing the number of animals killed in slaughterhouses from 10 billion down to 9.5 billion. It is about the end game. If we work hard enough, we will see it in our lifetimes.
-Eugene Khutoryansky, 9/9/06

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Notes from Vegan Outreach

Workplace Giving / CFC

Thanks to everyone who donates to Vegan Outreach through their workplace. If you currently don't, ask if it is possible. Many companies will match your donation -- Vegan Outreach has received thousands of dollars from Google, Microsoft, Home Depot, and other companies.

At right, Jenna leaflets at UMass Lowell; photo by Jon Camp.

If you work for the federal government or participating state governments, you can donate through the Combined Federal Campaign or a similar state program. Please be sure to look for Vegan Outreach when making your charitable choices -- we will continue to do our best to make sure each dollar goes as far as possible for the animals!

Adopt a College Charges Ahead

Already this semester, Adopt a College activists have distributed over 60,000 booklets -- this is more than the total for all of Spring 2004!

Overall, the program has reached more than 715,000 individual students with thorough, compelling information. Based on our estimates, the AAC program has now spared over 31 million birds and mammals from the horrors of factory farms and industrial slaughterhouses!

At right, Jon Camp leaflets at UConn; photo by Jenna Calabrese.

For the year, overall distribution is just under 900,000 -- already more than all of 2005!

Help Traveling Activists

Vegan Outreach's Victor Tsou has been leafleting colleges throughout the west coast with great success, usually giving out over 1,000 booklets per day. He is looking for housing for the end of October near the following cities: Las Vegas and Albuquerque. If you would be willing to house this dedicated young man for one to two nights, please email Victor at victor (at) veganoutreach.org. Thanks to those who responded earlier with offers of housing for other areas. During the remainder of this semester, Victor will be leafleting at large public schools in AZ, CA, NM, NV, OR, WA. If you would like to leaflet with him or if you would like for him to give a talk to your local group, please email victor (at) veganoutreach.org.

Ben Acaso and Karl Noyes of Compassionate Action For Animals will be leafleting Midwest colleges in October and will need a place to stay in or near Grand Forks and Fargo (ND); Moorhead (MN); Lincoln (NE); Warrensburg and Columbia (MO). If you would be willing to house these two young men for 1-3 nights, please email ben (at) ExploreVeg.org.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Product of the Week

Wendy in Wonderful Tucson says: "Good Karma Rice Cream is the best 'ice cream' we have ever had. Very creamy. Great flavors such as Carrot Cake. We purchased it at Trader Joe's."

Send your nominees for Product of the Week to product (at) veganoutreach.org; previous products can be found here.

Notes from All Over

Internet Chat with Peter Singer

excerpt:

"'Animal rights activists are often seen as dirty. How often do you wash?' J MANN, by email

"Once a month, whether I need it or not."

Full text here.

Notes from Our Members

We had an incredibly receptive crowd at the University of New Hampshire, which made the time go by so quickly. I talked to at least four students for an extended period of time about the information in the brochures, which was really refreshing. Many students took a GCFE and said they would try to eat vegetarian. Inspiring!
-Jenna Calabrese, 9/14/06

At the University of Victoria today, I overheard a student telling her friend that she had walked in on her roommate last week who was crying while reading an Even If You Like Meat booklet.
-John Bowers, 9/14/06

Here's a little success story from the old school, black and white Why Vegan. [Editor's note: Many years ago, Why Vegan was black and white. To see what it looked like, click here.] The main coordinator for this year's CAA's annual Veg Pledge Food Showcase was telling me that her fiancé went vegan back in '98/'99 after getting a WV and has stuck with it since. In turn, he's the one that got her to go vegetarian and subsequently vegan, and now she's a regular volunteer with CAA! I think her fiancé got the pamphlet after a concert, which could have well been passed out by a CAA volunteer back-in-the-day.
-Gil Schwartz, Compassionate Action for Animals, MN , 9/17/06

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