Notes from Vegan
Outreach
The record of 191,245 booklets
handed out in the Spring didn't
last long! Adopt a College activists
almost doubled this, handing out
342,512 booklets in the Fall term!
Each one of these booklets was handed
directly to someone on a college
or high school campus.
Victor Tsou topped the charts at
53,841. VO outreach coordinator
Jon Camp set a new personal record
of 47,651 booklets. New employee
Jenna Calabrese became the third
person to break  the
40k barrier at 43,847.
Among volunteers, Casey Constable
handed booklets to 26,291 people
at campuses in the Houston area,
and also handed out thousands more
at concerts.
Here is a list of the top leafleters
(the full list can be seen here):
Tsou, Victor -- 53,841
Camp, Jon -- 47,651
Calabrese, Jenna -- 43,847
Constable, Casey -- 26,291
Solomon, Stewart -- 22,567
Espinosa, Joe -- 14,662
Haws, Suzanne -- 14,651
Acaso, Ben -- 7,608
Anonymous -- 6,817
Bowers, John -- 5,822
Boghosian, Jeff -- 5,433
Chemes, Jodi -- 5,045
Noyes, Karl -- 4,617
Norris, Jack -- 4,377
Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition
-- 3,750
Hansen, Kaya -- 3,420
Ketola, Jason -- 3,028
At malls, concerts, and other venues,
Eugene Khutoryansky distributed
over 37,000 booklets.
Above, Ben Doress leaflets
at Boston University; photo by Jenna
Calabrese. Below, students at Slippery
Rock U read Even Ifs; photos
by Ellen Green & Matt Ball.
41 people and groups are over 1,000
for the term, and over 100 hit three-figures.
It is safe to say this has been
the most successful semester in
the history of grassroots vegetarian
outreach! Each year, we will see
more and more impact from the work
we're doing today.
Thank you so much
to everyone who leafleted this semester.
None of this would be possible
without the donations from our members,
whose generosity allows us to print
and distribute these booklets.
Please consider being a part of
this powerful program. With
your help, we can reach
even more people in 2007!
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Notes from All
Over
excerpt: "A type
of salmonella found in eggs is turning
up more often in chicken meat and
needs to be reduced, according to
the Agriculture Department. From
2000 through 2005, there was a fourfold
increase in positive test results
for salmonella enteritidis on chicken
carcasses." Consumer Reports
found dangerous bacteria on 8
of 10 tested bird corpses;
read the full article, "Dirty
Birds."
excerpt: "British
researchers have found that children's
IQ predicts their likelihood of
becoming vegetarians as young adults."
See also this
page of vegan kids.
At right, vegan-from-birth
Ellen Green prepares to dig into
a meal of vegan
drumsticks, Trader
Joe's meatless meatballs, mashed
potatoes (made with Silk
Enhanced) and gravy (also made
with Silk Enhanced). Organic carrots,
too.
excerpt: "One of
the odder manifestations of the
fabrication future may well revolutionize
the world of medicine -- and quite
possibly change how we eat and offer
a new way to fight global warming,
too."
Notes from Our
Members
I received my starter
pack and would
like to say "Thank you"
for opening my eyes. My 12 year
old became a vegetarian 4 months
ago, and I researched it to make
sure she would be healthy. Because
of your info, I ended up becoming
vegetarian myself, and I'm now on
my way to becoming vegan. After
reading your pamphlet, I'm sure
my husband, who was a big meat eater,
will not eat it again. My 5 year
old is also becoming vegetarian,
and I'm educating her about the
animals. I have been so blind all
my life and so desensitized. No
more!
-SK, 12/14/06
My volunteers and I
set up a video table
for 6 hours every Sunday inside
either of two ideal locations; busy
Penn Station and busy Grand Central
Terminal. Often, we even get New
York City police officers and U.S.
National Guardsmen watching, accepting
a booklet on occasion, and even
asking questions related to a vegan
diet. Lots of people (the general
public) showing genuine and strong
consideration for changing their
diet to exclude flesh and in some
cases, all animal byproducts. Vegan
Outreach provides an invaluable
tool -- the colorful, informative
booklets -- for us here in New York
City to be extremely effective.
Personally, it gives me so much
hope.
-Louie Gedo, 12/16/06
I just finished reading
your pamphlet about
vegetarianism and I wanted to tell
you that you have changed my whole
way of thinking about the world.
I had no idea this cruelty was going
on and I will definitely now think
twice about what I eat. I would
like to become a vegetarian and
appreciate all of the resources
you've provided to help me with
that change. Thank you for opening
my eyes!
-SA, 12/14/06
At right, a University of Kentucky
student reads an Even If
booklet; photo by Ashley Watson.
While leafleting at
Montgomery College, one
young man was outside talking on
his cell while reading the Even
If booklet; when he hung up,
he continued to read it for quite
a few minutes. Later, when I went
into the library, I saw a woman
reading the booklet she had received
from me. When she looked up, her
face bore an expression of absolute
horror. One man asked me if everything
in the book was real. I said that
it was, mentioned that the sources
are referenced; he mentioned how
horrible this was. And last time
I was at MC, a woman came up saying,
"This is great! Let me know
how I can join your group."
She gave me her email address at
the time and I got back to her with
a link for donating. Today, she
passed by and said, "Great
to see you here again. I joined
your organization."
-Jon Camp, 12/12/06
See you
in 2007!
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