Notes
from Vegan Outreach
 Record
| Thanks
Despite the bone-chilling cold
gripping much of the nation, Adopt
a College activists
have handed booklets directly to
over 100,000 students
and faculty so far this semester.
This is over 50%
more than
at this time last year!
Overall distribution is also proceeding
at a record pace. We've already
sent out more than 220,000
booklets in 2007, compared to 147,000
by this date in 2006!
(Above, Kyle Vincent leaflets
at Hampshire College; photo by Jenna
Calabrese. Below, Amy Dienger leaflets
at the University of South Carolina;
photo by Jon Camp.)
To try to keep up with this great
demand, Vegan Outreach recently
completed a new printing of Even
If You Like Meat, and we are
about to go to press with the next
batch of Why Vegan and
the new Spanish Por que vegetariano.
Last year, Vegan Outreach set a
record for distribution because
we received a record number of donations.
We can't say "thank you"
enough to everyone who has contributed
to exposing and eventually ending
the horrors of modern animal agriculture.
Please know that it is only
because of your generosity that,
each and every day, thousands
and thousands of people learn
about the animals' plight and the
compassionate alternative.
With this rapid growth, Vegan Outreach's
printing and shipping expenses have
outstripped contributions.
If you are considering a donation,
now would be a great time! You can
donate
securely on-line, set
up automatic
recurring donations,
or send a check or money order to:
Vegan Outreach
P.O. Box 38492
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
With your help, we can continue
to reach more and more people every
single day.
Thanks so very much!
Super Dan Keeps Running!
Dan Kuzma's training for his 100
mile race in June continues apace,
as does his fundraising. He is closing
in on $2,000 -- help
support vegan power with a pledge
today!
Coming Soon
A new Action Alert, as well as
One Possible Future, a new
essay by Matt Ball.
Product of the Week
Mae: I nominate Organic
Sunshine Burgers --
they are delish! They are made with
whole grains, veggies and raw sunflower
seeds (and gluten free as well)
not too dry or bland. I've had a
hard time finding them but have
been seeing them in more and more
places. Very Good!!
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Feedback from Our
Members
While
leafleting at the Galleria Mall,
a young boy who had gotten a Why
Vegan earlier in the day told
me that it was very sad. I then
told him that I have another pamphlet
also, and handed him a GCFE.
His mother said their whole family
was definitely going to have to
change now. Later, an employee from
one of the stores thanked me for
giving her a pamphlet earlier, and
said that it was definitely something
to think about. I gave her a GCFE
 also.
-Eugene Khutoryansky,
2/18/07
At right, Liza
Calhoun leaflets at the University
of Texas, Austin; photo by Casey
Constable.
At the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
I ran into great responses from
the students. Many read the booklet
while they waited for the light
to change; one woman, engrossed
in reading the pamphlet, missed
the "walk" signal entirely.
Several asked for extra copies for
their friends. I overheard one man
telling his friend that the pamphlet
was very important and that he should
read about the severe confinement
of the chickens.
The last class change today at the
University of Southern Mississippi,
tiny though it was, showed me once
again that I never know when somebody
will be reached by the literature.
As I leafleted the tiny trickle
of students from the liberal arts
building, a man sitting on the steps
to whom I had handed an EI
earlier came up to me, saying the
booklet had motivated him to go
veg. And who knows about all the
other people during that final class
change who stood around reading
EI? Even if you only have
an hour to leaflet, you can help
end this
cruelty.
-Victor Tsou, 2/16/07
I did
my first day of college
campus leafleting yesterday at San
Francisco State, with three of us
distributing over 800 Why Vegans
and Even If You Like Meats
in about 90 minutes. Students were
unbelievably receptive. There were
moments when we could barely keep
up with the pace!  This
is a fulfilling way to spend an
hour, directly reaching people one
on one. Polite and eager to receive
the information. It's really a kick.
-Susan Rattenbury, 2/15/07
Here is
a colleague who I
encouraged to show some enthusiasm
after receiving a booklet from Sarat.
Later in the day I happened to see
her in the library and she told
me that after having read through
the Why Vegan? booklet
that it saddened her. I look forward
to talking with her about this topic
when I next see her at work.
-John Bowers, 1/18/07
On our
mini-tour of Florida
universities, we had some great
conversations. For example:
Me: "Brochure
Against Animal Cruelty?"
Him: "Wow, this stuff could
really change a person's mind!"
Me: "Yeah, there's lots of
widely unknown information in
there."
Him: (Looking at a picture in
the booklet) "Oh my gosh!
This is definitely going to make
me change!"
-Jodi
Chemes, 2/14/07
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