 Notes
from Vegan Outreach
Distribution Maintains Torrid
Pace
Despite terrible weather across
much of the country, Adopt
A College activists have handed
more than 200,000 booklets directly
to students so far this year! This
is already more than the entire
Spring '06 semester. Overall, Vegan
Outreach has distributed 400,000+
booklets so far in 2007 -- also
a record pace!
On March 26, full-time High
School teacher Stewart Solomon (at
right) handed out a total of 3,450
Even If You Like Meat booklets
at Cal State Los Angeles and Cal
Poly Pomona -- a new individual
single-day college leafleting record.
For the semester, Stewart has already
handed over 20,000 booklets directly
to students.
Update from Jon Camp
 After
being on the road for 68 days, I'm
now home. With the help of others,
47 schools were leafleted on this
tour, 42,064 booklets were handed
out, and a little under 9,000 miles
were put on my car.
At right, Jon hands out one
of his 750+ booklets at West Virginia
University on March 23; photo by
Matt Ball.
As always, I give my most sincere
thanks to those who housed me, leafleted
with me, and who help fund this
work. I'm very much heartened by
your generosity and I really strive
to make sure it goes as far for
the animals as possible.
If you haven't already, you can
still contact Morningstar Farms
regarding their use of eggs. You
can learn
more here, or go right
to the contact
form. Please pass this
along to every compassionate person
you know -- thanks!
Product of the Week
Susan Kline: The Department store
Kohls is now carrying a line of
skin care that is vegan. The line
is called "Grassroots."
Their formulas "do not contain
animal ingredients, artificial colors
or fragrances and they are not tested
on animals."
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Notes from All
Over
The arc bends...
Another corporation follows the
trend toward the abolition
of the worst factory farming practices:
"In what animal welfare advocates
are describing as a 'historic advance,'
Burger King, the world's second-largest
hamburger chain, said yesterday
that it would begin buying eggs
and pork from suppliers that did
not confine their animals in cages
and crates."
...but there is still much
work to do.
Vegan Outreach supports the abolition
of crates and cages because we recognize
that billions of animals continue
to be raised and butchered for food
while we continue our advocacy.
We want these individuals to suffer
as little as possible. But this
-- "Film
Shows Neglect of Animals Sold under
Ethical Label"
-- is an example of why we focus
our limited time and resources on
promoting a cruelty-free diet:
"Popular ethical food labels
which claim to reassure consumers
of high standards of animal welfare
are criticized tonight in a TV programme
which shows shocking scenes of neglect
on some farms including ducks being
punched, kicked and thrown around
by staff. Among the brands singled
out is the Freedom Food scheme,
launched by Britain's largest animal
welfare organization, the RSPCA,
and used to certify meat products
sold at a premium through Britain's
main supermarket chains."
Feedback from Our
Members
 Today,
I handed out 600 booklets
at a High School Tech & Science
Fair. Two teenage boys came up to
me and one said: "You're awesome!
I saw everyone reading them inside."
-Casey Constable, 3/23/07
At right, Julianne Armijo leaflets
at the University of Michigan; photo
by Jon Camp.
I was handed one of
your pamphlets today
as I was walking out of class. I
just want to tell you guys that
this is BY FAR the BEST pamphlet
I have read on animal cruelty in
factory farming. You have a realistic
approach and an informative attitude
with just the right amount of shock
value added in. You guys put the
focus on "reducing suffering"
rather than forcing people into
an extreme, and cursing them if
they don't do it. "Years worth
of eating less meat and eggs will
prevent more suffering than a brief
stint as a vegan, so it's important
you take an approach you can sustain."
This is my favorite quote. Thanks
for having brains in your heads
and approaching this the right way.
-AD, 3/20/07
Leafleting at MDC today,
I had some great exchanges. Twice,
a couple of people said "Oh,
I can't believe this, we were just
talking about this!" Another
lady said she had already gone vegetarian
after receiving one of these booklets.
She wanted more for friends. I met
another young girl who went vegan
three days ago. At one point, there
were conversations between strangers
who had received the leaflet, while
I continued to leaflet in the vicinity.
Leafleting for Vegan Outreach is
the most rewarding volunteer work
to reduce suffering in the world.
-Linda Bower, 3/21/07
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