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Notes from Vegan
Outreach
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a College Wants YOU!
As of April 1, booklet distribution
for 2008 has topped 570,000 -- more
than a third ahead of 2007's
pace. More than half that number
(293,323) have been handed
directly to students
at 370 schools already this spring
term!
Anuj Shaw leaflets at the University
of Houston; photo by Jon Camp.
As the weather warms up across
the country, we have more opportunities
to reach more students. Be sure
to get
involved today!
Product of the Week
Leah: Gardenburger
BBQ Riblets -- we use
them at least once per week and
enjoy them on their own as well
as in our favorite recipes. The
sauce on them is awesome!
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org;
previous products can be found here.
Notes from All
Over
Slaughterhouse Updates
Slaughterhouse worker pleads
guilty, gets 180 days
in jail. The Des
Moines Register
points out: "The undercover
videos were bad enough: packing-plant
workers abusing sick or disabled
cattle and dragging at least one
of the cows to be slaughtered, a
violation of federal food-safety
standards. But consumer advocates
say what's also disturbing is what
happened within days of that video
being shot at a California slaughterhouse.
Independent inspectors from two
auditing firms visited the Westland/Hallmark
Meat Co. plant and gave it glowing
marks."
Conference
Registrations -- Come Meet Other
VO Folks!
Lightning Round
Notes from Our
Members
 At
Cosumnes River College,
one student took a brochure and
came back to me and Eric later looking
pretty down. He said he was totally
ignorant about what was going on
and felt really bad. I told him
that I was in the same boat not
all that long ago, that I slowly
changed my diet, and that helping
animals is not an all-or-nothing
proposition. I gave him a GCFE
and he seemed a little more hopeful.
A man told me he had been vegetarian
for a little over a year after receiving
an Even If You Like Meat
on campus. After reading through
a brochure, one woman said to a
friend, “Ah! I’m a vegetarian now."
I
also heard from the women in Reno
who I made the agreement with about
going vegan in exchange for me reading
the Book of John. They say: "This
experience has been eye opening;
I will definitely make changes in
my diet;" "Veganism is
going well, everyone says Kari has
lost weight. I have been thinking
a lot about what I will do when
the month is up."
-Brian Grupe (at right;
photo by Jenna Calabrese), 3/30/08
At Boston College last
year, I received a
copy of Why Vegan. This
little brochure has transformed
my life! Why on earth did I blindly
support the horrors of the meat
and dairy industries for so long?
I am so grateful to Vegan Outreach
for shining the light of truth and
compassion into my heart.
-KG, Foxboro, MA, 3/28/08
 At
SUNY Stony Brook,
there were several campus tours
and what appeared to be a few field
trips, so I leafleted many high
school-age students throughout the
day. The first student I leafleted
stopped and said, "But we have
to eat, you know?" I responded,
"We don't have to eat animals."
He was under the impression that
if you don't eat meat, you will
be so skinny and malnourished you
will blow away in the wind. Luckily,
I was there to explain veganism
and provide a living example that
vegans don't disappear into thin
air!
While
I was talking to two students interested
in going vegan, another student
stopped by who received a leaflet
in the morning, and asked several
questions about whether veganism
was healthy, etc., and what he could
eat if he decided to become a vegetarian.
He left saying that he's going to
try going veg! Another student said:
"I read what you gave me this
morning -- thank you so much for
sharing the information -- this
is really important. I'm 21, and
I've eaten meat my whole life, and
this makes me want to stop."
-Eileen Botti (at right,
photo by Jenna Calabrese), 3/27/08
I wanted to thank you
for reaching out to Hartnell College.
The flyers and booklets are making
a difference! Our cafeteria manager
has responded with more vegetarian
choices and we at student government
haven't served meat at an event
the entire semester.
-GR, 3/26/08
At the University of
Houston today, I met
one girl who had gotten a pamphlet
from Casey [Constable] earlier in
the day, and she had a lot of questions
for me. She said that she had no
idea this type of stuff was going
on, and that she will now definitely
try going vegetarian. I also met
a guy who looked at the cover and
then said, "Don't you think
being a vegan is extreme?"
I replied, "No. The way they
treat the animals is extreme."
He ended up agreeing with me and
 taking
a GCFE in addition to the
Why Vegan.
-Eugene Khutoryansky,
3/27/08
Seven-year-old vegan-from-birth
Spencer Sherman leaflets at Tampa
Bay's Bark in the Park; photo by
Dean Stanford.
Your brochures are
so beautiful. They
are the clearest and most convincing
I've ever seen. I'm proud to hand
them out!
-NS, Oregon, 3/25/08
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