Spreading the word about vegetarianism in our society

[Guest guest]

Wow, Chuck, thank you! This is

fabulous.

 

I also have others to thank for my vegan

diet. If somebody hadn’t taken the time as a volunteer to give me a

leaflet, and if someone else hadn’t donated the money to pay for that leaflet,

I might still be eating meat and that’s a grim thought. I am very

appreciative of my health and energy as a vegan. I’m relived that I’m

not a part of the environmental destruction that meat causes. And

most importantly, I definitely sleep better at night knowing that animals are

not being hurt and killed for my meals.

 

I would *love*

to donate a nice sum to meet Chuck’s generous offer of a match, but since

I can’t do that right now (my non-profit paychecks are on the smaller

side J), I am going to donate the food used for last week’s cooking

class in Marin City. Normally Bay Area Vegetarians would reimburse me for

the cost of the ingredients but this time, to say “thanks” to Chuck

and to hopefully encourage others to get involved, I’ll keep those

grocery receipts so that we can afford another class sometime in the future.

That way we can keep spreading the word! I believe that most people who

hear the veg message will go veg…but first they have to hear the message,

and that’s what BAV is trying to do.

 

This is also a tiny way of saying THANK

YOU to Chris and Tammy, our fearless leaders, the founders of BAV and the folks

who work every evening and weekend (outside of their full-time “regular”

jobs) keeping BAV the vibrant organization it is.

 

Alex

 

I forgot the fourth reason I love being

vegan, and why I feel so indebted to the people who helped me get to this

point: Chocolate cream pie, veggie burgers, PETA’s fried “chicken”

recipe, curried tofu, spring rolls, a good tofu scramble with homefries,

Tofurky sandwiches, vegetable tempura, falafel, soy lattes, Indian food…..

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of

Tammy, Bay Area Veg

Friday, May 19,

2006 7:20 PM

BAV mail list; BAV events

list; baarn

BAVEG Outreach

Fundraising update - good news!

 

 

Dear friends,

 

Especially in the summer & fall, we are busy with outreach & education,

including tabling at many street fairs & community events, as many as we

can, depending on volunteers and funding.

 

 

 

 

 

A few days ago we sent out a plea to

help raise funds to continue our outreach & education efforts to raise

awareness of the cruelty of factory farming, and to promote a compassionate

veg*n diet at SF PRIDE. We had a very generous offer to help us raise an

additional $500, so we are expanding this fundraising effort to include Pride

and as many street fairs and community events that we can.

 

So, for those who have not yet contributed, donate now and get your donation

matched! Chuck Barritt of Cupertino has

generously pledged to match all donations up to $500! Thank you

Chuck!! Chuck shared why he is supporting Bay Area Vegetarians.

 

 

 

 

 

" I know how important being a vegan is to my life. How food choices impact

the animals, the Earth, and our health. After more than 10yrs as a vegan,

and even more as a vegetarian, the benefits seem obvious. But it's

important to take a step back and try to remember what started me on this path.

Maybe it was that volunteer from a PETA booth in 1990, or reading " Diet

for a New America, " or an old friend who had that strange diet.

 

I'm donating $500 for the Gay Pride festival because it's a unique venue to

reach out to thousands of people who might never hear our message. It's

easy to talk with people walking into WholeFoods, or those attending EarthDay

or Green events. Those people are open a bit more open to the veggie

message. However an event like " Gay Pride " has thousands of

meat eaters that aren't thinking about our issues. These meat eaters might stop

to ask: Why go Veggie? What about my health? What happens to the

animals? How does food impact the environment? All questions we can

answer, face-to-face, in an open, supportive, non-judgmental way. I

challenge everyone to either donate time or money to keep these types of events

going.

 

Let's grow our community and share what we've learned. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All funds will go directly towards

outreach and education efforts to promote vegetarianism and raise awareness

about factory farming. To donate, please send a check payable to Bay Area

Vegetarians, P.O. Box 371215, Montara, CA 94037. Please mark it

" match " . We can also accept payments via debit and credit

cards on our website, http://BayAreaVeg.org/donate.htm

 

We will be updating the website to include donations received and show the

matching status.

 

Thank you to the folks who have also been sending kind words about BAVeg, and

suggestions and ideas for future events & activities. We enjoy

hearing from you, as Bay Area Vegetarians truly is a member driven

organization. After all, with free membership, and no real source of

reliable funding, it's your generosity and the volunteer support of members

that keeps us going.

 

Tammy & Chris, co-founders

Bay Area Vegetarians

P.O. Box 371215

Montara, CA 94037-1215

415-57-VEG-57 (578-3457)

BayAreaVeg.org

 

 

 

 

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" This is

my protest against the conduct of the world. To be a vegetarian is to

disagree--to disagree with the course of things today. Starvation, world

hunger, cruelty, waste, wars--we must make a statement against these things.

Vegetarianism is my statement and I think it's a strong one. "

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer