New England area information

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8th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND VEGETARIAN CONFERENCE

 

Saturday, April 29, 2000—10:00am-6:00pm

Vernon, Connecticut

Vernon Center Middle School

 

Featuring:

 

GAIL EISNITZ

Author of “Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of

Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment Inside the US

Meat Industry”

 

CLAUDIA JOHNSON

Nutritionist and certified lactation consultant,

“Vegetarianism for Infants, Children, and Teenagers”

 

KATHY MILANI of Special Video Projects, Humane Society of

the United States, “Factory Farming: Cruel to Animals,

Bad for the Earth”

 

MILTON MILLS, M.D.

Assistant Director of Preventive Medicine for the

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and

co-author of PCRM’s report, “Racial and Ethnic Bias in

the US Dietary Guidelines”

 

DEREK V. OATIS

Attorney with Beck & Eldergill in Manchester, CT,

representing animal rights organizations in lawsuits

against the state “The Legal Status of Animals and

Strategies for Improving Their Treatment”

 

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Delicious, totally plant-based, reasonably priced

lunch will be catered by award-winning chef KEN

BERGERON and may be purchased separately.

 

Exhibits * Children’s Center * Free samples *

Free drawing for door prizes * MUCH MORE!

 

Registration, Exhibits, Vegan Lunch at 10 am *

Program Begins Promptly at Noon

$10 by pre-registration: $20 at the door

 

FOR INFORMATION CALL: 860-871-2315 or 860-875-4733

 

Smoke free * Handicapped accessible

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GETTING TO THE CONFERENCE

 

Follow directions below to Bolton Road. Turn left

onto Bolton Road (flashing red light and stop sign).

Go to traffic light at intersection of Hartford

Turnpike/ Rte. 30 (.4 mile from North, South, West: .2

mile from East). Turn right onto Hartford

Turnpike/Rte. 30 and go .3 mile to Vernon Center

Middle School (on left).

 

>From North: Take I-91 South to Exit 35 (I-291 East);

on I-291 East look for signs for I-84 East. Take I-84

East to Exit 66 (Tunnel Road, Vernon, Bolton). Turn

left off exit and go .2 mile to Bolton Road. Turn

left.

 

>From South: Take I-91 North to exit 29 (I-84 East).

Take I-84 East to Exit 66. Continue as for North,

above.

 

>From West: Take I-84 East to Exit 66. Continue as for

North, above.

 

>From East: Take I-84 West to Exit 66. At end of exit

turn right. Go .15 mile to stop sign at intersection

with Bolton Road. Turn left.

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REGISTRATION RATES

 

No confirmation will be sent

No refunds will be given

 

Delicious, totally plant-based lunch catered by

award-winning chef Ken Bergeron may be purchased

separately.

 

Early Registration:

Children under 12----Free

Children 12-18-------$5

All Others-----------$10

 

At the Door:

Children under 12---Free

Children 12-18------$10

All Others----------$20

 

Children’s Center

With children’s program (ages 2 & up)

$5 per child. Limited space; first come, first served

 

 

Please print, cut and mail

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EARLY REGISTRATION FORM-Please print

 

Please make check or money order payable to:

A.W.A.R.E.

Mail to: A.W.A.R.E., P O Box 598, Tolland, CT 06084

 

Please register me for the NE Veg. Conference.

Enclosed is my check for $________

 

Name_

 

Address______________

 

City_________________________State______Zip____________

 

Phone

 

___I would like to register_________children for the

Children’s Center @ $5 each.

 

Children’s ages_____

 

Payment must be enclosed.

 

Your primary interest (optional):____Health

____Animal Rights ____Environment

 

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