Give ONE day in May to help countless animals!

[Guest guest]

Hello SF Bay Veg!

 

Thanks to all of the fabulous volunteers who gave one day in April! Because of

you, we have thousands of signatures to turn in to members of Congress! YOU

RULE! But there is still more to do...

 

The Healthy School Lunches campaign that I'm working on with Physicians

Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has been gaining huge momentum in

Congress and our meetings on the Hill are going REALLY well. It's looking more

and more like getting healthy vegan food and non-dairy beverages into the

National School Lunch Program could actually happen. It's SUPER exciting.

 

The one area we STILL really need help in is pressuring Congressman George

Miller of Contra Costa and Solano Counties. That means we need signatures

gathered in those counties more than anywhere else and we need them fast. The

problem is, it's very hard to get enough activists in that area motivated and so

I'm bussing them in!

 

I'm organizing caravans from SF and Oakland/Berkeley to Contra Costa or Solano

Counties EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND DAY IN MAY and I need your help! I need people to

get in these caravans and head out there to petition. I also need people to

offer up their cars and drive. Depending on the amount of people I have for any

given weekend day, I can fit a bunch in my car and if we have more people and

more people who can drive, the more folks we can get out there.

 

So, my question is this, can you devote a weekend day (or days!) in the next

month to getting these healthy vegetarian options into the NSLP? If you are

willing to devote even one day to this, it will make a huge difference. This the

absolute easiest thing to petition for. You ask people if they want healthier

food in the NSLP and you rarely get told no, most everyone wants kids to have

better choices. You will be going with buddies. It will not be hard, I promise!

And, most importantly, it will help countless animals!!

 

If you're interested, email me back with specific day/s that you are available

to petition. We'll probably leave the city at 11 am and get back around 3-4 pm

so it won't even take up most of your day. Even one day helps. If you could look

at your calendar now and email me back with the day/s you're willing to go out

there, I will make sure you get there. I want to create this schedule now so

please let me know as soon as possible. If you have a car and are willing to

drive, let me know, we will cover your gas.

 

Thank you so much and I hope to hear back from you!

 

Best,

Laura Beck

415 832 9113

 

p.s. If you haven't downloaded a petition and want to collect from family and

friends, you can get them (along with more info about the campaign!) here:

http://healthyschoollunches.org/wyntergrace/grassroots.cfm