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October 2008 
Vegan Outreach
Joshua
I admit it. I'm vegangelical (a term I learned from Brian). My activism, which can at times be lacking, focuses on giving detailed information on the cruelties of factory farming directly to college students as part of the Adopt-A-College program run by the absolutely amazing non-profit Vegan Outreach.
Today I found out that VO has an opportunity to double any donations they receive because of a matching challenge from a very generous member. In light of this I've done something I've ment to do for some time. I've signed up for a recurring monthly donation. The work of Vegan Outreach is as important to me as anything else I support and clearly deserves my support as regularly as the gas company does ;-)
Click here to read the newsletter I just received. I had the good fortune of hosting John Camp at my condo last year and with his help Connecticut activists handed out over three thousand booklets directly to students in one week. Mad props to John and everyone hitting campuses for the cause.
Every month I also automatically give a donation to Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. The little fella at the top of this blog entry is Dylan, the calf I sponsor. He's not veal today because of people who are taking a stand, boycotting the cruel animal agriculture industries and also supporting important causes like Vegan Outreach and their local farmed animal sanctuaries.
I'm able to give this every month because of Zaadz, and specifically our amazing Zaadz members. If it wasn't for every one of them I'd not have such great work to do.
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Hey Joshua
I don't know if you got my msg earlier but here it is again:
Seeing the picture you posted of that soulful cow has made me want to be really truly vegetarian! :)
Great Johann. Go for it!
great to learn of that farm sanctuary, i support Best Friends who is also a refuge for animals—they helped rescue soooo many pets in the wake of katrina, please check them out! thank you!
I've heard of Best Friends. Actually one of my friends, ironically named Mary, is going out there soon. She works at a domestic animal sanctuary called Our Companions here in Connecticut.
Speaking of Katrina, Farm Sanctuary and other organizations were instrumental in saving the lives of hundreds of abandoned farm animals. While the toll on cats and dogs was tragic, the disaster as seen by farm animals was almost beyond imagining :-(