December 20, 2011

Compassion for Animals Mentioned in New Book

Holly Sternberg, president of Compassion for Animals, who originated the very effective concept of paying people to watch graphic videos (and has made numerous improvements to its implementation), is cited for her achievement in the new book, Animal Impact, by Caryn Ginsburg. Animal Impact highlights creative, productive animal advocacy techniques and explores what makes them successful.

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December 19, 2011

Successful and Fun Joint Vegan Bake Sale

Dachshund Rescue of North America was an awesome group to work with. We had a ton of delicious baked goods. The $500-plus in proceeds were split between the two groups.

We should have some more (and better) pictures soon.

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December 13, 2011

Joint Vegan Bake Sale This Saturday

Lots of goodies from local bakers and businesses! Bring a picture of your adopted dachshund and get a dollar off all orders of $5 or more!

If you want to bake, please sign up here and send us your email (in case we have to contact you at the last minute).

Proceeds will be split between Compassion for Animals and Dachshund Rescue of North America.

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December 5, 2011

Fun and Informative Evening with Jonathan Balcombe

We had a capacity crowd at Loving Hut restaurant Friday evening to hear Jonathan Balcombe talk about his fascinating research, buy his books, socialize with him and each other, and eat fantastic vegan food. Jonathan described some truly impressive and thought-provoking stories and studies of animals' intelligence and emotional lives.

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November 13, 2011

Coming up...

• Reminder: There are a limited number of spots for the December 2nd “Eat, Meet, and Greet” event with Jonathan Balcombe at Loving Hut restaurant, and they're filling up. If you want to go straight to the RSVP page, it's here.
• We're organizing a screening of the award-winning, entertaining yet high-impact film Vegucated at George Mason University on February 2nd, in conjunction with the Animal Rights Collective at GMU. More details soon...
• We now have a signup sheet for bakers who want to help out with our joint vegan bake sale with Dachshund Rescue of North America on December 17th!

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October 29, 2011

Save the dates!

On Friday December 2, we'll be hosting an “Eat, Meet, and Greet” event with local author and animal expert and advocate Jonathan Balcombe. Join us at the all-vegan Loving Hut restaurant for a friendly dinner and talk by Jonathan. He'll have lots of copies of his three books for purchasing and signing.

On Saturday December 17, we're holding our first joint vegan bake sale—with Dachshund Rescue of North America. Soon we'll issue the call for bakers, and of course feel free to stop by the bake sale, buy some tasty vegan treats, and support both groups' efforts to help animals.

We've also got leafleting and other events planned. Details for all our events are on the events page.

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October 18, 2011

Leafleting at Foggy Bottom

We handed out close to 1000 pieces of literature at the Foggy Bottom Metro station last Friday. Thanks to the volunteers who helped make the event a success!

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October 10, 2011

Vegtoberfest Chili Recipe

We had a great time at Vegtoberfest yesterday. The vegan chili cook-off contestants were a really cool bunch and they made a diversity of awesome vegan chilis. Although our “Texas Tribute” chili did not win the coveted blue ribbon, it consistently got good feedback throughout the cook-off.

The recipe was kindly supplied by mollyjade of Austin Texas, author of several blogs, including the Scratch and Sniff blog, which features the recipe here.

The Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off started 23 years ago, so the Texas chili at Vegtoberfest was a tribute to our vegan chili cook-off heritage.

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September 29, 2011

Busy Time of Year

Since this is such a nice time of year in the DC area, thre are lots of street festivals and similar events—and we try to table at as many of them as we can. We have five events in the first 14 days of October (See schedule at left).

• The Mid-Atlantic Dachshund Phest on Saturday October 1 is truly unique. The organizers kindly let us display anti-puppy mill and pro-vegan literature (not every pet festival is that generous).
• Our booth at the Takoma Park Street Festival on Sunday October 2 will feature Pay Per View video outreach and a variety of free vegan food samples (main course, salad, dessert, nondairy drinks).
• At the Fairfax Fall Festival on Saturday October 8, in addition to literature, we'll be offering delicious vegan baked goods from local businesses.
• At the first annual Vegtoberfest in Baltimore on Sunday October 9, we'll not only be an exhibitor but also entering the vegan chili cook-off.
• In honor of International Vegetarian Week, we'll be leafleting during rush hour at the Foggy Bottom Metro station on Friday, October 14.

If you'd like to volunteer at any of them, please let us know at info@compassion4animals.org. Hope to see you at one or more of these events!

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September 3, 2011

End-of-Summer Picnic Next Weekend

Come join us for our first-ever vegan potluck picnic, Sunday September 10 from 12:30 to 3:30. It will be in Madison Park in Falls Church, VA, a 15-minute walk from the East Falls Church Metro station.

Everybody—including non-vegetarians—is welcome! Bring a vegan dish and beverage; we'll supply condiments, two grills, coolers with ice, and a sample of vegan desserts and bakery items sold in Falls Church eating establishments. Madison Park has a covered picnic area, grills, and playground and basketball court—it's family-friendly!

Hope to see you there! RSVP to info@compassion4animals.org.

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September 3, 2011

New date for Poplar Spring Volunteering, Tour, and Lunch

Hurricane Irene wasn't respectful of our August 28 Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary events...We've rescheduled for Sunday, October 23. More details later...

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August 19, 2011

Poplar Spring Volunteering, Tour, and Lunch

On Sunday August 28, you can volunteer at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, take a guided tour of the sanctuary, join us in a potluck picnic lunch at the sanctuary—or do all three!

Details are here.

If you've been to the sanctuary during a major event such as the Open House or “Thanksgiving with the Turkeys,” you may still want to take the tour; smaller tours on non-event days are more intimate and you'll have more time with animals. If you've volunteered at Poplar Spring, you may want to take the tour, also; you're guaranteed to learn new things about the animals and the operation. And Poplar Spring can always use volunteers; there are chores to do every day, and on the weekends they're done by volunteers and by Terry and Dave, Poplar Spring's founders.

(Photo: Debora Durant)

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August 19, 2011

Pay Per View Takes Off

Pay Per View (PPV), which we started two years ago, is now being used regularly by two of the best-known and most effective animal advocacy groups in the U.S.— Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), and Mercy For Animals (which calls the technique “Paid Per View”).

FARM has aded post-viewing surveys and mobile technology to PPV, and has generously shared their knowledge. We use a condensed version of Mercy For Animals' Farm to Fridge video as the main video at our PPV events.

You can hold your own PPV event and apply to get it funded by VegFund. VegFund also has lots of helpful tips on making your PPV event successful.

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