Mini-Blog
April 18, 2012
Veg Week 2012
Politicians, professors, and Pulitzer Prize winners are taking the 7-Day Veg Pledge, April 23-29, and you can too!
VegWeek, run by our friends at
Compassion over Killing, has attracted national attention and broad support. It's an easy way to try a diet free of animal products—you get daily meal tips and recipes, and a free VegWeek starter pack with information and coupons.
April 8, 2012
A Plethora of Diverse Activities
- Leafleting and peaceful protests against Ringling at George Mason Universty are happening now and will continue through April 15. This is definitely one of those events where the number of people makes a difference. Details are here.
- Our tour at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary yesterday was wonderful and well-attended. The weather was perfect (both the animals and visitors were enjoying it), and folks got an opportunity to meet, pet, and hold the animals, and see how happy they were living in peace and with only kindness from humans.
Have you never rubbed a pig's belly, petted a turkey, or held a chicken? You'll get a chance at our next Poplar Spring tour, to be scheduled soon...
- Reserve your spot now for a dinner and talk with Will Tuttle, Ph.D. Dr. Tuttle, author of the groundreaking book, The World Peace Diet, is a captivating speaker. RSVP required. This event will probably fill up quickly. Details are here.
- We have two bake sales planned as part of the 2012 Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale. Bakers wanted!
The first one is May 5 in Falls Church, and we're teaming with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue. Details, including baker signup sheet, are here.
On May 12, we're teaming up for a vegan bake in Leesburg with Loudoun Veg. Details, including baker signup sheet, are here.
We're excited about teaming up with these two great organizations!
February 22, 2012
New Board Members, Events Reminder
We'd like to welcome two new members of the Compassion for Anmials Board of Directors: José and Leah Peralta.
Just a reminder—the
Loudoun Veg screening of Vegucated is this Sunday, February 26, at 3pm.
Let us know if you're interested in carpooling.
The
Compassion for Animals Benefit Day at Loving Hut is the following Sunday, March 4. Hope to see you there. The Facebook event is
here.
We're adding more spring and summmer events. It will be a fairly crowded next few months.
Thanks so much for your support!
February 11, 2012
Benefit Day at Loving Hut, Other Upcoming Events
On Sunday March 4, a portion of your bill at Loving Hut Restaurant in Falls Church goes to Compassion for Animals. More details are
here.
In other news, our events calendar over the next three months is getting crowded, and there are more events to come.
- Our first Poplar Spring tour is Saturday April 7.
- The Baltimore VegFest is Saturday April 28.
- We have two joint vegan bake sales planned as part of the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale—Saturday May 5 in Falls Church with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue and Saturday May 12 in Leesburg with Loudoun Veg.
- On Saturday May 19 we'll be tabling in McLean for our first time.
- Last but not least, Loudoun Veg is hosting a free screening of the award-winning "Vegucated" film on Sunday February 26 in Leesburg. If interested in carpooling, let us know. Details are here.
February 3, 2012
New Events for Winter, Spring 2012
We have the dates reserved for Pay Per View video outreach at George Mason University, and in the next few days will have dates set up for Pay Per View at George Washington University.
March 4 will be Compassion for Animals benefit day at Loving Hut restaurant in Falls Church.
Also, we're planning our first
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary guided tour of the year, and looking forward to May, we'll have a joint vegan bake sale with
Homeward Trails animal rescue as part of the fourth annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale.
We have more events in the works. Stay tuned...
January 21, 2011
MLK Leafleting Success; Events Being Planned
- We handed out close to 1500 pieces of literature at the Martin Luther King Jr. parade and memorial, respectively, on January 16. Big thanks to the volunteers who helped out at both places.
- We're going to start doing Pay Per View video outreach at George Washington University soon.
- The Compassion for Animals events calendar is pretty empty right now, but we're working on lots of events, and the calendar will start filling up shortly.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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...
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)
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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