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August 16, 2011
Arlington County Fair

Though the crowds weren't as big as last year, hundreds of attendees participated in Pay Per View, we had lots of fruitful discussions and gave away a ton of literature, and our volunteers were awesome!

August 6, 2011
Institutions Interested in Vegan Bake Sales?

If you're a member of a DC-area church or other religious group, civic institution, or animal shelter or rescue group, and would like to hold a fundraiser vegan bake sale, Compassion for Animals (CfA) is interested in helping you. You supply the place, some of the bakers, and some of the promotion; CfA supplies help with baking, setup, operation, and promotion. You can use the proceeds however you like. Contact us for more details.

If you're a member of any of these organizations, local or not, you may be interested in participating in next year's fourth annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, started by Compassion for Animals. Contact us if you want to be emailed two reminders in early 2012 to participate.

August 6, 2011
Upcoming Events

In addition to the Arlington County Fair this coming Thursday through Saturday (for which we still have a couple of volunteer slots), on Sunday August 28 you can join us for volunteering and/or a guided tour at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, and on Saturday September 10, we will hold our first potluck / picnic — open to all!

We hope to see you at one or more of these events!

July 21, 2011
Coming Up: Arlington County Fair

We're looking forward to tabling at the Arlington County Fair, August 11 through 14. We'll have three “Pay Per View” video stations, as well as literature and books and shirts for sale. Among our superstar volunteers will be vegan strength athlete Javier DelaCamara (GorillaFit), yoga instructor Cathy Buntua, and registered nurse Margaretha Backers-Netherton.

We'll need more volunteers, though, and will be sending out the request via email and social media soon...

July 7, 2011
Fairfax July 4th Celebration

We gave away hundreds of vegan food samples (General Tso's vegan “chicken” from Whole Foods, Tofurky Salad from Roots Market, and un-crabcakes and three kinds of cookies from vegan chef Ginger Naglee) and plenty of literature and recipe sheets, and had some great conversations with people who came to see the fireworks and festivities at the Fairfax Independence Day Celebration.

Big shout-out to our intrepid volunteers: Gloria, Kelly, and Kacy!

We're Interested in Your Ideas!

Is there an activity that you'd like Compassion for Animals to do, for which you're 90 percent (or more) sure you would volunteer? Tell us about it and we will sincerely consider it.

Mention CfA, Get 10% Off at Loving Hut

When you go to the new Loving Hut restaurant in Falls Church, VA, mention Compassion for Animals and get 10 percent off your order!

Pay Per View Videos on YouTube

We put the videos we most often use for Pay Per View video outreach on our YouTube page.

Falls Church Memorial Day Festival

Searing hot temperatures notwithstanding, we gave away hundreds of samples of vegan food from local establishments, had great conversations about vegan food and concepts with people to came to the booth, and handed out lots of literature. Huge thanks to our outstanding volunteers!

There weren't as many dogs at the event this year—which was good in the sense that the blacktop was burning hot by noon—but we did have a few early morning four-pawed visitors, such as these two guys helping themselves to a cool drink at our “doggie oasis.”

Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale

Our first of two bake sales as part of the 2011 Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale was a fun success, thanks to awesome volunteers, talented bakers, and generous local businesses. There was even a great, albeit short, piece about the bake sale on radio station WAMU, during the very popular "Morning Edition"program!

Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti

We raised over $500 for Haitian relief as part of 100 Shows for Haiti. We were helped by two great volunteers from Fairfax High School, an awesome team of bakers—which included members of the Students Against Animal Cruelty Club at Marshall High School in Falls Church—and area businesses that donated tasty vegan items.

Meet and Greet with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Many thanks to everyone who came out to Sunflower and/or Clare and Don's Beach Shack on a blustery Tuesday night for the “Meet and Greet” events with our very special guest, award-winning author and animal advocate Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. HUGE thanks to Colleen, who signed and sold her awesome cookbooks and talked with all the guests. It was a "lovefest" in her words, and we agree. Here are some pictures from the events.

Successful Vegan Chili Feed-In

Thanks to everyone who contributed awesome chili for our January 29 vegan chili feed-in at Roots Market in Olney—our first foray into hot food feed-ins. We had the chili selections arranged from hottest to mildest. For a while we had six crockpots, each with a different variety of vegan chili, lined up side-by-side. Feedback from customers was a hundred percent positive, with lots of raves.

Pay Per View Update

VegFund.org has now taken over funding of Pay Per View (PPV) outreach events. Funding is what they do, so this should work out very well. Thank you to VegFund! We've worked closely with them to make this a smooth transition. If you're interested in doing a funded PPV event, this page has the funding application and this page has instructions and tips for doing a PPV event.
We're starting to show a condensed version of Mercy For Animals' Farm to Fridge video (MPEG link here, Windows Media link here) as our main PPV video.

DC-Area College Students: Outreach Opportunity

Are you interested in helping to get a Pay Per View (PPV) event at your campus? It's easy if you go to school in the DC area. At most schools, students can reserve a kiosk in some central area, such as the student union building or food court. Coordinate dates and times with us and we'll do the rest—we'll set up and run the PPV event. And we'll show you how to do it, and how you get can get funding for PPV, so you can hold future PPV events on your own.

Successful Vegan Bake Sale

Thanks to all the bakers who made delicious creations, and everyone who helped out, and everybody who bought stuff at our fundraiser bake sale at the Arlington Central Library.

Thanks also to the local businesses who supplied baked goods for the bake sale: My Vegan Baker, in Fairfax, VA, Natalia's Elegant Creations, in Falls Church, VA, Bakeshop, in Arlington, VA, and Vegan Treats, which is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania but supplies desserts to Toscana Grill, Busboys and Poets, and other area restaurants.

Flier for November 6 Bake Sale

This awesome flier was designed by Lita Ledesma of stickymice.com.