You Can Help the WORLD GO VEGAN
Help Alliance for Animals to Celebrate
WORLD GO VEGAN WEEK!
Created by In Defense of Animals
October 24 - 30, 2010
IDA's informative World Go Vegan Week.
Want to do something? Here are some things you can do to help make A Vegan World.
Dine Out at The Roman Candle Pizzaria. Try Their World Go Vegan Week Special.
Be sure you tell them Alliance for Animals sent you!
Check out Borders West Vegan Cookbook Display. Buy a new cookbook!
Dine at Bunky's Cafe during World Go Vegan Week, order a vegan entree, and you will receive a complimentary Meditteranean Sampler, which includes tabouli, hummus, and baba ghanoush. Also 10% of the cost of your meal will be donated to Alliance for Animals. But you must mention that you are here because of World Go Vegan Week!
Vegan Dessert 50% off when you order a meal at Green Owl Cafe. You must mention World Go Vegan Week to receive this discount!
And if a sweet tooth is what you have, make the drive to Middleton and visit Bloom's Bake Shop. Vegan cupcakes! Lots of 'em! Chocolate, vanilla, even chai latte cupcakes. Visit their website.
8 Seasons Grille also has a vegan option for both lunch and dinner.
And remember other local vegan friendly restaurants: Mother Fool's Coffeehouse, Supreme Pizza, Glass Nickel Pizza. For more Wisconsin veg-friendly restaurants for those of you outside of the Madison area, go to VegGuide.Org.
Plan an event or activity to get people interested in veganism, such as a public lecture, cooking demonstration, feed-in with vegan food samples (www.vegfund.org), leafleting, tabling, library exhibit, or street theater performance.
Host a vegan potluck dinner or restaurant outing to show your family and friends that they don't have to sacrifice taste to save animals' lives. Sharing delicious vegan food with others is a fun and easy way to make a difference in the lives of animals and the people you care about.
Ask veg-friendly restaurants to offer discounts or specials on their vegan food. Encourage restaurants to have vegan specials for the week or to offer a discount for bringing in a veg-curious customer.
Host a vegan pie-baking contest. You can do this in your own home or in a public place. Offer prizes like gift certificates to veggie restaurants.
Host a Vegan Halloween Party. Have a costume party and have prizes for the best animal costume, most compassionate, and most vegan creative! Have vegan Halloween candy and treats on hand and go trick-or-treating, offering folks at the door vegan candy and brochures. Click here for a list of vegan Halloween candy.
Students: join or start a vegan club in your school and plan an event with your friends that will educate people about the benefits of a vegan diet to human health, animals, and the environment.
Host a screening of Peaceable Kingdom, an eye opening farmed animal documentary, at your local library or another venue. Invite a guest speaker to talk about farmed animal welfare issues. Contact AFA to borrow a copy of the DVD.
Plan to attend a Vegetarian/Vegan Meetup You can't go wrong at one of the Madison Area Vegetarian Meetup Group. All meals are vegan, well organized, and rich with friendly people. Or try the Madison Raw Food Meetup. You won't believe how good food tastes!
Have a well-known vegan author or athlete come speak in your community. Host an event where a famous vegan gives an inspiring presentation. Have vegan treats for folks to try. AFA or IDA can help you contact the person.
Write a letter to the editor about the benefits of a vegan diet or the cruelties of factory farming, or ask your local newspaper to write a story on the subject. Don't forget college or university newspapers. Contact AFA for addresses.
The Cap Times (scroll to the bottom of page for form)
Isthmus
Wisconsin State Journal
Visit the Compassionate Cooks website and listen to some of Colleen Patrick-Goudreau's excellent podcasts which debunk the myths of vegetarian/veganism.
Enter cooking competitions and bake sales using vegan recipes. Emphasize the fact that you didn't use any animal ingredients to make your delicious dishes.
