1) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Due to the generosity of donors, we awarded $30,000 in college scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Essays about the students' amazing activism can be seen here: [ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
Thank you so much to Whitney for coordinating 23 volunteers to read the scholarship essays. You can contribute to future scholarships and internships at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
If you know a 2023-2024 high school senior, they can find application details here for next year: [ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
The deadline each year is February 20th.
The Vegetarian Resource Group will be holding a networking dinner during the annual FNCE meeting of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in Denver.
Details are here: [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/05/13/vegan-networking-dinner-in-denver-colorado-sunday-october-8-2023-615-pm/ ]
Welcome to our new Vegan Journal Senior Editor Hannah Kaminsky, who has previously contributed great photos and recipes. For example, see her tea time snack recipes: [ https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2023issue1/2023_issue1_time_for_tea.php ]
To subscribe to Vegan Journal, go to [ https://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php ]
It was great that former intern Amy Burger from Georgia visited us in Maryland recently. It was fun to meet her in person since due to the pandemic all contact was virtual during her VRG projects as a student.
Here is information about her internship: [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2021/05/18/my-vegetarian-resource-group-internship-4/ ]
And here is an aticle Amy wrote after completing her internship. [ https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2023issue1/2023_issue1_vegan_action.php ]
Thank you to Whitney McVerry for taking on the task of posting to VRG's Instagram. See [ https://www.instagram.com/vegetarianresourcegroup/ ]
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3) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
Thanks to the following volunteers for all your hard work with The Vegetarian
Resource Group, including posting to social media, writing blog posts, research,
presentations, restaurant research, clerical work, writing HTML, contributing to our
vegan parents group, doing media interviews, editing, photography, performing
nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, reading scholarship essays, and
more! To volunteer at VRG, please contact us at [email protected] To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
- Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD
- Jeff Bourdier
- Simon Brown
- Amy Burger
- Cathy Conway, MS RD
- Keryl Cryer
- Carole Hamlin
- Jessica L. Langenhan, MD, MBA
- Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
- Anna Markulis
- Jason Mathias
- Laura McGuiness, MLIS
- Phyllis McShane, RD
- Whitney McVerry
- Julie Neild
- Odette Olivares, MSN
- Marcy Schveibinz
- Mae Y. Seon
- Wayne Smeltz, PhD
- Elsa Spencer, PhD
- Shaun Vain
- Cheryl Van Beek
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4) VRG HIGHLIGHTS
The Vegetarian Resource Group was busy during Earth Week. We had booths at Loyola College Maryland, Holistic Wellness and Health Food Justice Event at Impact Hub in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland/DC Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Meeting, and Wilmington North Carolina VegFest. Thank you to volunteers Whitney Blomquist and Anna Markulis for staffing tables.
Vegan Education
Rissa Miller did a Vegan Living presentation at the Exeter Community Library in Reading, Pennsylvania, and gave out Vegan Journals, Vegan Plates handouts, and food samples.
The Vegetarian Resource Group sent 600 I Love Animals and Broccoli Coloring Books plus El arco iris vegetariano coloring books to PG County Maryland WIC. A nutritionist from a county health department in New Jersey asked to reprint our My Vegan Plate. We sent 800 Vegan Journals for grab bags for the Columbia, South Carolina VegFest and also Sarasota, Florida VegFest. We also shipped 4 boxes of Vegan Journals and VRG handouts to the Vegan Society of Hawaii to be shared at the Climate Fair on the lawn of the Hawaii State Capitol and at the Windward Coast Emergency Preparedness Fair.
Thank you to Whitney McVerry who tabled at Wilmington North Carolina VegFest for The Vegetarian Resource Group. She gave out several hundred of our Vegan Journal.
Besides all the young people, Whitney said a surprising number of elderly people that are now in retirement communities attended. They wanted to share information with other residents about adopting a vegan diet. Many are becoming plant-based as they become older.
For a listing of retirement communities offering veggie food, see: [ https://www.vrg.org/seniors/senior_vegan.php ]
If you know of a retirement community or facility which offers vegan options, please let us know.
To suport veg education and research, join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php ]
Donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
If you have to make Required Mininimum Distributions from your IRA, you may want to consider making a donation through a Qualified Charitable Distribution.
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5) VEGAN NETWORKING DINNER IN DENVER, COLORADO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2023, 5:45 PM
The Vegetarian Resource Group will host a networking dinner in Denver, Colorado, during the annual FNCE meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Within one mile of the Colorado Convention Center. All are invited. Participants from Denver and places from around the country will have a chance to share veg related activities they have coordinated.
RIO GRANDE MEXICAN RESTAURANT BUFFET:
- Chips and Salsa
- Guacamole
- Black Beans
- Portabella and Squash
- Grilled Peppers and Onions
- Plain Rice
- Pico de Gallo
- Selection of Salsas
- Flour Tortillas
- Soft Drinks, Coffee, Tea
PLEASE RESERVE IN ADVANCE. SEATING IS LIMITED
$30 for The Vegetarian Resource Group and Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group members. $35 for nonmembers. Includes tax and tip.
Please prepay at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Write in the comments section names of participants and that it is for the Denver dinner.
Or call (410) 366-8343, or mail payment to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.
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6) FOLLOW VRG'S SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Videos can be found here:
[ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSyCToa_i9fA4D5CLCAFWw ]
You can keep up with us on ~
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7) ABOUT VRG
Our health professionals, activists, and educators work with businesses and individuals to bring about healthful changes in your school, workplace, and community. Registered dietitians and physicians aid in the development of nutrition-related publications and answer member and media questions about vegetarian diets. The Vegetarian Resource Group is a non-profit organization. Financial support comes primarily from memberships, donations, bequests, and book sales. The Vegan Journal (formerly Vegetarian Journal), a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG.
(For more information, please see the Vegan Journal online ( [
http://www.vrg.org/journal/ ]
)
If you would like to make a donation, become a member, volunteer, or find out more about The VRG, contact us at:
The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Phone: (410) 366-8343
FAX: (410) 366-8804
E-mail: [email protected] to volunteer
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]
To donate: [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Donate crypto: [ https://every.org/vrg/donate/crypto ]
Or text 'give' to 80660vegan (80660 83426)
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Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2023 The contents of this newsletter, and our other publications, including Vegan Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your own best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.
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