1) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
February 20th is our yearly deadline for The Vegetarian Resource Group scholarship contest. Surprise surprise. Most students waited until February 20th to send in their applications. So this has been a very busy time. Thank you so much to Whitney, who volunteers to coordinate all our volunteer readers that read essay submissions. Kudos to Jill and Carole who came into the office to help. And thank you to all the readers! For more details about the annual VRG scholarship contest and to read past essays, go to [ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
Email us if you want to volunteer next year to be a reader of a few essays. We divide it up, so no one has to read hundreds. If you want to donate to our scholarships or internships, you can donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Indicate it's for the scholarships and internships.
Thank you to our volunteers who staffed VRG booths at VegFests in Santa Cruz, California and Wilmington, North Carolina. If you are in the area, please come by our table at New England VegFest in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 9, 2024. Welcome to those who came by our booth at the Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in April and signed up for the email newsletter. And thank you to VRG interns Carolyn and Danielle who did a VRG table at Maryland Loyola University Earth Day celebration.
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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 ]
- Jill Adler
- Jeff Bourdier
- Amy Burger
- Danielle Choma
- Cathy Conway MS RD
- Keryl Cryer
- Chis Dunmall
- Heather Francis JD
- Carole Hamlin
- Jessica Langeham
- Sundari Maharajh
- Jason Mathias
- Reed Mangels PhD RD
- Laura McGuiness MLIS
- Wendy McPherson
- Whitney McVerry
- Ashely Monti
- Sundari Maharajh
- Julie Neild
- Odette Olivares MSN
- Priscila Reis
- Nadely Requena
- Mae Y. Seon
- Elsa Spencer PhD
- Carolyn Stoller
- Cheryl Van Beek
- Neha Vivek
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4) VRG OUTREACH
VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, did a virtual vegetarian class for nutrition students at Univesity of Maryland Eastern Shore and Morgan State University.
Thank you to Vegan Journal editor Hannah Kaminsky who gave out Vegan Journals at Austin VegFest in Texas, and VRG Advisor Arnie Alper MD, who did a booth for us at the Santa Cruz VegFest in California.
If you are attending any of these conferences, please come by our booth and say hello.
- Animal and Vegan Advocacy Summit in Alexandria, VA in May, 2024 [ https://www.avasummit.com/dc2024 ]
- New England VegFest in Worcester, MA in June, 2024 [ https://www.nevegfest.org/ ]
- Vegan Roots Fest in Charlottesville, VA in September, 2024 [ http://www.veganrootsfest.org/#date ]
- Richmond VegFest in Richmond, VA in October, 2024 [ https://www.facebook.com/RichmondVegFest/ ]
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FNCE CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER, 2024 [ https://www.eatrightpro.org/events/fnce ]
Here's a great idea for outreach.
Gaia and Loki Restaurant [ https://www.gaiaandloki.com/ ]
in Jersey City, New Jersey ordered several hundred of our Be Kind to Animals - Don't Eat Them bumper stickers. They are stapling them to all their takeout order bags. "Issuing bumper stickers for all our to go bags is a subtle way to invite our community to join us on our journey towards a vegan lifestyle and combat animal cruelty."
Welcome to Nadely, who will be returning as a VRG intern, and showing our new summer intern Akua the ropes. Thank you to our members who have provided housing. Here is Nadely reporting on her previous VRG epxerience. [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2023/11/16/vrg-intern-nadely-requena-in-colorado/ ]
To suport VRG veg education and research, join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php ]
Donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
If you work for a company that matches donations, please request the match form.
If you have to make Required Mininimum Distributions from your IRA, you may want to consider making a donation to VRG through a Qualified Charitable Distribution.
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5) VRG NETWORKING DINNER IN MINNEAPOLIS
Sawatdee Thai Restaurant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 6 PM
Come meet dietitians from The Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group and VRG members. The public is invited. You must preregister. You can pay at [ https://wwww.vrg.org/donate ]
Write in names of attendees and that this is for the Networking dinner.
BUFFET
Vegetarian Spring Rolls
Fried Tofu
Red Curry with Tofu
Summer Pad Thai
Combination Vegetable Dish with broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, onions, napa, water chestnuts, tomatoes, and mock duck.
Brown Rice and White Rice
Coffee or tea and water
Mango and Sticky Rice
Cost: $30 for VRG and Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group members before September 15, 2024. $35 for others. $20 for two to ten year olds. Other drinks can be purchased from the restaurant separately.
PLEASE PAY AT [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and write in the Comments: Networking Dinner with the Attendee names. Or call (410) 366-8343. Or mail payment to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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6) MARYLAND NEWS
Readers in Maryland may be interested in:
Sticky Fingers' latest retail outlet and flagship commercial kitchen opened in the Takoma Park neighborhood of DC [ https://stickyfingersbakery.com/ ]
Running group Plant Powered Athlete - Baltimore [ https://www.facebook.com/groups/plantpoweredathlete.bmore ]
Hae Vegan Catering, Mechanicsville
(240)-309-3868
[email protected]
Delivery
In-store pickup
Takeout
Online classes
[ https://m.facebook.com/people/HAE-Vegan/100075842142072/ ]
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7) 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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8) ABOUT VRG/SUPPORT VEGAN EDUCATION
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 2024 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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