The Vegetarian Resource Group continues to be very busy on a daily basis. Below are some examples of successes and activities. Your support through Combined Federal Charity (CFC) or your Local/State Campaign is greatly appreciated! You can also donate directly to VRG at www.vrg.org/donate

Here’s a sampling of some of our accomplishments and outreach:

VRG Nutrition Advisor Reed Mangels, PhD, RD, did a virtual presentation for students and registered dietitians at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, as well as a talk to Washington State WIC (Women Infants Children) personnel.

Reed co-authored Vegetarian dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention: An umbrella review of systematic reviews that was published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. In addition, Reed co-authored Vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns to treat adult type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial published in Advances in Nutrition.

We were asked permission to reprint VRG’s Vegan My Plate in an updated edition of Pearson Education’s Nutrition Science to You textbook by Joan Salge Blake.

A dietitian requested teen brochures and nutshell handouts to use at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

A bookstore in Providence, RI and vegan restaurants in MD, MA, NJ, OH, TX, and VA are offering VRG brochures to their customers.

VRG gave a box of Vegan Journals to be distributed at SEED Food & Wine Festival in Austin, Texas. We gave 200 cookbooks, 200 Vegan Journals, and 200 I Love Animals and Broccoli coloring books to the Holistic Plant-Based Living Program for various events. VRG also sent 700 Vegan Journals and 200 brochures to be distributed at the Vegetarians of Central Florida event, a box of VRG literature to be handed out by the Northern Ohio Vegan Advocates while doing outreach, and a large box of Vegan Journals and VRG brochures to the Vegan Society of Hawaii for various tabling opportunities.

VRG had booths at the Charlottesville and Richmond VegFests in Virginia, San Francisco World Vegan Fest in California, as well as the Academy of Nutriton and Dietetics meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Finally, VRG is hosting several high school/college interns and volunteers this year.

This is just a small sampling of what we are doing at VRG every day. Thank you so much! We couldn’t do this without your support.

You can donate directly to VRG at www.vrg.org/donate You can also mail donations to The Vegetarian Resource Group, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203 or call in your donation to (410) 366-8343 Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm EST.