{"id":13560,"date":"2019-05-16T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13560"},"modified":"2019-05-16T10:34:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:34:18","slug":"illinois-student-wins-5000-vegetarian-resource-group-college-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/16\/illinois-student-wins-5000-vegetarian-resource-group-college-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"ILLINOIS STUDENT WINS $5,000 VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Bianca-Schramm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13561\" width=\"300\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bianca Schramm said, \u201cIn fifth grade, a fellow student criticized my lunch, complaining that my avocado tofu sandwich looked weird and asked why I didn\u2019t have the ever-popular ham and cheese sandwich \u2026 She told me \u2018God created animals to be eaten.\u2019\u00a0 \u2026 Do you have a dog? I asked her \u2026 \u201cWell, you would never eat a dog, right? \u2026\u201d <br> <br>Bianca reported, \u201cI have been involved with volunteering projects with the Science of Spirituality Meditation Center since the beginning of Middle School. As a member of their youth services program, I helped cook vegetarian meals and organized field trips every month \u2026 \u201cDuring the summers of 2015 and 2016 I gave discourses at Veggie Fest (Naperville, Illinois) in the Learn To Be Vegetarian booth.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cAs a passionate teenage vegetarian, I still wanted to do more. \u2026 One of my biggest hobbies is photography, and I also volunteer at the Science of Spirituality every Saturday for two hours at their vegetarian cooking classes to take pictures of their vegetarian meals for social media.\u201d <br> <br>Bianca also said, \u201cI work in the Manna Organics booth June through August every Saturday at the Naperville Farmer\u2019s Market (2015-2018). I help sell vegan nut butters and sprouted organic breads. While working there, I had the pleasure of engaging in many insightful conversations with customers about their dietary choices, and I would regularly explain my belief and support of the vegan lifestyle.\u201d <br> <br>Bianca continued, \u201cAs a life-long vegetarian, I have combined my passion for the vegan diet with my passion for creative writing \u2026 Many of these short stories from my childhood related to my experiences of being a 5th generation vegetarian.\u201d Bianca also wrote, \u201cI am happy to report that I am indeed still vegan! \u2026 The treatment of animals in America is very disheartening, and the more I learn about this inhumane and unsustainable treatment, the more passionate and motivated I become to encourage others to try veganism.\u201d <br> <br>Bianca will be attending Davidson College as a communication studies major. <br> <br>To see additional scholarship winners, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/a> <br> <br>The deadline for the next Vegetarian Resource Group scholarship is February 20, 2020.  Applicants should be graduating high school in spring of 2020. For details, see:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support additional scholarships and internships, donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a> You can also call (410) 366-8343, or mail a check to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bianca Schramm said, \u201cIn fifth grade, a fellow student criticized my lunch, complaining that my avocado tofu sandwich looked weird and asked why I didn\u2019t have the ever-popular ham and cheese sandwich \u2026 She told me \u2018God created animals to be eaten.\u2019\u00a0 \u2026 Do you have a dog? I asked her \u2026 \u201cWell, you would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13585,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13560\/revisions\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}