{"id":14029,"date":"2019-08-19T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14029"},"modified":"2019-08-13T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T17:48:11","slug":"dc-vegfest-2019-tabling-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/19\/dc-vegfest-2019-tabling-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"DC VegFest 2019 Tabling Experience"},"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\/08\/thumbnail-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14030\" width=\"300\" height=\"512\"\/><figcaption>VRG Volunteer Julia Mathew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Amy Dell, VRG Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in August, The Vegetarian Resource Group\nhad a booth at DC VegFest at Nationals Park! Former intern Julia, volunteer\nMarcy, and two new VRG volunteers, Shriya and her husband, and I all worked\ntogether to distribute information to current vegans, the veg. curious, and\nfamily members of vegans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We gave away about 800 copies of the <em>Vegetarian Journal<\/em>, hundreds of vegan pamphlets,\nand other resources like VRG\u2019s <em>I Love\nAnimals Coloring Books<\/em>, our protein flier, and information about our\nupcoming pre-Thanksgiving vegan dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the day, we talked to thousands of\npeople, answering questions about veganism, giving cookbook recommendations,\nand networking with other non-profits and activists. Many of the people that\nstopped at the table were interested in information about healthy vegan recipes\nand asked questions related to their specific health concerns, such as how to\nincrease protein in a vegan diet or how to reduce sodium intake. It was really\ninspiring to see so many people taking positive steps towards a healthy life by\nexploring veganism! Although I\u2019m not a dietitian and couldn\u2019t give nutrition\ninformation, I was able to point people towards articles on our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\">www.vrg.org<\/a> addressing these issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To intern for The Vegetarian Resource Group, see\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/index.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support The Vegetarian Resource Group outreach, donate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/donate\">www.vrg.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amy Dell, VRG Intern Earlier in August, The Vegetarian Resource Group had a booth at DC VegFest at Nationals Park! Former intern Julia, volunteer Marcy, and two new VRG volunteers, Shriya and her husband, and I all worked together to distribute information to current vegans, the veg. curious, and family members of vegans. We [&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-14029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14029","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=14029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14031,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14029\/revisions\/14031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}