{"id":26515,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=26515"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:11:29","slug":"tomer-fine-from-california-wins-5000-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/15\/tomer-fine-from-california-wins-5000-vegetarian-resource-group-2026-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMER FINE FROM CALIFORNIA WINS $5,000 VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP 2026 SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tomer-Finesmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tomer-Finesmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>After watching a video in seventh grade, Tomer told his parents he would no longer consume animal products. He said, \u201cI later learned that veganism is actually a decision about what kind of person you want to be when nobody is watching.\u201d In high school, his club successfully lobbied the Las Virgenes Unified School District to include daily vegan meals five days a week across all LVUSD schools. Tomer is also a co-founder of Peta2 Los Angeles. With Noelle (another scholarship winner), they hosted giveaways of Tofurky, vegan ice cream, vegan meats, and vegan milkshakes. The summer before his senior year, Tomer interned with the Animal-Cruelty Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office. Tomer\u2019s future goal in life is to major in political science and then attend law school, building a niche in animal rights law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4973931740msonormal\" style=\"line-height: 106%; margin: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">The deadline for the VRG scholarship contest for high school seniors is February 20<sup>th<\/sup> of each. For details, and to see other winners, go to\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0563c1;\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5178111166msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">To support VRG\u2019s outreach to young people, donate at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/vrg.org\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">vrg.org\/donate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5178111166msonormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Join at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/cabdacae.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After watching a video in seventh grade, Tomer told his parents he would no longer consume animal products. He said, \u201cI later learned that veganism is actually a decision about what kind of person you want to be when nobody is watching.\u201d In high school, his club successfully lobbied the Las Virgenes Unified School District [&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-26515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26515","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=26515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26518,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26515\/revisions\/26518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}