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2) VRG BOOTHS AND EVENTS
Come visit us at these VRG booths!
- Vegetarian Resource Group Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Potluck
- North Baltimore Mennonite Church
Baltimore, MD
Sunday, November 18th, 2018 at 5PM
Please share these links:
[ https://www.vrg.org/2018_Thanksgiving%20Potluck-1.pdf ]
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/430242214151336/ ]
If you’re interested in volunteering to help set up for the potluck or do promotion, contact Gene Slothour-Hudnall at: [email protected]
THE BUFFALO VEGAN POP-UP MARKET, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2018
962 Wehrle Dr., Buffalo, NY 14221-7722
The Buffalo Vegan Pop-Up Market brings local vegan business owners together to promote and sell their goods and services. See:
[ https://www.facebook.com/buffaloveganpopup/ ]
Vegan SoulFest
Clifton Park
Baltimore, MD
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FNCE
Sunday to Tuesday, October 27-29, 2019
Philadelphia, PA
If you would like to donate towards our veggie outreach, donate at:
[ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Donations can also be sent to:
The Vegetarian Resource Group
P.O. Box 1463
Baltimore, MD 21203
Or call: (410) 366-8343
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3) OTHER UPCOMING VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
Below are upcoming events. As of now, The VRG will not be at these events but we want to share them with you in case you live in or will be traveling to the area they are taking place and wish to attend:
Twisted Fork Vegan Festival
Sunday, November 18th, 2018
Hunstville, AL
Veg Soc. of DC Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Washington, DC
EarthsaveThanks Living Celebration
Saturday, Nov 24, 2018, 6 pm
Baltimore, MD
Earthsave's last potluck of the year will be at Govans Presbyterian Church on Saturday, November 24th from 6:00 until 8:30. There will be live music, and a chance to connect with like-minded people. RSVP and join them for a fun event!
[ http://earthsavebaltimore.org/node/77 ]
[ http://earthsavebaltimore.org ]
Sedona Health & Nutrition Conference
Sedona, AZ
January 17 & 18, 2019
Sedona VegFest
Sedona, AZ
January 19 & 20, 2019
Alabama Vegan Fest
Sunday, April 14th, 2019
Birmingham, AL
Plant-Based Prevention of Disease
Saturday - Monday
May 18th–20th, 2019
McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Plant Based World Conference & Expo
June 2019
Javits Convention Center in NYC
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4) CHARITABLE IRA ROLLOVER AND DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
Because the standard deduction has been raised to $12,000 for
individuals and $24,000 for married couples filing jointly, some people
may lose the advantage of deducting charitable donations, since their
itemized deductions would not exceed those amounts.
So for donors who are over 70 1/2 years old, they may want to use the
charitable IRA rollover. The charitable IRA rollover is a distribution
from an individual retirement account directly to a charity. The
distribution from the plan administrator directly to the charity counts
toward the donor’s required minimum distribution for the year, but the
charitable donation is not included in the donor’s adjusted gross
income.
Others may use a donor-advised fund. Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are
accounts where the donors can advise on where and when to distribute
funds. Donors claim the charitable deduction in the year the money is
transferred to the DAF even though the funds have not been given
to the final specific charities. This allows donors to consolidate several
years of charitable gifts into one year for their income tax returns.
For example, married donors who usually give $3,000 per year to their
favorite charitable organization can create a Donor-Advised fund,
deposit $21,000 in it for a current year tax deduction, and then
distribute $3,000 per year as annual gifts in future years. For example,
here is information about a few Donor Advised Funds.
[
https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/philanthropy/what-is-a-donor-advised-fund.shtml ]
[
https://www.schwabcharitable.org/public/charitable/donor_advised_funds ]
[
http://programforgiving.org/charitable/pages/home.jsp ]
This is not legal or tax advice. You should speak to your legal or tax advisor.
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5) EARLS RESTAURANTS AND ITEMS THEY LIST AS VEGAN
Earls restaurant chain in Canada and the USA lists these items as vegan:
- Vegan Field Greens Salad: grape tomatoes, cucumber, toasted pumpkin seeds, champagne
shallot vinaigrette
- Vegan Hunan Kung Pao: Ginger soy sauce, wok fried vegetables, rice and peanuts
- Vegan Roll with avocado, yam, mango, cucumber, sriracha
- Vegan Korean Bibimbap: Hot stone rice bowl, sesame chili sauce, with carrots, mushrooms and zucchini
- Vegan Quinoa + Avocado Powerbowl: Roasted squash, beets, toasted pumpkin seeds, crispy
chickpeas
Note that for several items they said there can be cross contamination from fryer or from
supplier.
See:
[ https://storage.googleapis.com/earls-public/earls.ca/nutritional_info/Earls-Nutrition-info.pdf ]
For locations:
[ https://earls.ca/locations ]
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6) COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
If you are a Federal government employee, you can support The Vegetarian Resource
Group through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Look for us under Health &
Medical Research Charities of America. If you’re not a Federal Employee, you may be
able to support our work through your company’s charity donation or matching campaign.
[ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2018/09/21/please-donate-to-the-vegetarian-resource-group-through-the-combined-federal-campaign-cfc-or-your-local-state-campaign-3/ ]
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7) VRG PRE-THANKSGIVING DINNER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018, 5 PM, BALTIMORE, MD
North Baltimore Mennonite Church
4615 Roland Ave, Baltimore, Maryland 21210
Please share these links.
[ https://www.vrg.org/2018_Thanksgiving%20Potluck-1.pdf ]
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/430242214151336/ ]
The Vegetarian Resource Group is hosting our 37th Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck Dinner, showing appreciation for turkeys by not eating them! Join us in sharing a variety of festive, delicious, vegan dishes. All are welcome. Adult admission is $5 and children are free. Please bring a vegan dish - free of meat, fish, fowl, dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal-derived ingredients - that serves 4 per adult in your party. Write ingredients of the dish on an index card to accommodate special diets.
We are also collecting canned foods for those in need. The event will take place Sunday November 18th at 5:00 PM in the North Baltimore Mennonite Church, located at 4615 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21210. If you have any questions, please call 9am to 5pm, Monday-Friday (410) 366-VEGE (410-366-8343). You can email us questions at [email protected]
To volunteer for setup or do promotion, email Gene at [email protected] or call (410) 366-8343.
SEE VEGAN THANKSGIVING RECIPES:
[ https://www.vrg.org/recipes/vegan_thanksgiving.php ]
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8) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VRG VOLUNTEERS
Thanks to the following VRG 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, staffing booths, editing, performing
nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, and more!
- Matthew Baker, RN
- Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD
- Whitney Blomquist
- Kalie Ganem
- Chloe Hightman
- Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
- Paul Marrocco
- Julia Mathew
- Laura McGuiness
- David Milner
- Karen Peissinger
- Beth Preiss
- Marcia Schveibinz
- Brad Scott
Call for Volunteers:
We’re still looking for volunteers who can assist us with updating our lists of vegetarian
and vegan restaurants. We’ve gotten a lot of leads from our scholarship entrants, but we
need to research their suggestions. This work can be done remotely.
To volunteer at VRG, please contact Gene at [email protected]
To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ www.vrg.org/donate ]
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9) VRG HIGHLIGHTS
- We sent 200 copies of the Vegetarian Journal along with 600 brochures to Vegan
Community of Eastern Iowa in support of their first vegFest.
- We sent 200 brochures and coloring books to a dietitian working for 5 schools
in Eastern Pennsylvania.
- We sent 100 Veganism in a Nutshell brochures, along with several buttons, and
samples of brochures and the Vegetarian Journal to a college vegetarian group at Baylor
in Waco, Texas.
- We sent a case of Vegetarian Journals and over 600 brochures to the Vegetarian Society
of Hawaii for distribution at their VegFest Oahu.
- We sent materials to a dietitian who works with children in a public high school in
Delaware.
- We sent brochures and copies of the Vegetarian Journal to a vegan chef and activist in the DC
area prior to a public showing of a pro-vegan documentary at a local church.
- We sent books, brochures, and other literature to a chef in Florida who’s teaching
upper-elementary school children about veganism.
- We assisted a journalist with an article about vegan fish alternatives.
- We ran an outreach booth at the annual meeting of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Special thanks to Reed Mangels PhD, RD and Catherine Conway MS, RD for helping.
- We assisted a new vegetarian company in finding food technologists.
To support VRG outreach, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
Or join at [ https://www.vrg.org/member/cabdacae.php ]
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10) VRG WISH LIST
As a non-profit, we can only take on new projects when we are able to get support from
donors and our dedicated volunteers. Right now, we are especially seeking your support
for the following:
- We're getting down to the last of our Vegan Nutrition for Teenagers brochures. We're looking for $1,000 for another print run of this very popular pamphlet. [ https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/VeganNutritionForTeenagers.pdf ]
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- Do you have an old car, truck, or RV that you're trying to get rid of? Did you know that you can turn that old vehicle into a tax deductible donation to The Vegetarian Resource Group? You can donate online here:
[ http://www.v-dac.com/org/?id=521279034 ]
, or call 1-877-999-8322.
-
- You can make a one time, quarterly, monthly, or an annual donation. To make a donation, call (410)-366-8343 M-F 9:00-5:00, mail a check to The Vegetarian Resource Group at PO Box 1463, Baltimore MD, 21203, or visit [ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
. Please be sure to let us know which project you would like your contribution to fund. Thank you for supporting The Vegetarian Resource Group!
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11) WAYS TO SUPPORT THE VRG
You will be part of a network of givers who support our outreach efforts on an ongoing basis. These donations allow us to continue vegan education in a wide variety of venues including schools, doctor and dietitian offices, libraries, various professional conferences, animal rights events, health fairs, environmental festivals, and much more. Thank you for your support! Go to: [ http://www.vrg.org/donate ]
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12) ABOUT THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP & VRG NEWS
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 Vegetarian Journal, a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG.
(For more information, please see the Vegetarian Journal online [ https://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] or to volunteer: Gene at [email protected]
Website: [ https://www.vrg.org/ ]
VRG-NEWS is the e-mail newsletter of The Vegetarian Resource Group. This is an announcement list so subscriber messages are not accepted by the list. If you have a technical question about the list, please contact us at [email protected]. If you have any suggestions, ideas, or corrections to VRG-NEWS, please direct them to [email protected]. Thanks. If you are a new subscriber, you might enjoy reading past issues of VRG-NEWS online at
[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/ ]
The VRG is an educational non-profit group providing information on vegetarianism and veganism. To subscribe to VRG-NEWS, go to
[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/ ]
To unsubscribe, or otherwise manage your subscription to VRG-NEWS, go to
[ http://lists.vrg.org/mailman/listinfo/vrg-news_lists.vrg.org ]
(Go to the bottom of the page where it says "unsubscribe" or "edit options". You do not need a password.)
Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2018 The contents of this newsletter, and our other publications, including Vegetarian 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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