4) VRG BOOTHS AND EVENTS
Come visit us at these VRG booths!
York Harvest VegFest
Saturday, September 21st, 2019
Cousler Park
York, PA
C'ville Vegan Roots Fest
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
Booker T. Washington Park
Charlottesville, VA
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FNCE
Sunday to Tuesday, October 27-29, 2019
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
VRG Annual Vegan Dinner
Sunday, October 27, 2019, 6pm
Su Xing
Philadelphia, PA
Pre-Thanksgiving Vegan Potluck
North Baltimore Mennonite Church
Sunday, November 24th, 2019, 5PM
Baltimore, MD
If you’re interested in helping us at one of our booths, contact Gene Slothour-Hudnall at
[email protected].
If you would like to donate towards our veggie outreach, donate at:
[ http://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
5) OTHER UPCOMING VEGETARIAN/VEGAN EVENTS
Below are upcoming events occurring nationally and internationally. 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:
- 17th Satvik Vegan Festival
- Friday – Sunday, August 9th – 11th, 2019
Sthitaprajna (Simplicity-Solitude-Silence)
Hoseri, Yeljit Village,Byndoor-576214, Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India
- 47th IVU World Vegfest
- August 23rd-25th, 2019
Albany VegFest
- Sunday, September 8th, 2019
Albany Capital Center
Albany, NY
- 24th Annual Boston Veg Food Fest
- Saturday, October 19th, 2019
Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
Boston, MA
- 2020 Shamayim V'Aretz Retreat
- February 7 - 9th, 2020
Brandeis-Bardin Institute
- Whole Health Forum
- "Forum Four"
May 17th-21st, 2020
Zichron Yaakov, Israel
- Plant-based Prevention of Disease Annual National Conference
- May 30th -June 1st, 2020
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan
6) NEVADA STUDENT WINS $10,000 VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP SCHOLARSHIP
Karina Carrillo Juarez said; “My parents are immigrants and worked
harder than anyone I know to maintain a roof over my head. Despite all
their attempts, we lived in some of the worst parts of Las Vegas. Police
sirens and helicopters were my lullabies.”
“I began to learn about veganism through You Tube. I chose to pursue a
vegan diet at the end of middle school. When I first became vegan, my
doctor was understandably concerned ... After a year I took a blood test
because I wanted to prove everyone wrong, when she and my mom were
impressed by how well I maintained or improved.”
“I have a little sister with severe allergies to milk ... Because I was
vegan before her dairy allergy became so strong, I’ve been able to make
her foods that she can eat and enjoy ... My mom has started to use
alternatives while cooking to make foods such as pozole, Mexican
desserts, enchiladas, and my favorite which is soy ceviche.”
“As I entered high school, I became very overwhelmed. I had been
accepted into East Tech, for its notorious culinary program. While I was
passionate about Culinary Arts, I also was very scared because I didn’t
want to break my values when learning about Culinary ... When people
started to find out I was vegan, I was constantly made fun of ...
Rather than lashing out, or letting everything get to me, I used it as
motivation to become more confident in who I was ... By the middle of
freshman year the entirety of my school knew me for being vegan.”
“The hardest part of high school was within the culinary kitchen. At
first, my freshman chef was very overwhelmed when finding out I was
vegan. He’s had the same curriculum for years and years, but I came in
and changed that. I didn’t expect to be treated special, but he didn’t
want to make me feel left out. We did collide a couple times, and had
some arguments, but with time we learned how to work together. I learned
a lot from him, because he was extremely experienced in the Culinary
World ... Often times he would teach me how to tweak certain recipes so
that I could enjoy them alongside the rest of my class. When we began to
gain confidence, we would even experiment with different things as we
tried to veganize tricky recipes. With time, Chef asked me to teach the
class a couple things about being vegan, eating healthy, and avoiding
allergens, because he thought it would be useful knowledge for anyone
planning to work in the Culinary industry ... He even started to create
lessons on vegan food for the entire class, not just me ... One of my most
thrilling moments was when I walked into the culinary refrigerator to
search for regular ingredients. What I found was so exciting to me. My
heart fluttered a bit, and I rushed out to talk to our chef. Inside a
pretty purple box, were twelve containers of soy milk. Within the box
there was so much more than soy milk. The school buying this meant I was
finally accepted, and that the minds of my teachers were more open to my
lifestyle.”
“My senior project was one of my proudest moments in high school ... I
had been cooking for two days straight. Without any sleep, I arrived to
school with nearly 400 servings of baked vegan goods. We were only
required to have 200, but I was afraid of running out.“
“I was really nervous to present ... Senior celebration day is huge. All
the hallways, fishbowls, and banquet halls become filled with senior
presentations ... Even school district administration, such as the
superintendent show up to school.”
“As I began presenting to everyone, I became fearful I was acting 'too
vegan'. I wanted people to listen to me and not become close minded ...
Rather than spending a minute or two talking to me, they’d spend up to
twenty minutes ...” One culinary teacher “brought professional chefs he
had been friends with for decades. He was a little nervous, and wanted
to make sure I made a good impression on them. I was nervous too. To my
surprise, they became amazed with the alternatives I tried and intrigued
by the science I explained ... My food was gone about 45 minutes before
presentations ended, and yet people still came to my station ... I loved
the conversation I had with everyone. They weren’t afraid to contradict
me, and so that allowed me to be able to respond and inform them on
misconceptions in a kind way...”
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 and to see other scholarship winners, go to
[ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
To support additional scholarships and internships, donate at
[ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
, call (410) 366-8343, or mail a check to The Vegetarian Resource Group,
P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.
7) VRG ANNUAL VEGAN DINNER IN PHILADELPHIA, PA Sunday, October 27, 2019, 6PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2019, 6PM
The Vegetarian Resource Group will host a vegan dinner at Su Xing, about a six minute walk from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, on Sunday, October 27, 2019, during the annual meeting of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Meet vegetarian dietitians from around the country. The public is invited.
The Vegetarian Resource Group will host a vegan dinner at Su Xing, about a six minute walk from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, on Sunday, October 27, 2019, during the annual meeting of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Meet vegetarian dietitians from around the country. The public is invited.
MENU
Appetizer: seitan on stick with BBQ sauce
Soup (choice of): hot and sour soup or tofu vegetable soup
Main Dishes:
- chow fun (rice noodle dish)
- tofu with black bean sauce
- stir-fried spinach
- stir-fried string beans
- rice
Dessert: fruit
Beverages: tea and water
MUST RESERVE AND PAY IN ADVANCE
Send $25 per person (includes tax and tip) with attendee names to The Vegetarian Resource Group, PO Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203. Call (410) 366-8343. Or pay at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and write “Philadelphia VRG Dinner” and attendee names on the “Comments” box.
If you’re coming, let everyone know on Facebook: [ https://www.facebook.com/events/370051343793410/ ]
8) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
Thanks to the following VRG volunteers for all your hard work with The Vegetarian Resource Group, including accounting, posting to social media, writing blog posts, research, presentations, running booths, restaurant research, clerical work, writing HTML, contributing to our vegan parents group, doing media interviews, editing, performing nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, and more!
- Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD
- Whitney Blomquist
- Casey Brown, RD
- Emily Carter
- Cathy Conway, MS, RD
- Nathaniel Corn
- Keryl Cryer
- Anne Custer
- Amy Dell
- Natalie Evans
- Carole Hamlin
- Autumn Hengen
- Suzanne Hengen
- Joshua Lam
- Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
- Hanna Mangold
- Julia Mathew
- Rissa Miller
- David Milner
- Katie Nunemaker
- Mark Rifkin, MS, RD
- Bryan Schroeder, RN
- Marcy Schveibinz
- Brad Scott
- Kavitha Shankar
- Stuart Stahler
Call for Volunteers
We could use help developing our vegetarian senior guide. If you know of any senior living facilities that are accommodating to vegetarian or vegan seniors, especially by regularly offering vegetarian or vegan meals, please let us know! If you’re willing to
do some research on this, please reach out as well. We are looking for people in various areas (but particularly New Jersey and California) who can reach out to facilities via phone, e-mail, or even in-person.
To volunteer at VRG, please contact Gene at [email protected]
To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ www.vrg.org/donate ]
9) 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 seeking your support for the following:
- We gave away stacks of books and other materials to nine dietetic interns, so they can
better assist their future vegetarian clients. Could you contribute $49 to offset the cost of a supply of books and materials for one intern? You can contribute at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
. Put “Dietetic Intern” in the comments.
-
- Monthly and quarterly donors support our work, while allowing us to better budget by
providing more predictable and steady funding. You can become a monthly or quarterly
donor online here: [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
-
- Did you know you can support VRG by buying books from our bookstore? School will
be starting up again soon, so what will you be packing in your children’s lunches? Get a
copy of Vegan Lunch Box from us for more ideas:
[ https://www.vrg.org/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_
id=110&zenid=5164217596dc9cb3dd564d1f0d0415a4 ]
10) JOIN THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP - SUPPORT VEGAN EDUCATION
Receive The Vegetarian Journal for 2 years plus Simply Vegan: Quick Vegetarian Meals! by Debra Wasserman and Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
[ https://www.vrg.org/member/2013sv.php ]
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/ ]
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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.
