1) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
In addition to our $20,000 in annual scholarships for high school seniors, a generous donor is giving $10,000 in scholarship money this year for needs based high school senior students that live in the New York City area. See [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2021/12/28/new-york-city-area-5000-vegetarian-vegan-and-animal-rights-scholarship-for-graduating-high-school-seniors/ ]
Deadline is February 20, 2022. Thank you to Whitney, who is coordinating the responses to scholarship applicants. This is a large endeavor. If you want to help review applicants by reading essays, please let us know.
In honor of our 40th anniversary, we have a pledge of $8,500 as a match. So your donation will be doubled. To suport vegan education and research, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and indicate this is a match. Thank you.
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3) A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS
Thanks to the following 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, editing, photography, performing
nutrition analysis, helping with our newsletters, reading scholarship essays, and
more! To volunteer at VRG, please contact us at [email protected] To support The Vegetarian Resource Group's outreach, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
- Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD
- Ksheetisha Bhat
- Simon Brown
- Amy Burger
- Cathy Conway, MS, RD
- Keryl Cryer
- Taylor Gale
- Carole Hamlin
- Nicolette Joseph
- Rosemary Lopez, MS RDN
- Nancy Maggs
- Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
- Jason Mathias
- Laura McGuiness, MLIS
- Julie Neild
- Whitney McVerry
- Odette Olivares, MSN
- Marcia Schveibinz
- Brad Scott
- Ruby Sturm
- Cheryl Van Beek
- Kimberly Webster
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4) VRG HIGHLIGHTS
Jeanne Yacoubou researched and answered a reader's question about Domino's Pizza. See [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2022/01/06/vegan-menu-options-at-dominos-pizza/ ]
Vegan Journal editor Rissa Miller did a vegan author "take-over day" on the Vegan Book Club Instagram.
VRG suppled poll information to a radio station in Boston doing a story about eating sustainably. Gave referrals to someone who wanted to start a vegan restaurant in Oregon.
Rissa Miller did a vegan pizza demonstration for RVN TV.
Mayo Foundation requested to reprint our Vegan My Plate.
Special thanks to our neighbor Roland Park Bagels in Baltimore, Maryland for promoting The Vegetarian Resource Group by giving away 5 memberships through their social media. Customers had to tell them why they should get a subscription to our magazine. The bagel shop also encouraged their customers to follow us on Facebook. We greatly appreciate all their support!
Roland Park Bagels offers many vegan options on their menu including vegan JUST Egg and vegan cheese bagel with optional vegan sausage added; vegan BLT made with tempeh bacon; vegan Chik'n sandwich; vegan pizza bagel; vegan falafel wrap; vegan parfait; plus more!
For information see: [ https://www.rolandparkbagels.com/ ]
To support The Vegetarian Resource Group outreach and education, donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
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5) 40th ANNIVERSARY DONATION MATCH
In honor of The Vegetarian Resource Group's 40th anniversary this year, members have pledged an $8,500 match.
So your donations to support veg education will be doubled. You can donate at [ https://www.vrg.org/donate ]
and write MATCH in the comments area. Thank you!
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6) THE VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP TO AWARD $30,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, FEBRUARY 20, 2022 DEADLINE
See application information at [ https://www.vrg.org/student/scholar.htm ]
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7) NEW YORK SCHOLARSHIPS
Vegetarian Resource Group College Scholarship
New York City Area Vegetarian, Vegan, and Animal Rights Award
The Vegetarian Resource Group will be awarding $30,000 in college scholarships to high school seniors graduating in Spring, 2022. $10,000 of these scholarships specifically will be awarded to students from New York City, Long Island, or Westchester. Deadline is February 20, 2022. We will accept applications postmarked on or before FEBRUARY 20, 2022. Early submission is encouraged.
New York applicants will be judged on positive veg activism, animal rights promotion, and financial need.
To apply for the New York City Area awards, please see [ https://www.vrg.org/blog/2021/12/28/new-york-city-area-5000-vegetarian-vegan-and-animal-rights-scholarship-for-graduating-high-school-seniors/ ]
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9) FOLLOW VRG'S SOCIAL MEDIA
Our Videos can be found here:
[ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSyCToa_i9fA4D5CLCAFWw ]
You can keep up with us on ~
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10) ABOUT VRG
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 Vegan Journal (formerly Vegetarian Journal), a print magazine, is a benefit of membership in The VRG.
(For more information, please see the Vegetarian Journal online ( [
http://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] to volunteer
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
[ http://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 subscribe to VRG-NEWS, you just need to type in your email address at
[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/index.php#subscribe ]
Then click subscribe.
If you do not wish to receive the National Email Newsletter, visit
[ https://www.vrg.org/vrgnews/index.php#unsubscribe ]
See Unsubscribe at the TOP RIGHT OF THE PAGE. You only need to type in your email address where it says unsubscribe. Then click on Unsubscribe. A confirmation message will be emailed to you.
OR YOU CAN JUST EMAIL [email protected] and let us know that you want to unsubscribe from the national email newsletter.
Copyright The Vegetarian Resource Group 2022 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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