Archive for the ‘Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach’ Category
Join the MARC Fur Protest in Worcester this Sunday
(previous fur-protest photos by jackie) There is a chill in the air this holiday season, and it’s not just from the wintery weather! Did you know that more than 50 million animals are killed each year to produce fur products? Aside from the ugly horror of fur coats, there are fur scarves, hats, fur-lined boots [...]
December 3, 2010
Tags: Activism, Animal Welfare, Fur, Greendale Mall, MARC, Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition, outreach, protest, Protests Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy 
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VegWorcester members join with MARC for Ringling Circus Protest 2010
Animal cruelty issues are a local topic this week with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus returning to Worcester over the weekend (and heading to Springfield and Boston throughout this week.) Several VegWorcester members joined up with Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition (MARC) to protest the DCU Center event this past Saturday and bring light [...]
October 11, 2010
Tags: Circus, MARC, outreach, protest, Ringling, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach No Comments
VegWorcester at Open Road Music and Arts Festival
When we heard Honor Roll Productions was putting together the Open Road Music & Arts Festival, VegWorcester was one of the first to jump in and take part in what is being described as “Worcester’s first sustainable and earth-friendly music and arts festival.” We were excited to partake in some vegan outreach and check out [...]
September 6, 2010
Tags: chocolate, community, food, Free food!, loving hut, mock meats, open road music & arts festival, VegWorcester, Worcester Posted in: Buddha Hut, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy No Comments
The Vegan Bus is Coming to Worcester this Sunday [Event]
“The vegan bus is a vehicle of transformation.” The Vegan Bus crew is coming to Worcester this Sunday, August 29 to give away free samples of vegan baked goods in Elm Park, play some music, then go to Loving Hut for a special lunch and short presentation. You should come out for the fun. Meet [...]
August 24, 2010
Tags: Vegan Feed-in Posted in: Activism, Buddha Hut, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Restaurants & Businesses, Veg Advocacy No Comments
Vegan Ice Cream Giveaway this Saturday [Feed-in]
Tomorrow is going to be a sunny summer day, so come join VegWorcester in Elm Park for some free vegan ice cream. This Saturday, June 19 at noon in Elm Park, VegWorcester is giving away free samples of So Delicious soy ice cream and Coconut Bliss ice cream in Elm Park. Why are we giving [...]
June 18, 2010
Tags: feed-in Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Grocery Stores, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach No Comments
Raising awareness about factory farming and hyping the VegFest at Worcester State [Outreach]
Yesterday a group of four VegWorcester volunteers spent a couple hours at Worcester State College giving out info about factory farming and encouraging students to come out to the Worcester VegFest. There are some photos on the VegWorcester flickr page. Here’s a report-back from Manda: Manda, Erica, Mike and Drew were at Worcester State College [...]
March 25, 2010
Tags: photos, Vegan Outreach, worcester state Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Worcester VegFest 2010 No Comments
Handing Out Vegan Outreach Flyers at WPI (Photos & Report-back)
Big ups to Kushi and VegPolytech! Yesterday we handed out a stack of booklets about factory farming at WPI. Spending less than an hour, the two of us were able to reach 150 people with a message of compassion towards animals. Giving out vegan outreach flyers is an easy way to encourage people to consider [...]
February 20, 2010
Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy, Worcester VegFest 2010 One Comment
Vegan Feed-in Number Two [Nov 21]
We’re Doing Another Vegan Feed-in This Saturday This Saturday, November 21, from noon to 1pm, join VegWorcester at the McDonalds located at 465 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester (map) for our second ever vegan feed-in. We will be giving out free samples of veg chicken along with information about becoming vegetarian. This is a great way to [...]
November 17, 2009
Tags: Vegan Feed-in Posted in: Activism, Animal Rights, Events, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Veg Advocacy 2 Comments
Crissy from The Pretenders Tells Audience to Berate Meat Eaters
Yesterday 3 of us VegWorcester members set up a veg booth at The Pretenders show at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston. It went great! Lots of people signed the Meat’s Not Green petition, there were tons of weirdos to talk to, it was a blast. My favorite part of the show was when [...]
August 13, 2009
Tags: celebrities, funny, music Posted in: Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Misc One Comment
VegWorcester Meets Fireworks, Vegetarian Band from Detroit (Leafleting at the Palladium + DCU center)
On Saturday, a couple of VegWorcester volunteers handed out over 250 copies of our Spring 2009 vegetarian dining guide to Worcester at events downtown. We went down to the Four Year Strong show (Worcester hardcore band) and also gave out leaflets at the Danskin Expo. Fireworks at the Palladium Lots of the kids in line [...]
July 26, 2009
Tags: dcu center, music, photos, the palladium Posted in: 2009 Vegetarian Dining Guide, Activism, Belmont Veg, Leafleting, Tabling & Outreach, Tortilla Sam's, Veg Advocacy No Comments