Grants, Feature-homepage, Shelters
Haley Waugh
Recap: Vegan Convergence of the Peoples #14

On Sunday, August 6th, Animal Place’s Food for Thought Program Manager, Melissa White, spoke on a funders’ panel at Vegan Convergence of the Peoples #14. The panelists included Dawn Moncrief of A Well-Fed World and Leslie Barcus of VegFund.

Recap: Vegan Convergence of the Peoples #14
Grants, Wildlife
Haley Waugh
Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Wildlife Rescue ...

We’re pleased to highlight recent event grant recipient, Wildlife Rescue League (WRL), based in Falls Church, Virginia. WRL provides care for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife with the intent of releasing them back into their native habitat; and they run a wildlife assistance helpline too!

WRL’s Groundhog Day Vegan Luncheon was well attended and a fun and educational way to introduce delicious plant-based foods to the public and WRL’s members and volunteers. …

Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Wildlife Rescue League
Shelters
Haley Waugh
Recap: RescueCon

​Last weekend West Coast Coordinator, Allie Gunter, traveled to Oxnard, California to attend the first-ever RescueCon. This very vegan-friendly event featured a variety of activities, vendors, and speakers (including one of Food for Thought’s very own endorsers, The Kitten Lady!). There was bunny yoga, a cat cafe, adoptable companion animals, rescued mini horses, and even a dog running for president!

To further top off an already amazing weekend showcasing the special connection between humans and nonhuman animals, all of the food at RescueCon was 100% plant-based! …

Recap: RescueCon

Shelters

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center

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Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center recently held their first vegan event called Tito's & Tails!

This fundraiser benefited homeless cats and dogs in their community and we're happy to say that serving vegan food surpassed their expectations. Their cater, Kick Ass Vegan, provided delicious vegan food including pineapple shrimp bowls, ceviche, mac and cheese, jackfruit taquitos, stuffed mushrooms, chips and guacamole, and cookies. All of their guests raved about it! We're excited to see yet another successful vegan event!

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Policy Grant Recipient: Animal Village NM

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Policy Grant Recipient: Animal Village NM

We're excited to announce a new policy grant recipient: AnimalVillageNM! This New Mexico based no-kill shelter works to reduce the number of dogs and cats who were abandoned for euthanasia at municipal shelters. AnimalVillageNM is not only dedicated to rescuing animals, but focused on giving their adopters the tools to create a loving, forever home. This includes ensuring cats are adopted to homes where they will be indoors and not declawed, providing educational support, and offering K9 training classes. AnimalVillageNM puts animals needs and safety as top priority….

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Recap: HSUS Animal Care Expo, April 2019

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Recap: HSUS Animal Care Expo, April 2019

Our latest conference adventure features Northeast Regional Coordinator, Deva Holub, and Wildlife & Environmental Coordinator, Barbara Troyer at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) Animal Care Expo in New Orleans! These two enthusiastically tackled a jam-packed week of exhibiting, round-tabling, speaking, and demoing at HSUS's largest expo yet—with an estimated attendance of 2800 people from around the world in the animal welfare field. …

Recap: RescueCon

Recap: RescueCon

​Last weekend West Coast Coordinator, Allie Gunter, traveled to Oxnard, California to attend the first-ever RescueCon. This very vegan-friendly event featured a variety of activities, vendors, and speakers (including one of Food for Thought’s very own endorsers, The Kitten Lady!). There was bunny yoga, a cat cafe, adoptable companion animals, rescued mini horses, and even a dog running for president!

To further top off an already amazing weekend showcasing the special connection between humans and nonhuman animals, all of the food at RescueCon was 100% plant-based! …

Recap: APHE National Conference

Recap: APHE National Conference

Earlier this month, two of our Food for Thought staff members traveled to Phoenix to attend the Association of Professional Humane Educators 2019 National Conference at the Arizona Humane Society. Liz Walch, Great Lakes and Canada Coordinator, and Allie Gunter, West Coast Coordinator, had the opportunity to learn about the future of the humane education field, as well as meet professionals from across North America and discuss with them why their respective organizations should adopt animal- and earth-friendly menu policies. …

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Animal Aid

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Animal Aid

Portland, Oregon based Animal Aid recently hosted their annual Whiskers, Wine & Whisky gala, and this year thanks to a Food for Thought event grant, it was an all-vegan affair! Animal Aid is a nonprofit, no-kill animal rescue and welfare organization that helps companion animals in need; actively promotes spay and neuter programs to reduce overpopulation; and educates the public by promoting respect for all animals, the ethic of compassion, and the need to be kind and responsible stewards. …

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Food for Thought How to: "Why Vegan?" Resource

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Food for Thought How to: "Why Vegan?" Resource

At Food for Thought, we’re here to help. We’re here to help all species, our planet, and each other. Our campaign encourages animal, environmental, and wildlife nonprofit organizations to adopt animal- and earth-friendly menu policies. By doing so, these organizations’ actions and ethics better align, and their impacts are further amplified. …

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Our Companions Animal Rescue

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Our Companions Animal Rescue

Last month, Our Companions Animal Rescue hosted their annual birthday party fundraiser, celebrating six years since they opened their sanctuary in Ashford, CT. Our Companions Animal Rescue (OCAR) is home to cats and dogs with medical and/or behavioral challenges where they are provided the time, guidance, and care until they find their forever homes. OCAR also provides a number of programs for their community including dog and cat behavioral services, training classes, support services for feral cats, veterinary assistance, and public education. …

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Nevada County Pets In Need

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Nevada County Pets In Need

Nevada County Pets in Need (NCPIN), a 100% volunteer staffed organization that collects food and supplies for the companion animals of those in need, recently held a beautiful gratitude event for 80 of their donors. It was also their first ever all vegan event! The fully plant-based reception was a hit from start to finish. …

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Alberta Spay and Neuter Task Force

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Alberta Spay and Neuter Task Force

We are proud to announce the first ever recipient of the new Food for Thought Vegan Event Grant! The Alberta Spay Neuter Task Force (ASNTF), which helps reduce companion animal overpopulation in Canada’s First Nation communities, held a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon earlier this month. From all accounts, it was a smashing success! …

National Animal Welfare Conference—Toronto, Canada

National Animal Welfare Conference—Toronto, Canada

From April 16-19, animal advocates from across Canada came together in Toronto for the National Animal Welfare Conference, hosted by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. Food for Thought Canada Coordinator, Patti Nyman, delivered a presentation on the Food for Thought program as part of a panel called "Does What We Eat at Events Matter?" Co-panelists included Nicholas Gilman, executive director of the Montreal SPCA, and Geoff Urton, senior manager of stakeholder relations at the BC SPCA. The panel was popular, inspiring, and community-building. …

In Memory of Simpsons' Creator, Sam Simon

In Memory of Simpsons' Creator, Sam Simon

It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Sam Simon, the critically acclaimed television writer, producer and director of Taxi, Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show, The Drew Carey Show & The Simpsons, which he co-created. Simon was an animal lover through and through and a dedicated philanthropist, allotting his $100 million dollar fortune to charity. Since 2002, Sam funded the Sam Simon Foundation, an organization dedicated to rescuing and retraining stray dogs who would otherwise be euthanized…

A Lesson From the Academics

A Lesson From the Academics

Animal studies is the burgeoning new field in academia that looks at animals in a wide variety of cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary ways. Think: literature, cinema, history, art, the sciences, and other areas of study. The field is sometimes also known as Human-Animal Studies, Critical Animal Studies, or Anthrozoology. As minors, majors, and even master's programs are being created in this vein, so are conferences.  And just what do you think these conferences might have on the menu for their hungry lifelong learners? Well in the case of the "All Things Great and Small" conference at the University of California - Davis, it was an all-vegan, four-day foodie extravaganza. …

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