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
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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: San Diego 350

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: San Diego 350

Our latest event grant recipient is SanDiego350, an inclusive volunteer organization working to prevent the worst impacts of climate change and climate injustice. Their Party for the Planet volunteer appreciation event was a great success! Attendees loved the wide variety of delicious foods served and many expressed pleasant surprise that everything was vegan. “I thought we had plenty: abundance is key at parties like these,” said Steering Committee member Kim Kishon. “I was happy to see how far the money went! It seemed like people enjoyed the Chipotle burritos, chick'n wings, and quartered veggie burgers...” …

Food for Thought How to: Working with Veg-Friendly Caterers

Food for Thought How to: Working with Veg-Friendly Caterers

You’re involved with a nonprofit which has been contemplating adopting a more animal- and earth-friendly menu policy—yet you still have some lingering questions. Does this sound familiar? To start, it’s amazing that you’re looking to align your mission and your actions to save even more lives and to help protect our planet! It’s also understandable to have concerns or inquiries, just like with any type of change. …

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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: Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment

We’re happy to report on another successful event, this time by Citizen Coalition for Wildlife and Environment, of Grand Island, NY. Wildlife Appreciation and Education Day brought together a diverse group of people to talk about and educate on compassionate coexistence and habitat and wildlife protection—and snacks were provided through our Food for Thought vegan event grant. …

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Climate Tracker

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Vegan Event Grant Recipient: Climate Tracker

​Congratulations to event grant recipient, Climate Tracker, an international organization that trains aspiring young journalists to learn and write about climate change! Climate Tracker recently hosted a three-day Climate Journalism Workshop in Poland, bringing together participants from four different countries and providing delicious vegan food for all activities. …

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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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