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Throughout the summer, Vegan Outreach
will profile some of the top leafleters
from our Adopt A College campaign.
This week, we profile Suzanne Haws,
who handed out 6,682 Vegan Outreach
booklets throughout the 2004-2005
school season. Here are some excerpts:
 What
made you decide to start leafleting?
and: If you were nervous the first
time, how did you get over it?
I started leafleting after meeting
Joe Espinosa at AR2004. He suggested
that, rather than hoping that other
people would start leafleting with
me, I should just get started by
myself. While I didn't particularly
like the idea of doing leafleting
all by my lonesome, his suggestion
just made sense.
The first time I went out to leaflet,
though, I began to doubt his wisdom.
I was so nervous; I guess I thought
it would be scary or hard or someone
would yell at me. But after about
five minutes of leafleting, I was
laughing at myself. It was one of
the easiest things I'd done all
week! I'd also already bribed myself
with the promise of lunch at my
favorite restaurant later--that
didn't exactly hurt my motivation.
Why do you leaflet colleges?
There are two main reasons I leaflet
colleges. First, there is nearly
always a large volume of pedestrian
traffic on college campuses, so
colleges tend to be an excellent
venue to get our materials into
the hands of individuals.
Secondly, college students tend
to be more open to change and new
information than the general public.
So on college campuses you not only
have lots of pedestrians wandering
around, but those pedestrians are
a great target audience for our
message. What could be better?
What was your most positive
college leafleting experience this
year and why?
About three people over the course
of the year have told me that they've
gone vegetarian after receiving
a booklet from me. That's very encouraging
because I'm sure that there are
many other people who've also decided
to eliminate their meat consumption
but who haven't had the opportunity
to let me know!
Read
the entire profile here!
Product of the Week
Angela Lassiter writes: "I'd
like to nominate Follow
Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet 'Mozzarella-Style'
Cheese Alternative.
IT MELTS, and it takes so much like
the real thing, I can't believe
it's vegan!"
Send your nominees for Product
of the Week to product@veganoutreach.org
Notes from All
Over
Compassionate Action for Animals
in Minnesota -- a leading regional
group and key Adopt a College partner
-- is hiring a Campaign Coordinator.
Click
here for details.
Vegan Outreach
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Pittsburgh,
PA 15238-8492
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