Dine-Out at French Meadow Cafe and Bakery!

You are invited to join Compassionate Action for Animals for our monthly dine-out this August! French Meadow Cafe and Bakery offers many animal-free entrees, such as the Tempeh Reuben, Hummus Wrap, Roasted Vegetable Sandwich, and Pasta with Vegan Sausage, as well as amazing cookies, scones, and brownies. Join CAA volunteers to try delicious new foods and engage in great conversation.

To RSVP email Rachel at rachel@exploreveg.org or call 612-508-3897.

If you feel so inclined we will be having a CAA book club meeting later that evening at French Meadow. More info on the book club.

Time: Wednesday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: French Meadow Cafe and Bakery, 2610 Lyndale Ave. S, Minneapolis

CAA Wish List

Want to reduce your clutter and help CAA operate as effectively as possible? Rather than spending our modest budget on standard office supplies and other accessories, we want as much of it going into direct outreach efforts for the animals. Please review the wish list below and email us at info@ExploreVeg.org or call 612-626-5785 if you have anything to contribute.

• Animal rights and vegetarian-related books and videos
• Big pots and pans for cooking demonstrations and potlucks
• Car battery for our electrical generator
• Computer speakers
• Copy and scanner machines
• Coupons or copy cards for Kinko's, Copies on Campus, or Office Max
• Cups or glasses and plates for potlucks (non-disposable)
• DVD-R and CD-R's
• Farm animal costumes
• Fold-up tables
• Donations of money for general use or toward something specific (e.g., mailing Veg Starter Kits, making posters, putting an ad in a local newspaper)
• Laptops
• Miscellaneous office supplies (label sheets, scissors, rolls of clear tape, etc.)
• Potted plants for our office
• Stamps
• Staple guns and big staples (T-21, T-50)
• White printer paper (preferably recycled)
• Vegan food, snacks, drinks for our volunteers working in the office

Thanks in advance for whatever you can give.

Article: Animal Tracts

Changing Lives One Leaflet at a Time
By Mark Hawthorne as printed in Satya

July, 2007

It is two o'clock on a sunny Texas afternoon, and Jon Camp is pulling another stack of vegan leaflets from his bag. As students here at Sam Houston State University hustle to their next class, Jon greets each one within speaking distance. "Brochure to help animals?" he asks, proffering a pamphlet to a young woman hurrying past. She shifts the large book bag on her shoulder and quietly takes the literature, walking as she looks at it. Then, a few paces beyond, she stops, turns on her heel and heads back. "This is horrible," she says, clearly upset by the information she's taken in about factory farming. "Yes, it is," responds Jon. "Most people have no clue how bad today's farmed animals have it." She asks for a few additional leaflets and thanks Jon for being on campus that day.

You're not likely to meet a more dedicated leafleter than Jon Camp, nor a more successful one. As an employee for Vegan Outreach, Jon travels the U.S., handing out the organization's literature at college campuses. He estimates he distributes about 100,000 vegan leaflets a year.

Read the full article here.

Learn more about CAA's leafleting campaign.