Summer Volunteer Opportunities Galore!

Interested in helping the animals and having fun this summer? So are we! The animals in factory farms don't get a vacation over the summer, which is exactly why we must continue to advocate on their behalf.

CAA offers many great volunteer opportunities to help animals and promote vegetarianism, including:

• Organizing a film showing
• Planning a vegan potluck picnic
• Participating in our summer vegan food giveaways
• Distributing or stocking educational leaflets
• Writing for our summer 2008 print newsletter
• Designing outreach and promo materials

Check out a full listing of our current summer volunteer opportunities.

However you're able to help, you're bound to find something that matches your interests and skills! Even if you only have a few spare hours to help out, let us know by filling out a volunteer form online, emailing us at volunteer@ExploreVeg.org, or calling our office at 612-626-5785.

You can make a huge difference in the lives of thousands of animals!

Summer Camping Trip

Join CAA on an outdoor excursion to the beautiful Afton State Park! Lasting from Friday evening, August 22 to Sunday, August 24, this camping trip will be a fun and relaxing weekend filled with great people just like you!

What camping trip would be complete without great food to enjoy as well? The low cost of $35 includes five vegan meals and the campsite fees. Watch out for carpools and a bike group heading to Afton.

If you would like more information, please contact Ivan at Ivan@exploreveg.org or call at 612-819-0089.

Article: Who Says You Have to Eat Meat to be a Successful Athlete?

By Jonah Keri, as published on ESPN.com
June 17, 2008

With each home run Milwaukee Brewers slugger Prince Fielder hit in his breakout 2007 season, a prototype was confirmed. Here was a big, beefy athlete swinging from the heels, producing an NL-leading 50 homers. His physique resembled an evolutionary version of his dad, Cecil, a more muscular version of another hulking and somewhat round power hitter. If you had to guess Prince's diet, you'd probably picture lots of steaks, with a side order of steak sandwiches and a steak smoothie.

But a funny thing happened in the offseason. Fielder told the world he wasn't a big meat eater at all. In fact, he'd given up animal flesh entirely after he read some eye-opening books, talked at length with his wife and soul-searched for months. At first there was some gentle poking, a few writers and talk show hosts wondering out loud whether a man who makes his living as a big, strong destroyer of baseballs could cut it on a diet of tofu and pixie dust. Ha, ha, ha.

...Already we've seen a number of world-class athletes move toward vegan and vegetarian diets. NBA guard Salim Stoudamire, former NFLers Desmond Howard and Ricky Williams, track and field greats Carl Lewis and Edwin Moses and others have followed that path. Four other athletes who have made the switch to vegan or vegetarian diets recently shared their thoughts on these and other meaty issues tied to their choices. Here's what they had to say:

Read the full article.