Volunteer of the Month: Beth Carpenter

Her dedication and organizational skills became apparent shortly after she started with the group. Beth diligently monitored CAA's profiles on the social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, collected snail mail, and sent out requested Vegetarian Starter Kits. To make the CAA office more accessible for new volunteers, she meticulously cataloged an inventory and created labels to better identify everything. Beth was also responsible for various research projects, including compiling information on organizations to advertise the upcoming CAA & Vegan Outreach video on leafleting, finding restaurants in the Twin Cities that use battery eggs, and tracking leafleting guidelines at various colleges.

For Beth, volunteering with CAA was an opportunity to put her beliefs into practice. “Animal issues have always been something that I have been conscious of. Luckily, in my search for places to get involved with I was able to come across CAA,” she says. Not only did Beth enjoy animal activism, but she was also fond of the “laidback environment and all the excellent people.”

Fortunately for the animals, Beth will continue to advocate on their behalf when she returns to Wisconsin, assisting in CAA research projects and working with the dining services at Lawrence University to phase out their use of battery eggs.

Interested in working with CAA as an office assistant? E-mail us today at info@ExploreVeg.org