Did we mention how amazing you are? Truly, CAA could not accomplish nearly so much without its team of dedicated volunteers. Thanks for all you do for the animals.
To everyone who volunteered at Twin Cities Veg Fest, thank you for being a part of the team and for helping to make the festival a huge success.
Our next big event is the 15th Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Potluck on Saturday, November 11. We need planning committee members for that. Sign up now!
Also, look forward to a new format for the next edition of the volunteer newsletter. That’ll go out on October 3.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Quick & Easy Social Media Help
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
It’s not too late to sign up to help out with Twin Cities Veg Fest, which is coming up on this Saturday, September 9 at Como Park.
Here are the remaining areas that need additional volunteer support:
- Maintenance/Waste/Compost Management (10:45 – 1:30pm)
- Maintenance/Waste/Compost Management (1:15 – 4pm)
- Cleanup/Transport to CAA Community Space (4:45 – 7:30pm)
- Vendor Assistant/Loading Volunteers (5 – 7pm)
Sign up now and contact Sheri Olson at volunteer@tcvegfest.com if you have questions.
Also, if you can help with loading the truck at the CAA Community Space on Friday around 2pm, please contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
More information about these and other upcoming volunteer opportunities can be found below.
We hope to see you at the festival on Saturday!
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Quick & Easy Social Media Help
- Share about the festival on social media! Check out our Twin Cities Veg Fest Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and use the hashtags #TCVegFest and #CelebrateCompassion when you share.
Special Events for Volunteers
- Twin Cities Veg Fest Volunteer Orientation
- Twin Cities Veg Fest Volunteer Phone Call
- Thursday, September 7, 7 – 8pm
- If you’ve signed up to volunteer at the festival and can’t attend the in-person orientation, please join for this optional call. Call (515) 739-1411 and use access code 344166.
- To RSVP, email volunteer@tcvegfest.com.
- Bridges of Respect: Informational Meeting
- Saturday, September 16, 1 – 2:30pm
- CAA Community Space, 2100 1st Avenue S, Minneapolis
- Learn more about how you can get involved with Bridges of Respect, CAA’s humane education program.
- For more information or to RSVP, contact Shannon at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
Do you want to help make Twin Cities Veg Fest a zero-waste event?
Sign up now to be a part of the Twin Cities Veg Fest waste management team!
With the festival just a few weeks away, we’re doing well with volunteer recruitment but need a few more people to help with waste management.
Please consider signing up for a shift, and then share the opportunity with your environmentally minded friends. It’s a great way to get them involved in our mission too.
Other upcoming volunteer opportunities include Twin Cities Veg Fest postering and swag bag stuffing. More details below!
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Quick & Easy Social Media Help
- Invite friends to Twin Cities Veg Fest using the Facebook event page. It’s less than three weeks away!
- Share about the festival on social media! Check out our Twin Cities Veg Fest Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and use the hashtags #tcvegfest and #CelebrateCompassion when you share.
Special Events for Volunteers
- Virtual Reality Volunteer Orientation
- Thursday, August 31, 7 – 8:30pm
- CAA Community Space, 2100 1st Avenue S, Minneapolis
- This orientation will prepare you to conduct virtual reality outreach or pay-per-view outreach at Twin Cities Veg Fest and at other upcoming outreach events.
- Sign up now!
- Twin Cities Veg Fest Volunteer Orientation
- Twin Cities Veg Fest Volunteer Phone Call
- Thursday, September 7, 7 – 8pm
- If you’ve signed up to volunteer at the festival and can’t attend the in-person orientation, please join for this optional call. Call (515) 739-1411 and use access code 344166.
- To RSVP, email volunteer@tcvegfest.com.
- Bridges of Respect: Informational Meeting
- Saturday, September 16, 1 – 2:30pm
- CAA Community Space, 2100 1st Avenue S, Minneapolis
- Learn more about how you can get involved with Bridges of Respect, CAA’s humane education program.
- For more information or to RSVP, contact Shannon at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
Thanks to everyone who helped with outreach at the Pride festival! With your generous contributions of time and energy, we were able to reach hundreds of people with a message of compassion, planting seeds of awareness that will grow into the actions that ultimately help animals.
Coming up, we need volunteers for the July picnic potluck on Sunday, July 2. This special event is co-hosted by Animal Rights Coalition and will be a great opportunity to get to know others in the community. Sign up now!
Also, thanks to dedicated volunteers Julie Knopp and Mike Resch, we’ve got a whole bunch of leafleting opportunities scheduled throughout the summer. Sign up today to take action for animals through one or more of these upcoming outreach events.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Summer Leafleting at Excel Energy Center – Ed Sheeran
- Saturday, July 1, 10 – 11pm
- Excel Energy Center, 199 W Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul
- Sign up now
- July Potluck: Celebrate America—Vegan Style!
- Sunday, July 2, 11am – 2pm
- Minnehaha Park, Wabun D pavilion
- Sign up now
- Summer Leafleting at Basilica Block Party
- Saturday, July 8, 5 – 6pm
- Rudolph’s, 1933 Lyndale Avenue, Minneapolis
- Sign up now
- Summer Leafleting at Bastille Block Party
- Friday, July 14, 6 – 7pm
- Amazing Thailand, 3024 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
- Sign up now
- Summer Leafleting at Rock the Garden
- Saturday, July 22, 3 – 4pm
- Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
- Sign up now
- Outreach at the Warped Tour
- Saturday, July 23, 10am – 9:30pm
- Canterbury Park, Shakopee
- Sign up now
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
We’re sending an extra Call to Action this month to let you know about an upcoming volunteer opportunity.
We’re teaming up with the Animal Rights Coalition to host a big vegan potluck for the community on Sunday, July 2 from 11am to 2pm at Minnehaha Park. We hope that all of you will attend, but we also need a handful of people to help out.
Sign up now!
This is an excellent opportunity to get to know others in our compassionate community. Coming together, we can do that much more for the animals.
Please consider helping to make this event a big success through your volunteer support.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Event Coordinator
The Pride Festival is coming up in less than two weeks on Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25. We need more volunteers to help out with pay-per-view and virtual reality outreach at this event. Please sign up now!
To help with virtual reality, you’ll need to have attended one of our virtual reality training sessions. There are a couple of those coming up later this week. See the volunteer orientations below for details!
Also, we’re kicking off our summer leafleting tomorrow. Join us at Minnehaha Park for some leafleting and then head on over to Parkway Pizza for some vegan pizza.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
P.S. I’d love to see you tonight at Paula and Nathan Heurkamp’s home for our June Potluck: Vegan BBQ! Text me at 612-250-7041 for the address.
Volunteer Opportunities
Special Events for Volunteers
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Summer Leafleting Kick-Off
- Wednesday, June 14, 6:00 – 8:00pm
- Minnehaha Park (Meet on the north side of the park between the children’s playground and the parking lots.)
- Sign up now!
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
- Thursday, June 15, 9:55 – 11:10am
- Sandberg Learning Center, Golden Valley
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
- Pride Festival Outreach
- Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25, 9:30am – 6:00pm
- Loring Park, Minneapolis
- Sign up now!
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
If you want to take action for animals in the next month, consider helping out at our June Potluck: Vegan BBQ on Tuesday, June 13, and at the Pride Festival on June 24 and 25.
We also need volunteers to share vegan food samples at upcoming Bridges of Respect presentations.
More details about these and other volunteer opportunities are listed below. Also, be on the lookout for leafleting opportunities that will be posted on our website and Facebook page soon.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Special Events for Volunteers
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- June Potluck: Vegan BBQ
- Tuesday, June 13, 6:30 – 9:00pm
- The home of Paula and Nathan Huerkamp (Email Justin to get the address.)
- Volunteer positions available:
- Setup/greeting 6:00 – 7:30pm
- Cleanup 7:30 – 9:30pm
- To sign up, contact Justin Leaf at justin@exploreveg.org.
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
- Thursday, June 15, 9:55 – 11:10am
- Help share vegan food samples for about thirty students during a classroom presentation.
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
- Pride Festival Outreach
- Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25, 9:30am – 6:00pm
- Loring Park, Minneapolis
- Help with outreach at the Twin Cities Pride Festival. We’ll be paying people one dollar to watch a five-minute video about factory farming, and we’ll also be conducting virtual reality outreach. To help with virtual reality, you will have needed to attend a previous virtual reality orientation.
- Sign up now!
- June Dine Out: Root to Rise – New Orleans Vegan
- Sunday, June 25, 6:30 – 9:30pm
- We need two volunteers to arrive early to help welcome and check in registered guests.
- The volunteers will need to have purchased tickets to the event, which will cover the cost of your meal. Once everyone is checked in, you can leave your volunteer position and enjoy the dinner.
- To sign up, contact Justin at justin@exploreveg.org.
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
- Monday, June 26, 7:00 – 8:10am
- Help share vegan food samples for about thirty students during a classroom presentation.
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out with our most recent events, including outreach at Cinco de Mayo and at the MayDay Festival, as well as at the Vegan Pancake Feed-In last Saturday. Through your efforts, more people are learning about the problems with animal agriculture and how they can make more compassionate food choices. Thank you for that!
Our next big outreach opportunity is at the Pride Festival, which will be the last weekend in June. Sign up now if you’re interested in helping out with that. Pride is a perfect place for effective outreach. In a relatively short amount of time, we can reach lots of people who are very receptive to our message.
In other news, we’ve just shared a summary of where we our with our strategic planning process. Check it out and stay tuned to what’s happening behind the scenes.
Also, we want to be sure you know about the Animal Rights National Conference near Washington, D.C., August 3 to 6. This annual conference is an opportunity to network with others in the movement, and it’s also a place to develop your skills as an effective animal advocate. Register today!
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Quick & Easy Social Media Support
- Please visit CAA’s Facebook event pages and invite your Facebook friends. Facebook limits how many people an individual can invite to events, so we need help to get the word out. Here’s how:
- Go to the event page.
- Click the “Share” tab.
- Click “Invite friends.”
- Using discretion, choose friends who would be most interested in the event, and invite them. (*Note that some of our events are great for people who are new to CAA. Examples of these events would be potlucks, dine outs, Twin Cities Veg Fest, and the Vegan Chili Cook-Off. Other events, especially volunteer opportunities, are more appropriate for those who are already involved with CAA or have otherwise shown interest in animal protection issues.)
Special Events for Volunteers
- Virtual Reality Volunteer Orientation
- Thursday, May 18, 7:00 – 8:00pm
- CAA Community Space, 2100 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis
- Want to help farmed animals, make friends, develop your leadership skills, and eat great vegan food? Attend this volunteer orientation session to learn more about volunteer work with CAA. This event will also prepare you to conduct virtual reality outreach at Twin Cities Pride, in the community, and at Twin Cities Veg Fest.
- If you’d like to attend, sign up now!
- For more information, email Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
- Thursday, March 18
- Blaine High School, 12555 University Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55434
- Class times are 11:22am to 12:35pm and 1:13 to 2:20pm. Volunteers will meet with the Bridges coordinator at the front entrance of the school 15 minutes prior to class times.
- Help share vegan food samples for about thirty students during a classroom presentation.
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
- CAA Camping Trip
- Friday, May 19 – Sunday, May 21
- Elm Creek Park Reserve, Rush Creek Group Camp
- Help out on the trip! Can you make meals, lead activities, and haul equipment to the site? CAA will reimburse you for any costs.
- Lend a few supplies! Do you have extra tents, sleeping pads, and sleeping bags? Even if you’re not coming on the trip, your extra supplies could be useful for attendees who don’t own their own camping supplies.
- To sign up, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
- Bridges of Respect: Class Observation
- Thursday, May 25
- Blaine High School, 12555 University Ave NE, Blaine, MN 55434
- Class times are 8:54 to 10:01am and 10:08 to 11:15am. Volunteers will meet with the Bridges coordinator at the front entrance of the school 15 minutes prior to class time.
- If you’re interested in becoming a humane educator, please take this opportunity to observe a Bridges of Respect presentation.
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
- June Potluck: Vegan BBQ
- Tuesday, June 13, 6:30 – 9:00pm
- The home of Paula and Nathan Huerkamp (Email Justin to get the address.)
- Volunteer positions available:
- Setup/greeting (2) 6:00 – 7:30pm
- Cleanup (3) 7:30 – 9:30pm
- To sign up, contact Justin Leaf at justin@exploreveg.org.
- Pride Festival Outreach
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.