Quick & Easy Social Media Support

• Hop on over to Facebook, visit our 2017 Vegan Pancake Feed-In event page. Please invite your friends to the event using the “share” tab. This event is open to everyone, whether they’re vegan, vegetarian, or omnivore, so please feel free to invite your friends and family who have never been to a CAA event.

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

• Cinco de Mayo and Virtual Reality Outreach
  • Saturday, May 6, all day
  • Parque Castillo, St. Paul
  • In addition to conducting virtual reality outreach, we’ll be passing out copies of La Guía Vegetariana Para Principantes (Vegetarian Starter Guide), and we’ll need people to staff our table and transport materials to and from the event.
  • Spanish speaking volunteers are especially encouraged to apply.
  • If you’d like to help with virtual reality, you’ll need to have attended a virtual reality training.
  • To sign up, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
• Virtual Reality and Pay-Per-View at the MayDay Festival
  • Sunday, May 7, 11:30am – 4:00pm
  • Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis
  • We’ll be paying people one dollar to watch a five-minute video about factory farming and conducting Virtual Reality outreach.
  • If you’d like to help with virtual reality, you’ll need to have attended a virtual reality training.
  • To sign up, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
• Vegan Pancake Feed-In
  • Saturday, May 13, 11:00am – 1:00pm
  • University Baptist Church, 1219 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
  • We need lots of volunteers to make this event a success. Check out the available volunteer positions to see what interests you.
  • If you’d like to volunteer, sign up now!
  • For questions about volunteering, contact Rachel at rachel.eskuri@exploreveg.org.
• 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.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

• Board of Directors
  • If you’re interested in joining the Board of Directors, please read our letter to prospective board members. You should be intimately familiar with our core values, and you should read through our bylaws as well. Finally, please read about the responsibilities of board members.
  • Prospective board members should attend and participate in at least one board meeting before they will be considered for board membership. After that, the board will ask you to fill out the questionnaire for prospective members. We may also ask you to attend a few more meetings before voting on whether to add you to the board.
  • If you are interested in joining the board, please contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
• Development Committee
  • Compassionate Action for Animals’ development committee cultivates individual and institutional donors and raises funds to implement our work. We are looking for volunteers who can help us sustain and develop our work to advocate for animals.
  • In the next six months, the development committee with be designing an implements our Twin Cities Veg Fest fundraiser and our year-end campaign.
  • If you want to help grow the animal advocacy movement through joining our development team, please contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.

For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.