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One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in less than an hour.

Let's be really conservative and assume that only 1% of the people who receive a brochure will decide to go vegan after reading it. If you pass out 200 leaflets during your lunch hour, that's at least two new people who became vegan. Since the average vegan saves over 50 animals per year (about 35 land animals, and many more sea animals), that's 100 animals saved per year. How many other activities can you think of that just about anybody can do, which can save at least one hundred lives in just an hour?

Inspired? Then join MFA as we put compassion into action at our Compassionate Choices Lunch Hour Outreach event. Volunteers are welcome to help for the entire hour, or for as long as they are available. To find the event, please look for Matt, who will be wearing a Mercy For Animals messenger bag.

For more information on this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464. An RSVP is not required, but it will help us determine the correct number of leaflets to bring. We will also notify you if we have to cancel the event due to bad weather (or you can call the day of the event to confirm).

If this is your first time leafleting, you can keep it at whatever level you want. You can jump right in and secure your own street corner or you can leaflet directly with one of the experienced members until you feel comfortable.

Where: Union Square (at the corner of E. 14th St. and University Pl.), Manhattan
When: Friday, July 30, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in less than an hour.

Let's be really conservative and assume that only 1% of the people who receive a brochure will decide to go vegan after reading it. If you pass out 200 leaflets during your lunch hour, that's at least two new people who became vegan. Since the average vegan saves over 50 animals per year (about 35 land animals, and many more sea animals), that's 100 animals saved per year. How many other activities can you think of that just about anybody can do, which can save at least one hundred lives in just an hour?

Inspired? Then join MFA as we put compassion into action at our Compassionate Choices Lunch Hour Outreach event. Volunteers are welcome to help for the entire hour, or for as long as they are available. To find the event, please look for Anna, who will be wearing a Mercy For Animals messenger bag.

For more information on this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464. An RSVP is not required, but it will help us determine the correct number of leaflets to bring. We will also notify you if we have to cancel the event due to bad weather (or you can call the day of the event to confirm).

If this is your first time leafleting, you can keep it at whatever level you want. You can jump right in and secure your own street corner or you can leaflet directly with one of the experienced members until you feel comfortable.

Where: Grand Central Station (at Vanderbilt Ave. and E. 42nd St.), Manhattan
When: Monday, August 2, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in less than an hour.

Let's be really conservative and assume that only 1% of the people who receive a brochure will decide to go vegan after reading it. If you pass out 200 leaflets during your lunch hour, that's at least two new people who became vegan. Since the average vegan saves over 50 animals per year (about 35 land animals, and many more sea animals), that's 100 animals saved per year. How many other activities can you think of that just about anybody can do, which can save at least one hundred lives in just an hour?

Inspired? Then join MFA as we put compassion into action at our Compassionate Choices Lunch Hour Outreach event. Volunteers are welcome to help for the entire hour, or for as long as they are available. To find the event, please look for Matt, who will be wearing a Mercy For Animals messenger bag.

For more information on this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464. An RSVP is not required, but it will help us determine the correct number of leaflets to bring. We will also notify you if we have to cancel the event due to bad weather (or you can call the day of the event to confirm).

If this is your first time leafleting, you can keep it at whatever level you want. You can jump right in and secure your own street corner or you can leaflet directly with one of the experienced members until you feel comfortable.

Where: Union Square (at the corner of E. 14th St. and University Pl.), Manhattan
When: Friday, August 6, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Chickens can count. Pigs are smarter than poodles. Cows form close friendships. Turkeys know one another by their voices, and sheep recognize faces - of other sheep and of people. Far from lacking thoughts and feelings, barnyard creatures demonstrate sophisticated problem-solving abilities, possess rich social lives, and feel a wide range of emotions – just like we do. And, like us, they suffer physical pain and mental anguish.

Join Mercy For Animals at Blue Stockings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan for an eye-opening presentation by Amy Hatkoff, a child and family advocate, parenting educator, filmmaker and author of The Inner World of Farm Animals. During her presentation, Amy combines the latest research on the emotional and intellectual capacities of farmed animals with touching stories and soulful photos to bring the inner world of farmed animals to life.

Copies of The Inner World of Farm Animals will be available for purchase during the event and Amy Hatkoff will be available for signatures after the presentation.

For more information on this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464.

Where: Blue Stockings, 172 Allen Street (one block south of Houston Street), Manhattan
When: Friday, August 13, 2010 at 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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One of the most effective techniques for raising awareness about the health and ethical benefits of a plant-based diet is distributing literature in public places with heavy foot-traffic. At the right time and place, just one person can hand out hundreds of brochures in less than an hour.

Let's be really conservative and assume that only 1% of the people who receive a brochure will decide to go vegan after reading it. If you pass out 200 leaflets during your lunch hour, that's at least two new people who became vegan. Since the average vegan saves over 50 animals per year (about 35 land animals, and many more sea animals), that's 100 animals saved per year. How many other activities can you think of that just about anybody can do, which can save at least one hundred lives in just an hour?

Inspired? Then join MFA as we put compassion into action at our Compassionate Choices Lunch Hour Outreach event. Volunteers are welcome to help for the entire hour, or for as long as they are available. To find the event, please look for Matt, who will be wearing a Mercy For Animals messenger bag.

For more information on this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464. An RSVP is not required, but it will help us determine the correct number of leaflets to bring. We will also notify you if we have to cancel the event due to bad weather (or you can call the day of the event to confirm).

If this is your first time leafleting, you can keep it at whatever level you want. You can jump right in and secure your own street corner or you can leaflet directly with one of the experienced members until you feel comfortable.

Where: Union Square (at the corner of E. 14th St. and University Pl.), Manhattan
When: Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Join Mercy For Animals at our table at the Capital Region Vegetarian Expo in Albany. The Expo is the first in the Capital Region area to bring together and promote the global health benefits of green sustainable living, environmental awareness, and compassion for animals and all beings while highlighting their relationship to a plant-based diet.

The event is free and open to the public and features free vegan food samples, educational exhibits regarding animals, green living and healthy eating/living and presentations from nationally renowned speakers, including MFA’s New York Campaign Coordinator, Matt Rice.

For more information about the Expo, please visit NYVegetarianExpo.org.

To volunteer to help with this event, please email Matt Rice or call 347.839.6464.

Where: Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany
When: Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Join Mercy For Animals as we help promote compassionate food choices at the 2^nd annual NYC Vegfest! Featuring inspiring talks from leaders in the animal rights and vegetarian movements, great vegan food, and dozens of exhibitors, including Mercy For Animals and area food vendors, the NYC VegFest has something for everyone to enjoy

Many people are starting to recognize the many benefits of a vegan lifestyle for human health, the environment and animal welfare, but they are not sure what to eat, what to buy and how to cook it. The NYC Vegfest strives to provide the information and support that people need to adopt a healthy and human vegan lifestyle, and it's fun too.

If you are interested in helping out with this event, please contact Matt Rice.

Where: Union Square Park, Manhattan
When: Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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