MFA’s volunteers in Chicago were out en masse this past weekend promoting healthy and compassionate vegan living by giving out free food samples and eye-opening literature, and exhibiting at popular street festivals.
MFA interns distributed thousands of pro-vegetarian brochures at Peace Fest 2011 and at the Against Me! and Florence and the Machine concerts, while beach-goers on North Avenue cooled off with delicious free samples of Tofutti Cutie dairy-free ice cream sandwiches, and Cubs fans at Wrigley Field noshed on free veggie dogs – all were given food for thought with a copy of MFA’s new 25 Reasons to Try Vegetarian brochure.
At the 39th annual Custer’s Last Stand Festival, MFA’s exhibit booth was packed with festival-goers picking up free copies of MFA’s Vegetarian Starter Kit and the Vegetarian Guide to Chicago. Many visitors also took part in MFA’s Paid-Per-View campaign, which challenges people to watch a short clip of MFA’s life-changing documentary Farm to Fridge in order to earn a dollar. After watching only a few minutes of the eye-opening film that takes viewers behind the closed doors of modern farms, hatcheries and slaughter plants, many people walk away swearing never to eat animals again.
While individual vegetarians save lives every time they sit down to eat, we can exponentially increase the number of animals we help by taking it to the streets and encouraging others to try vegetarian living too. If you would like to volunteer with MFA and help spread our message of compassion for animals, please consider filling out our volunteer form or applying for an internship. If you live near one of Mercy For Animals’ chapters, we highly recommend that you join other members at our public outreach events.
