> From: "Uncle Don B Fanning" <uncledon at well.com>
> To: "Food Not Bombs list" <fnb-l at tao.ca>; "Change~Links list"
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 5:36 PM
> Subject: Fwd: veg-la: Meatout 2000 is Cooking!!! - Get Your Free Action Kit
>
> From: farm usa <farmusa at mail.com>
> To: VEG-LA at waste.org
> Subject: veg-la: Meatout 2000 is Cooking!!! - Get Your Free Action Kit
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:32:14 -0600
>
> Meatout 2000 is Cooking!!!
>
> Join the stars -- Casey Kasem, James Cromwell, Peter Falk,
> Mary Tyler Moore, Earl Holliman, Rue McClanahan, Cassandra
> 'Elvira' Peterson, Kevin Nealon, Ed Begley, Jr. and Hayley Mills
> -- and thousands of other caring folks in all 50 states and several
> other countries for the 16th annual "Great American Meatout".
>
> Culminating on the first day of Spring, March 20th, Meatout 2000
> events will range from simple information tables and exhibits to
> elaborate receptions, cooking demonstrations, festivals, and
> major media events. The focus of these events is to encourage
> people to "kick the meat habit, at least for a day, and explore a
> more wholesome, less violent diet."
>
> What you can do to get involved. The simplest event to do is to
> set up an information table or leaflet a busy grocery store or
> shopping area or street corner. These can be easily be arranged
> in an hour or two.
>
> Do it for your own health, the environment, the animals, and/or
> the future of your children and our planet. It is so easy, and it is
> so satisfying!
>
> To get a free 'Action Kit' and register your plans simply do
> one of the following:
>
> Visit www.meatout.org or
> Fill out and submit registration form or
> Call 1-800-MEATOUT (1-800-632-8688) or
> E-Mail: register at meatout.org (Just hit "reply to
> sender") or
> Send Snail Mail: Meatout 2000 Campaign,
> P.O. Box 30654, Bethesda, MD 20824.
>
> **Make sure you give us all the particulars (name, address,
> phone, email, and what event you are planning) so we can
> make sure we get you the right materials and get your event
> listed for the media.
>
> This year we are focusing on "point-of-food-purchase" sites
> (i.e. mainstream grocery stores, restaurants, cafeterias, and
> other retail food sites). Accordingly, your free 'Action Kit' contains
> a master of forms designed to give mainstream consumers a
> simple shopping list of meatless foods and product/menu
> suggestion cards to submit to these establishments.
>
> Whether it is because of the new millenium or because we have
> a number of new celebrities on the Meatout Council or because
> we are reaching out in a number of important new ways -- primarily
> thru cyber space - or because (we hope) that the idea of plant-based
> eating and Meatout is finally becoming a reality.... whatever the reasons
> the interest this year from and activists doing events and the media is
> up sharply. We hope everyone in this newsgroup will want to join in
> helping others to "kick the meat habit".
>
> Again to get a free 'Action Kit' and register your planned event
> (even if you are only in the planning phase). Simply visit
> www.meatout.org or call 1-800-MEATOUT or E-Mail/Mail.
>
> We look forward to hearing about your events.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dave V. Pryor
> International Campaign Director, Meatout 2000
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