Happy VegWeek! We hope you’re taking part in some of our VegWeek activities. And by the way, it’s not too late to share our Twin Cities VegPledge Facebook page with your friends.
The Annual Banquet is this Saturday! We have just a few volunteer spots left:
- Food purchasing 8:00am – 10:30am (2 spots left)
- Cooks 11:00am – 7:00pm (3 spots left)
- Table servers 6:15pm – 9:00pm (5 spots left)
- Kitchen cleanup crew 6:00pm – 8:30pm (2 spots left)
- Final cleanup crew 8:30pm – 11:00pm (2 spots left)
If you’d like to sign up, please contact Dyne at dyne.stephenson@exploreveg.org or 612-709-8203.
Interested in helping out with our new virtual reality outreach at Cinco de Mayo or at the MayDay Festival? Get trained to use the equipment at our next volunteer orientation session on Thursday, April 27.
One last thing: Thanks to all who attended our Town Hall Meetings! In the next couple of weeks, we’ll share a summary of how things went, and we’ll be sure to keep you in the loop as the process grows into the development of a new strategic plan for CAA.
Best wishes,
Justin Leaf, Communications & Events Coordinator
Volunteer Opportunities
Quick & Easy Social Media Support
- Invite your friends and family to the 2017 Annual Banquet. We have just a handful of tickets left, and we’d love to sell out. You can share the Facebook event page with them or better yet call, text, or send a personal email that includes the link to the registration page.
- Invite your friends and family to Thursday’s screening of Vegucated: The Movie using the Facebook event page. It’s free to attend!
Special Events for Volunteers
- Virtual Reality Volunteer Orientation
- Thursday, April 27, 6:00 – 7:00pm
- CAA Community Space, 2100 1st Avenue South, Minneapolis
- Learn how to use our new virtual reality pay-per-view equipment.
- To sign up, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- VegWeek Film Screening – Vegucated: The Movie
- Thursday, April 20, 5:30 – 7:45pm (Film starts at 6).
- Coffman Theater, 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis
- Volunteers are needed to welcome guests and sell snacks.
- If you’d like to help out, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.org.
- Bridges of Respect: Vegan Food Giveaway
- Wednesday, April 19 – Thursday, April 20, 8:50 – 10:45am
- Century College
- Help share vegan food samples for about thirty students during a classroom presentation.
- To sign up, contact Shannon Kimball at shannon@bridgesofrespect.org.
- 2017 Annual Banquet
- Saturday, April 22, 5:30 – 9:00pm
- We have just a few volunteer spots still open. Join the team and help make our annual fundraising event a success.
- To sign up, contact Dyne Stephenson at dyne.stephenson@exploreveg.org or 612-709-8203.
- 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 get training for it at our Virtual Reality Volunteer Orientation on Thursday, April 27 at 6pm or to have attended a previous 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 get training for it at our Virtual Reality Volunteer Orientation on Thursday, April 27 at 6pm or to have attended a previous virtual reality training.
- To sign up, contact Laura Matanah at laura@exploreveg.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.
For a complete list of CAA volunteer opportunities, visit the volunteer page on our website.