[VegChat] Re: [4animals] July 16- national ice cream day

[vaalea]

I was hoping someone would volunteer to organize this (IF it is for Canada 
too and not just the USA.) There are some of us who would like to HELP OUT 
with something like this, but not be the organizer.
If anyone HAS been looking into organizing this, please let me know ASAP! 
I've postponed organizing the next meetup because it falls around the same 
time.... but
I REALLY need to put the next meetup up. ack.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela" <pamela_bjcu at yahoo.ca>
To: <4animals at ottawaveg.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:55 PM
Subject: [4animals] July 16- national ice cream day


> My friend got this e-mail and asked me to post it to
> the group for her:
>
>
>
>
> Dear Friends of Viva!
> Sunday, July 16th is National Ice Cream Day - the
> perfect opportunity to show consumers the delights of
> dairy-free ice cream. Viva! is teaming up with Soy
> Delicious - producers of mouth-watering flavors such
> as Mocha Almond Fudge, Cookies & Cream, and Mango
> Raspberry - and we need your help to show everyone how
> yummy these cruelty-free desserts are!
>
> Can you spare a couple of hours on National Ice Cream
> Day to join in with a fun, national event? Organize a
> free ice cream give-away in your area and persuade the
> public to dump dairy and sample soy instead!
>
> According to the International Ice Cream Association,
> about 9% of all the milk produced by U.S. dairy
> farmers is used for ice cream, in its words:
> "contributing significantly to the economic well-being
> of the nation's dairy industry."
>
> Dairy cows' lives are short, exhausting, and filled
> with discomfort and distress. Forced to produce a calf
> every year in order to keep up milk production, the
> babies are torn away, sometimes when only a few hours
> old, so that the milk meant for them can be bottled up
> for humans. Mother cows will bellow for days at the
> loss of their young. Relentless milking makes them
> tired, always hungry, and susceptible to mastitis,
> which can cause pus to weep from their infected teats.
> Their babies' future is also bleak. Male calves will
> likely end up in veal crates, chained by the neck to
> prevent movement and slaughtered at around 6 months of
> age for their pale flesh. Female calves will be forced
> into a life of misery producing milk for humans.
>
> Please get in touch now if you want to be part of this
> fun promotion by organizing a free ice cream give-away
> in your area. Soy Delicious will provide you with
> coupons to purchase tubs of ice cream to give away,
> and we can advise you on how to make your event a real
> success with local media coverage.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you soon!
>
> Yours for the animals,
> Claudia Tarry
> Campaigns Director
>
>
> more ideas:
> http://www.vivausa.org/campaigns/dairy/servingicecream.html
>
> info at viva.org
>
>
>
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