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Vegetarian Society of El Paso Welcomes You
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to improving life on our planet by educating the public about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. We promote compassion toward animals, the environment, and humanity by choosing to live cruelty-free. Going vegan makes perfect sense for many reasons. Vegans enjoy great health, inner peace, and a strong connection with the earth and the environment. We come from all walks of life and all areas of the world. We are all ages, colors, and cultures. Regardless of your reason for your interest in vegetarianism, we invite you to explore our site, contact us, attend our dinners and meet nationally and internationally known vegetarians, get involved and join our society. See for yourself how going vegan truly is the best thing you can do for yourself, the animals, and the earth.
In The News
Our Quarterly Dinner on April 10
Posted on Monday August 17, 2009 3:27 pm
You won’t want to miss our April Dinner when our guest speaker will be Robert Cohen, author of the book Milk, the Deadly Poison.
Robert, also known as the Notmilkman, is often described as the anti-Christ of the dairy industry.
He will be speaking about his Notmilk movement and teaching some of his culinary vegan cooking tricks.
Robert has been writing his Notmilk Internet column every day for the past ten years. Many of his daily columns have been exposes that have made front-page news in some of the nation's newspapers.
Robert will share his story of how he worked with the FDA to close Monsanto's rbGH manufacturing facility for over a year, costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. That closure resulted in Monsanto selling their genetically engineered bovine growth hormone business.
Please see our Calendar of Events for reservation information.
VSEP Introduces VOYAGER!
Posted on Monday August 17, 2009 3:26 pm
VOYAGER! (Vegetarians! Our Youthful Activities Group Encourages Reciprocity!) is a recent development of your Vegetarian Society of El Paso. We are delighted to be able to provide our community's youth with healthy, cruelty-free activities and education. All youthful souls are invited to join us Click here for more info...
Wanted: Furry Four-Legged VSEP Members!
Posted on Friday August 14, 2009 2:46 pm
Members of the VSEP share many things in common, not the least of which is a love for cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, goats, rabbits, ducks, and all other creatures that too much of the world thinks of as food rather than friend. Therefore, in the interest of inter-species support, we have opened membership in the VSEP to four-legged furry friends as well as the two-legged furless kind.
What You Missed
Our Compassionate Thanksgiving Dinner
Posted on Monday August 24, 2009 10:19 am
Our Compassionate Thanksgiving Dinner in November featured not only a great vegan buffet prepared by the Sunland Park Holiday Inn, but also a very entertaining presentation by Dr. Michael Greger on vegan nutrition. Dr. Greger is a physician who specializes in nutrition, and is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States.
The following nutritional information is something Michael wanted to share with the members of our vegetarian society.
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Calendar at a Glance
Click on the links below for more information on these and other events
Saturday, February 13, 2010, 5pm: VOYAGER McKelligon Canyon Hike
Saturday, February 20, 2010: Restaurant Hopper at Pho Tre Bien
Sunday, February 21, 2010: Feeding the Homeless
Saturday, March 20, 2010: Restaurant Hopper at Geske's Fire Grill
Saturday, March 27, 2010: Voyager Bike Ride and Picnic
Saturday, April 10, 2010: Quarterly Dinner w/ Robert Cohen
Four-Legged Corner
The Story of Whippersnapper
by Peggy Farrar
Posted on Saturday October 10, 2009 5:26 pm
Multitudes of starfish washed up on shore. A young boy started picking them up and throwing them back into the ocean. Someone saw what he was doing and told him that it was pointless, that there were too many to save, that it wouldn't make a difference. Throwing another starfish into the sea, the little boy responded, "It makes a difference to this one."
I was working at a fund-raising bingo game for a homeless, no-kill, animal shelter in rural Kentucky when a man approached me and said, "I gotta ‘get rid’ of this dog I got at home." I nervously explained to him that the shelter currently had no space for canines (all the cages were full). He glared at me and said, "Well, I guess I’ll have to go on and drown ‘it,’ then."
I was horrified—the thought of someone drowning a dog just cut me to the core and I knew I had to do something. I quickly said, "Sir, I think I might be able to provide a foster home for this dog if you could bring him to the shelter tomorrow."
