The Great American Meatout was amazing! We took over the park blocks and we were lucky enough to have In Defense of Animals, Action for Animals, Portland Animal Defense League and Northwest Veg came out. Sweetpea Baking, Papa G’s, Primal Spirit and Food Fight all donated vegan food for us to pass out as well! The chocolate chip walnut cookies from Sweetpea were a hit but the monkey bars from Papa G’s were my personal favorite! We handed out over 100 Vegan guides answer questions about a vegan lifestyle and chat with current vegans on campus.

Our co-sponsored event on Saturday was also a hit! The Radical Eco-Feminist Tour was so interesting and the vegan lunch from Food for Thought was delicious. Don’t forget to check out their website for more information on their campaign.

March 26th, 7:00pm at the Bye & Bye in Northeast Portland will be the monthly Portland Animal Defense League letter writing meeting. There are several new prisoners who need letters, as well the immediate demand for Bonneville Sea Lion signage. Please come out, chat, eat, write and design! Bye & Bye has awesome food and drinks and best of all; smoke-free!

The past few weeks have been crazy, so sorry for the lack of blogs. We had our volunteer training at the Portland Humane Society last Friday. It was a ton of fun, and we were able to spend time with some amazing animals. We started out with some training and then went on a tour of the shelter. Next we spent some time with the dogs, we each got our own run and were able to spend some one on one time with a dog. Rusty really pulled at my heartstrings; he was a young, 3-legged chow mix. We were told he was hit by a car and had to have his leg amputated but it didn’t hold him up one bit. He was the sweetest rolling over to get his bellied rubbed and leaning into you. We also saw so many adorable black labs, all full of energy and so excited to have someone to play ball with. The time flew by and it was hard for us to leave them but we were able to move onto the cattery, which the majority were themed rooms with multiple cats living together. So many adult cats with awesome personalities all wanting love! If you are thinking about adding an addition to your family... we would recommend adopting, save a life first!

Currently, we are still working on The Great American Meatout event and attempting to balance that with our finals. If anyone has suggestions please let us know, also if anyone would like to table this event, shoot us an email via Contact form.