Veganism
Animal Place “Food for Thought” Program – Some Exciting Updates
Animal Place wrote in their spring 2016 newsletter article Turning Grief into Compassion: “In honor of her late husband, Alysoun Mahoney put their passion for environmental protection into action with the creation of the “Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund.” Animal Place is the proud recipient of a grant that will expand our Food for Thought…
Read MoreThrough July 16 – Fundraiser for Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary
Hi – This is Alysoun, and for my birthday this year, I would love more than anything a contribution to the Greg Fund. Any donation you make to this Fund though July 16, 2016 will in turn be granted to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, MD – together with an equal match from me…
Read MoreGreg Fund: What We’ve Accomplished So Far
I established the Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund through ImpactAssets on Earth Day, April 22, 2016. To seed this fund, I chose to invest all proceeds from selling off the last four collector cars Greg had owned – including the vehicle that somehow, inexplicably, ended his life. Greg also owned as many bicycles as he…
Read MoreLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy All-Vegan Annual Meeting
The “Greg Fund” was a sponsor of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy‘s 21st annual member meeting on June 12 – providing attendees a delicious all-vegan meal catered by Market Salamander, and thereby allowing the organization to make yet one more contribution to wildlife and environmental conservation. We calculated that this one vegan meal for 150 participants saved: -> 55,000…
Read MoreMake June 6 a “Meat-Free Monday” in Honor of Greg
A great way to remember Greg on Monday June 6, which would have been his 53rd birthday, is to make that day a Meat-Free Monday – and ideally a fully vegan Monday. Greg and I went meat-free in the year 2000, inspired by an educational tour of the northern California farm animal sanctuary Animal Place.…
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