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Special Events
Sunday Dec. 13, 2009 - Holiday Bazaar and Fundraiser ... more info below!
Please
join us!!!!
Contact us if your group has other events you'd like publicized.
Note
- these are specific events. As always, we have perpetual need for
assistance with letter-writing campaigns, fund-raising, working on
sponsors and promotions for the wildlife conference we hope to have in
Chester County on the fall, enhancing our photo exhibit, office work,
etc. Any
help, any time is appreciated. Write to this email address or info@mobilizationforanimals.org,
or call 215-727-2762.
We
are also looking for Earth Day events in which to participate, send
information if you know of one near you!
A
Spring yard-sale/fundraiser will be held in front of the
office, date to be announced. Items in saleable shape (no clothing) are
needed.
More
volunteer meetings and a spring volunteer picnic/ “thank-you”
get together is in the works, stay tuned for details!
Sunday,
December 13th, 2009
Holiday bazaar and fundraiser
2
to 5 pm at the Conshohocken Fellowship House, entrance on 6th &
Harry Streets, Conshohocken, PA 19428
Ample
free street parking, and accessible from the R6 Septa stop and the 95
bus.
$8
entrance fee includes:-
- all-you-can
eat light vegan fare!
- live
entertainment by our affiliate group Public Eye, Artists for Animals!
- one
free ticket for our 50/50 raffle (winner takes half of the proceeds)!
- Access
to great gifts and gift bags for sale at discounts, silent auction
items, and raffle prizes!
Help
us raise funds for:
- new
photos for our exhibit which encourages people to “Make the Connection”
between human and non-human suffering
- our
spring and summer community events, and various other projects!
Please
RSVP to mfaevent@yahoo.com or
call 215-392-3825.
Pay
entry fees and buy raffle tickets at the door, or in advance through
our P.O. Box above OR
via Paypal info@mobilizationforanimals.org
Ringling Bros. Circus will be in
Philadelphia soon, and the animals need YOU to show
up for them!!
Demonstrations
are planned for every evening and weekend show. Our goal is make
circusgoers aware, in a nonconfrontational and educational way, of the
animal suffering Ringling Bros. causes. Among other things, we will
have volunteers depicting life as a Ringling Bros. animal - here is
your big chance to be a tiger or an elephant (costumes provided)!
At
every demonstration, you will be supplied with literature
containing information detailing animal cruelty under the big top and
DVDs containing graphic undercover footage depicting the violent
training endured by animals enslaved in the circus. We will
also have plenty of signs and banners for you to choose from
if you prefer to avoid direct interaction with circusgoers - just
standing and holding a sign is very effective.
Please
review the demonstration schedule below. This is your chance
to show up for these animals who have no choice, please don't let them
down!
Wed,
April 16 6:00 -7:00 PM
Thu, April 17 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Fri, April 18 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Sat, April 19 10:00 to 11:00 AM, 2:00 -
3:00 PM, and 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Sun, April 20 12:00 to 1:00 PM and 4:00 to
5:00 PM
Wed, April 23 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Thu, April 24 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Fri, April 25 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Sat, April 26 10:00 to 11:00 am, 2:00 to
3:00 PM, and 6:00 to 7:00 PM
Sun, April 27 12:00 to 1:00 PM, and 4:00
to 5:00 PM
Saturday, April 12th
Bird Paradise
551 E Rt 130 South
Burlington , NJ
Educate the public about the horrible lives
experienced by birds who are bred and transported so they can be sold
for profit and spend the rest of their lives confined in tiny cages.
Join us for a demo at Bird Paradise in NJ. More details to come, email
Rachel (justroar@comcast,net)
Jenny (mfajenny2@yahoo.com) if
interested.
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April 15th
Tax day
- many people at the post offices! Get them on the way out, not the way
in!
April 22nd
Pennsylvania Primary - great place to get people who are registered to
vote. Right now we are planning on Norristown, East Goshen and some
other hot-spots in Montgomery and Chester County.
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April 24th
FARM
SANCTUARY PRESIDENT TO APPEAR AT READING AND BOOK-SIGNING
Contact:
Lydia Chaudhry; lydiachaudhry@gmail.com;
610.570.3858
WHAT:
Reading and book signing
WHERE:
Chester County Book Company, 975 Paoli Pike; West Chester, PA
WHEN:
April 24th, 7pm
ETC:
Free and Open to the Public. Coffee and light
vegan fare will be available.
West
Chester, PA: Gene Baur, President of Farm Animal
Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization
will be at Chester County Book Company on April 24th at 7 pm.
Gene will speak and read from his new book, “Farm Sanctuary:
Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food”.
In
his book, Gene addresses the ethical issues involved in the production
of beef, poultry, pork, milk and eggs – and what each of us can
do to stop the mistreatment of farm animals and promote compassion.
Agribusiness is an influential player in state and federal legislative
bodies and has successfully advanced policies to exempt farm animals
from basic humane protections. Factory farms take advantage of
preferential consideration in lax environmental, health and labor laws,
and obtain billions of dollars in government support. Our cheap food
system is actually very costly.
This event is being co-sponsored by CARE (Compassion for
Animals, Respect for the Environment), a West Chester based
group dedicated to promoting ethical veganism.
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Saturday April 26th:
"An Afternoon for the Farm Animals"
1-4pm Newark , DE
"Farm Animals Have Feelings Too!"
All FREE and Open
to the Public
University of Delaware , Newark
A Talk on Factory Farming: Its Affects on Animals,
your Health, and the
Environment
Room Kirkbride 100 (KRB100) - Right across the road from Trabant Center
1:00pm
- 2:30pm
After the talk, take a peaceful short walk down Main Street in Newark
to honor
the farm animals.
Walk will conclude at 3:00pm at Newark Natural
Foods Co-op, where a Vegetarian Festival will
be held. Free samples of delicious vegetarian food, Veggie Starter
kits, and free Veggie recipes. All are warmly invited!
For more info, go to www.da4a.org
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Saturday, May 3rd
Mt. Airy Day
As usual, we will have an information table and flea market items set
up at this very well attended community event. Set-up, tabling and
clean-up help needed for the full day. Please sign up for a shift!
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Wellness
Fairs - great opportunity for vegan outreach. Help needed to
create and organize displays and materials for these events, and to set
up and handle the tables:
Saturday, May 17 - Wellness Fair at
Kimberton Whole Foods (Downingtown) May 17, from 10am to 3pm. Set-up by
9:30 a.m. Store will open for set-up at 6:30 am. We will have 8' x 8'
available to display information, as well as movies about animals. We
can also sell things (suggestions welcome - no food since they’ll have
their own) and take donations.
There will be over 100 other vendors at this event as well as lectures,
cooking demos and live music. Unfortunately, the Philadelphia Zoo will
be there
with live animals. WE’LL NEED to have some educational info such as
“Zoo Checker” available. The contact person is Greg, Store Manager,
610-873-8225. Call him if you or your group wants to set up a table.
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Action
Alerts
Support Bill to Stop Cruel Pigeon
Shoots
Among our many barnyard residents, Farm Sanctuary is home to several
dozen pigeons - refugees from the cruel pigeon shoots held in some
parts of rural Pennsylvania. Thankfully legislation in Pennsylvania is
now under consideration to stop this cruel “sport.” If passed, H.B.2130
and S.B.1150 will stop people from
using live animals, including pigeons, as target practice. We need you
to contact
your legislators today to urge passage of this bill.
Outreach for League of Humane Voters (LOHV) Help
us get out there and sign people up. We are looking for people who want
to be informed about pending humane legislation, as well as candidates
who are most likely to support them (or not). As a 501(C)(3), we cannot
endorse candidates or lobby for legislation, but LOHV can, and as
individuals we can get out there and find others who want more positive
actions for animals on the political front. If you have any time
available on either of these Tuesdays (PA Primary Day, April 22nd) will
be more important), please pick a post office or polling location and
LOHV will get you sign-up sheets to take with you. Contact LOHV
Philadelphia via their website: http://www.lohvphilly.org
At various times during the fall and winter hunting seasons,
MFA and NOA (Non-Lethal Options for Animals) will be patrolling at Bunny’s
Wildlife Refuge to keep hunters off of this 10-acre sanctuary.
More details to follow soon.
Mobilization
for Animals PA and PETA
(People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have
joined hands to fight against the City of Philadelphia's use of rat
poison in center city parks.
The campaign has included this bill board on 19th and Cherry Streets.
Hundreds of animals-small mammals and birds-have cruelly died while
pets and children have been put at risk from the highly toxic
pesticides. Dogs have been sickened and dead squirrels have tested
positive for rat poison. Almost all of the squirrels in Rittenhouse
Square have died. A complaint was filed with the regulatory agency, the
PA Department of Agriculture, which subsequently levied civil penalties
against the city for the misuse of the rat poison. The city is
currently appealing the penalty and still using rat poison in the parks.
WHAT
YOU CAN DO:
Contact
Mayor Street and Councilmen DiCiccio (Washington Sq. area) and Clarke
(Rittenhouse Sq. area) to demand that rat poison be banned in city
parks like Rittenhouse and Washington Squares. Tell them that the PA
Dept of Agriculture has determined that it is a dangerous toxin not
intended for use in parks or forests where wildlife, pets and children
can die or be sickened from exposure to the poison.
To
find out who your City Councilperson is go to:. http://www.hallwatch.org/faxbank/
philadelphia. For non-residents address you letter as "City
Councilpersons at Large".
Contact
Information
Mayor
John F. Street
Room 215, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-2181 Fax: 215-686-2180
Councilman
Frank Dicicco
Room 332, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3458 Fax: 215-686-1931
Councilman Darrell Clarke
Room 484, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3442 Fax: 215-686-1901
Council-at-large
Councilman David Cohen
Room 588, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3446 Fax: 215-686-1927
Councilman Wilson Goode, Jr.
Room 316, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3414 Fax: 215-686-1928
Councilman Jack Kelly
Room 594, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3452 Fax: 215-686-1925
Councilman James Kenney
Room 330, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3450 Fax: 215-686-2013
Councilman Juan Ramos
Room 592, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3420 Fax: 215-686-1930
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Room 580, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3438 Fax: 215-686-1926
Councilman Frank Rizzo, Jr.
Room 582, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3440 Fax: 215-686-1929
For
a "What You Can Do" Package
of informaion, call 1-866-6ANIMAL
(1-866-626-4625) or email Barb Riebman.
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