Upcoming Events

• Washington, DC: DC VegFest 2010 on Sat., Sept. 11
• Washington, DC: Leafleting at the Adams Morgan Day Festival on Sun., Sept. 12
• Washington, DC: COK Benefit Day at Sticky Fingers Bakery on Tues., Sept. 14
• Washington, DC: COK Benefit at Cafe Green on Wed., Sept. 15
• Washington, DC: COK & DC Vegan Drinks at Cafe Green on Wed., Sept. 15
• Los Angeles, CA: Table with COK at the Puppy Mill Awareness Festival! on Sat., Sept. 18
• Washington, DC: Feed-In at the National Book Festival on Sat., Sept. 25
• Los Angeles, CA: Tabling at the Abbot Kinney Festival on Sun., Sept. 26
• Washington, DC:Table for COK at the Green Festival on Sat., Oct. 23
• Baltimore, MD: Table with Compassion Over Killing at the BARCStoberfest on Sat., Oct. 23

The DC VegFest is a FREE outdoor festival celebrating the very best of everything vegetarian in and around the nation's capital. There are so many reasons to choose a vegetarian diet—for our health, the planet, and animals—and Washington, D.C. offers wonderful opportunities to explore meatless cuisine.

The DC VegFest has something for everyone to enjoy, so be sure to bring along your friends and family!

WHERE: University Yard at 2000 block of H St. NW, DC
METRO: Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro station on the orange and blue lines
WHEN: Sat., Sept. 11 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Join COK for leafleting at the 32nd Annual Adams Morgan Day Festival. The festival celebrates one of Washington's most diverse neighborhoods and is a fantastic outreach venue, attracting over 25,000 attendees last year.

We'll be distributing our free pro-vegetarian literature. Please help us educate the crowd on the many benefits of vegetarian eating.

WHERE: Outside of the McDonald's on the corner of Columbia Rd. and 18th St., NW, DC
METRO: Woodley Park/Adams Morgan Metro station on the red line
WHEN: Sun., Sept. 12 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

Want to satisfy your sweet tooth and help us help animals at the same time? Join us for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or dessert and a portion of your bill will be automatically donated towards our efforts to help farmed animals.

WHERE: Sticky Fingers Bakery, 1370 Park Rd., NW, DC
METRO: Columbia Heights Metro station on the green line
WHEN: Tues., Sept. 14, all day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Join Compassion Over Killing for a benefit event at Cafe Green! To celebrate Java Green's new all-vegan eatery, Cafe Green, we're switching the monthly benefit from Java Green to Cafe Green for the rest of 2010. Please join us on the third Wednesday of every month to support COK while enjoying delicious cruelty-free fare and socializing with other activists! From 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 15, mention Compassion Over Killing and a portion of your bill will go toward our farmed animal advocacy efforts.

We hope to see you there!

WHERE: Cafe Green, 1513 17th St., N.W., D.C.
METRO: Dupont Circle station on the red line
WHEN: Wed., Sept. 15, all day from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Join us on Wed., Sept. 15 for a special COK & DC Vegan Drinks event at Cafe Green!

DC's newest all-vegan full-service restaurant is now serving delightful libations and we're going to celebrate! We'll enjoy delicious vegan food and drink, and wonderful company at this event which is held on Cafe Green's monthly benefit day for COK! Just mention you're there for COK and a portion of your food and drink bill will go towards our farmed animal advocacy efforts—so bring a friend!

WHERE: Cafe Green, 1513 17th St., NW METRO: Dupont Circle Metro station on the red line
WHEN: Wed., Sept. 15 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Join Compassion Over Killing as we table at the Puppy Mill Awareness Festival in Los Angeles, CA! Help us spread a message of compassion to festival-goers. We'll be tabling and distributing our pro-vegetarian literature, including our Vegetarian Starter Guide, Easy Vegan Recipes, and Eating Sustainably booklets.

We need volunteers for two-hour tabling shifts on Sun., Sept. 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Hancock Park, Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
WHEN: Sat., Sept. 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

In honor of National Chicken Month, COK will be hosting a feed-in at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. We will meet festival-goers on the National Mall with chick'n strips and our pro-veg literature.

Help us educate these bookworms about the benefits of a vegetarian diet by giving them some more literature to read!

WHERE: 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, D.C. on the National Mall
METRO: Smithsonian Metro station on the blue and orange lines
WHEN: Sat., Sept. 25 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

Join Compassion Over Killing as we table at the 28th annual Abbot Kinney Festival! Help us spread a message of compassion to festival-goers. We'll be tabling and distributing our pro-vegetarian literature, including our Vegetarian Starter Guide, Easy Vegan Recipes, and Eating Sustainably booklets.

We need volunteers for two-hour tabling shifts on Sun., Sept. 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Abbot Kinney Festival, Corner of Venice Blvd. and Abbot Kinney Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
WHEN: Sun., Sept. 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

COK will be at the Green Festival again this year—and we need your help! This popular event in the Washington Convention Center offers a wonderful opportunity to reach out to our city's green community, encouraging them to fight global warming—and animal abuse—by choosing vegetarian foods! We need volunteers to help with two-hour tabling shifts on Oct. 23rd and Oct. 24.

WHERE: Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl. in NW, D.C.
METRO: Mt. Vernon Sq./Convention Center Metro station on the yellow and green lines
WHEN: Sat., Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458

Join Compassion Over Killing as we table at the BARCStoberfest in Baltimore, MD! Help us spread a message of compassion at this dog-friendly festival to benefit the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Center. We'll be tabling and distributing our pro-vegetarian literature, including our Vegetarian Starter Guide, Easy Vegan Recipes, and Eatin

We need volunteers to help with two hour shifts from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 23, 2010.

WHERE: Patterson Park, Eastern & S. Linwood Ave., Baltimore, MD
WHEN: Sat., Oct. 23 from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
RSVP: info@cok.net or 301-891-2458