July 2010 is National Veggie Hot Dog Month!

UPDATE: Our 2010 campaign was a huge success! See photos and read more!

COK’s 2009 veggie dog feed-in in D.C.

Celebrate with Compassion Over Killing by hosting an outreach event in your community.

The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council has declared July as National Hot Dog Month, so, for the fifth year in a row, Compassion Over Killing is celebrating with a compassionate twist: National Veggie Hot Dog Month!!

This July, while our nation celebrates its independence, we need your help in exposing the miseries forced upon tens of millions of pigs confined inside factory farms across the U.S. each year—from mother pigs crammed in narrow metal crates for months on end to their piglets who are taken away within weeks of birth and kept in barren, overcrowded pens until they are shipped to slaughter.

Please help us reach out to others letting them know how easy and delicious it can be to choose animal-friendly foods!

Put Your Compassion into Action: Host a National Veggie Hot Dog Month Event!

Not sure how to get started? In years past people have hosted backyard barbeques, feed-ins, office lunches, and veggie hot dog eating contests. For more ideas and inspiration, see photos from National Veggie Hot Dog Day in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Here are some other ideas to get you started:

Let us know about your event: If you plan on hosting an event any time during the month of July, please let us know. We’d be happy to help advertise it on our site as well as answer any  questions about organizing a feed-in—and we can even  send you a action pack, filled with  materials, including free pro-vegetarian literature and coupons for veggie hot dogs —courtesy of Lightlife Foods! Please get started using our sign-up form.

Organize a Veggie Dog Feed-In: One of the best ways to encourage others to explore vegetarian eating is to give away free samples of delicious meat-free foods. Our step by step how-to guide demonstrates how easy it is to host a successful veggie dog feed-in.

Distribute Pro-Vegetarian Materials: Whether or not you’re planning to host a feed-in, you can help spread the animals’ message by distributing our flyer (view PDF) exposing the horrors on today’s pig farms. View our Tips for Successful Vegetarian Leafleting.

 

Get your FREE flyers when you register an event or order flyers without registering.

 

Thank you to Lightlife Foods for sponsoring National Veggie Hot Dog Month for the third year in a row!

Get funding for your National Veggie Hot Dog Month feed-in or outreach event. Apply for VegFund!

Other Ways You Can Make a Difference for Animals:

• Ask a local restaurant to offer a discount on veggie hot dogs or to add them to their menu for the month.
• Submit a short letter to the editor about the misery endured by pigs on today’s factory farms.
• Take some extra veggie dogs to lunch to share with your co-workers or fellow students.
• Tell your friends, and family, how animals are mistreated on farms and encourage them to choose vegetarian foods.
• Visit TryVeg.com to order a free Vegetarian Starter Guide for yourself or a friend.
• Host an animal-friendly backyard barbeque and invite over your vegetarian-to-be neighbors.