RAVS

RAVS is a non-profit, non-sectarian educational organization that strives to provide:

• educational resources for informing the public about the advantages of a vegetarian life-style.

• nutritional information, including recipes, that will support and facilitate the adoption and healthful enjoyment of a vegetarian Diet.

• insight into the impact of animal-centered diets on human health, on the integrity of our environment, on world hunger, and on cruelty needlessly inflicted on billions of living, feeling, creatures every year.

• an opportunity for interested not-yet-vegetarians to learn at first-hand about the delights of good vegetarian cooking and to get to know and interact with experienced vegetarians.

• an opportunity for enriched understanding, mutual support and shared fellowship for practicing vegetarians. Provide opportunities for community outreach and community service in the interest of good health, environmental protection, and compassionate living.

• RAVS meets on the third Sunday of every month. Most meetings offer a SHARE-A-DISH DINNER of completely vegetarian foods, and we regularly present stimulating and informative programs. Our programs have featured distinguished nutrition experts, health-care professionals, panels of creative vegetarian cooks, discussion forums on ethical issues, book reviews and films.

• RAVS publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Vegetarian Advocate, with updates on our activities, recipes, discounts, articles on nutrition, health and the environment, as well as on issues of compassion and respect for living creatures. We report on restaurant dining in our area, and on sources of Vegetarian food.

• RAVS welcomes all Vegetarians to membership, as well as those who, while not yet vegetarians, are interested in learning about Vegetarianism by sharing in the group's activities, and in supporting the objectives and philosophy of the Society.

• RAVS defines Vegetarianism as the practice of living without the use of flesh, fowl or fish, and the ideal of complete independence from animal products.

• RAVS is supported by members' dues, and accepts no advertising or commercial support.