Any good organizations?

[Moonstar7]

Anyone know of a good vegetarian organization? Cuz I want my club at school is trying to pick one to raise money for, and we're having trouble finding a good one. Any ideas? Thanx

[epski]

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[dvmarie]

wow - I didn't see any vegetarian charities on www.charitywatch.org (not even Farm Sanctuary).

[epski]

Yeah, I didn't vet 'em all for veg orgs only. What about give.org?

Haven't checked www.charitynavigator.org/ either, but I remember hearing good things about it.

[dvmarie]

give.org doesn't have any vegetarian charities that I could see (though they did have Farm Sanctuary as well as several other animal welfare charities)

[Michael]

If it's a school project then why not do it for your local humane society. :)

[Moonstar7]

I would, except it's for a vegetarian club, and we're trying to find some kind of organization that specifically helps animal rights and/or welfare. (Anything but PETA will do, by the way.)

[ceryna]

I like Farm Sanctuary and Vegan Outreach the best, myself.

ETA: I give to Farm Sanctuary. I get lots of mailers asking for additional donations now. ^^;; The PCRM might be good, too.

ETA again: Oh, I just had another idea! Could your vegetarian club collect vegetarian canned goods and non-perishable food items for a local foodbank or food pantry? Lots of people would probably be happy to provide canned vegetables, that's pretty easy to do...

[Tommy Gun]

I would, except it's for a vegetarian club, and we're trying to find some kind of organization that specifically helps animal rights and/or welfare. (Anything but PETA will do, by the way.)
How about Viva? http://www.vivausa.org

[MsRuthieB]

www.fund.org (The Fund for Animals)
www.nwf.org (National Wildlife Federation)

I'm involved with both of these. Read here (http://www.nwf.org/enviroaction/index.cfm?articleId=125&issueId=18) about the Women in Conservation Program.

[dvmarie]

I would, except it's for a vegetarian club, and we're trying to find some kind of organization that specifically helps animal rights and/or welfare. (Anything but PETA will do, by the way.)

I didn't realize you were looking for Animal Welfare charities - I though you wanted vegetarian charities. :idea:

In that case I recommend, like cernya did, Farm Sanctuary!! :)

[IamJen]

<<<digs Food For Life Global www.ffl.org and OxFam www.oxfam.org

Vegan Outreach is awesome too!

[kpickell]

Second the recommendation for your local humane society. It is an animal welfare group.