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Hi veggie & vegan friends
We have created a networking project known as Vegan Buddies. The aim is to provide support and friendship to people who are struggling to go vegan. You can find us on myspace, username vivaveganbuddies (soon we will have our own website, yayyy!)
This site already seems to be doing a great job, and it's really encouraging to read how many people out there are trying to dump dairy and eggs, and interesting to hear about the reasons why they haven't quite managed to do it.
It seems to be that one of the most valuable resources a "wannabe-vegan" can have is a friend. Someone to answer questions, give advice about local vegan eateries or where to get coffee with soy milk, how to make a great dairy-free mac & cheese, etc etc etc. Yes a lot of this info can be found on the internet, and the VeggieBoards community is definitely thriving, which is fantastic, but the Vegan Buddies project aims to take things one step further by initiating one-on-one relationships, basically like a mentor program. This is really important for people who don't know any other vegans, and perhaps have a somewhat unsympathetic partner/family/group of friends. Having a Vegan Buddy will show them they aren't alone, and that someone is behind them all the way.
People will be paired up by area so that they live as close to each other as possible. The mentor will be on hand to answer questions, and if things go really well, might even end up taking the "newbie" around the health food store or supermarket to show them the wide range of tasty, healthy food that is available to them.
One thing the Vegan Buddies definitely won't do is make people feel guilty!!!! People do things in their own time, at their own pace, to their own levels... we understand this and appreciate people doing *something*, even if they can't do *everything*.
So if you want us to find you a Vegan Buddy to help you on your way, get in touch
And if you are vegan, and have the time and commitment needed to take someone under your wing and help them make the transition to fully-fledged veganism, please sign up to be a mentor. We need "big vegan brothers and sisters" across the country, especially in areas where animal-free eating might not be as easy as LA or NYC.

We have created a networking project known as Vegan Buddies. The aim is to provide support and friendship to people who are struggling to go vegan. You can find us on myspace, username vivaveganbuddies (soon we will have our own website, yayyy!)
This site already seems to be doing a great job, and it's really encouraging to read how many people out there are trying to dump dairy and eggs, and interesting to hear about the reasons why they haven't quite managed to do it.
It seems to be that one of the most valuable resources a "wannabe-vegan" can have is a friend. Someone to answer questions, give advice about local vegan eateries or where to get coffee with soy milk, how to make a great dairy-free mac & cheese, etc etc etc. Yes a lot of this info can be found on the internet, and the VeggieBoards community is definitely thriving, which is fantastic, but the Vegan Buddies project aims to take things one step further by initiating one-on-one relationships, basically like a mentor program. This is really important for people who don't know any other vegans, and perhaps have a somewhat unsympathetic partner/family/group of friends. Having a Vegan Buddy will show them they aren't alone, and that someone is behind them all the way.
People will be paired up by area so that they live as close to each other as possible. The mentor will be on hand to answer questions, and if things go really well, might even end up taking the "newbie" around the health food store or supermarket to show them the wide range of tasty, healthy food that is available to them.
One thing the Vegan Buddies definitely won't do is make people feel guilty!!!! People do things in their own time, at their own pace, to their own levels... we understand this and appreciate people doing *something*, even if they can't do *everything*.
So if you want us to find you a Vegan Buddy to help you on your way, get in touch
