WHY VEGAN STREET DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT
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Hi, this is John from Vegan Street. You rarely hear from me: Marla seems to be the main voice from Vegan Street to our supporters and we’re both fine with that, but today I’d put myself in that role. As many of you know, we have worked on together for the last 28 years, dedicating our lives and whatever talents we have to building a vibrant and dynamic vegan community. |
This is what our website looked like in 2002. By then, it was 4 years old. Isn't it cute? The little chicken at the bottom would bend down every few seconds and peck at the ground. It felt like the height of technology when we pulled that animation off.
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We launched VeganStreet.com in 1998 and it has grown into one of the most significant vegan websites in the world, providing information and inspiration to millions of people, which includes a reach of more than 65½ million people in 2022 on Facebook alone.
Since our inception, we have created thousands of effective artistic and creative works, and have offered useful tools and tips that help people become and stay vegan by nurturing, strengthening and promoting the growing community including:
More than 1,300 Vegan Street Memes, which are mini-posters that describe the various reasons to become and stay vegan.
More than 1,000 essays, interviews and articles that explore different aspects of vegan activism, life and culture.
More than 400 original recipes for every occasion and skill level.
A free comprehensive and frequently updated Guide for New Vegans that helps the reader navigate every aspect of choosing and maintaining a compassionate diet and lifestyle.
And we recently added a new online store that is full of clothing and other high-quality products all featuring our original Vegan Street message gear, as well as several books and cookbooks we have written and published, and allow people to promote veganism as they just live their lives.
All this time, we have done our best to be a indefatigable voice and cheerleader for the movement: celebrating, promoting and supporting hundreds of vegan organizations, businesses, leaders and causes along the way and helping them raise tens of thousands dollars and attract new donors, members and customers.
Since our inception, we have created thousands of effective artistic and creative works, and have offered useful tools and tips that help people become and stay vegan by nurturing, strengthening and promoting the growing community including:
More than 1,300 Vegan Street Memes, which are mini-posters that describe the various reasons to become and stay vegan.
More than 1,000 essays, interviews and articles that explore different aspects of vegan activism, life and culture.
More than 400 original recipes for every occasion and skill level.
A free comprehensive and frequently updated Guide for New Vegans that helps the reader navigate every aspect of choosing and maintaining a compassionate diet and lifestyle.
And we recently added a new online store that is full of clothing and other high-quality products all featuring our original Vegan Street message gear, as well as several books and cookbooks we have written and published, and allow people to promote veganism as they just live their lives.
All this time, we have done our best to be a indefatigable voice and cheerleader for the movement: celebrating, promoting and supporting hundreds of vegan organizations, businesses, leaders and causes along the way and helping them raise tens of thousands dollars and attract new donors, members and customers.
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Vegan Street is just two people: Marla and myself.
We are able do all this partly because we lead a thrifty and resourceful lifestyle. We run the whole operation from our house and we support ourselves and our work by doing writing, design and marketing work for vegan businesses and organizations during the time we’re not working on Vegan Street.
We have no staff and virtually no outside funding. We have no financial support from foundations, corporations, celebrities or wealthy donors. The only predictable and reliable outside funding we receive is from our small group of loyal Patreon patrons.
We are able do all this partly because we lead a thrifty and resourceful lifestyle. We run the whole operation from our house and we support ourselves and our work by doing writing, design and marketing work for vegan businesses and organizations during the time we’re not working on Vegan Street.
We have no staff and virtually no outside funding. We have no financial support from foundations, corporations, celebrities or wealthy donors. The only predictable and reliable outside funding we receive is from our small group of loyal Patreon patrons.
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Our question to you: Do you believe that this content is of value to helping build a more compassionate world?
We are really committed and resilient activists but we could use more Patreon support for the work we create, which takes time and money from us.
It would mean so much to us if you joined our Patreon community to help make this content creation sustainable.
We have more than 300,000 followers, thousands of subscribers to our mailing list and countless people who regularly use and share our content, but we have only 77 Patreon supporters.
Could you help us to reach our goal of adding 30 new Patreon supporters?
We are deeply grateful for every donor and every penny we receive, and it stretches far, not paying salaries but buying ingredients for the recipes we create to share to the public and spending more dedicated time creating these works. Your Patreon support directly helps us to focus on our mission of building a healthier, more peaceful, more just, more compassionate and more sustainable world.
We have big ideas and plans for 2023 and beyond, but it will take a lot of effort on our part to bring them to fruition.
We know you all have your own challenges and most of you are already committed to doing your own work to save animals and the planet. But we would really appreciate it if you would consider tossing a dollar or two a week into our Patreon account or making a one-time donation to our PayPal account (john@veganstreet.com).
We would also be grateful if you could share this message or our story with your friends and loved ones.
TL;DR? Vegan Street has worked hard to build a vibrant vegan community, and we are asking for some support to help continue this work via Patreon.
Thank you so much!
John (and Marla)
We are really committed and resilient activists but we could use more Patreon support for the work we create, which takes time and money from us.
It would mean so much to us if you joined our Patreon community to help make this content creation sustainable.
We have more than 300,000 followers, thousands of subscribers to our mailing list and countless people who regularly use and share our content, but we have only 77 Patreon supporters.
Could you help us to reach our goal of adding 30 new Patreon supporters?
We are deeply grateful for every donor and every penny we receive, and it stretches far, not paying salaries but buying ingredients for the recipes we create to share to the public and spending more dedicated time creating these works. Your Patreon support directly helps us to focus on our mission of building a healthier, more peaceful, more just, more compassionate and more sustainable world.
We have big ideas and plans for 2023 and beyond, but it will take a lot of effort on our part to bring them to fruition.
We know you all have your own challenges and most of you are already committed to doing your own work to save animals and the planet. But we would really appreciate it if you would consider tossing a dollar or two a week into our Patreon account or making a one-time donation to our PayPal account (john@veganstreet.com).
We would also be grateful if you could share this message or our story with your friends and loved ones.
TL;DR? Vegan Street has worked hard to build a vibrant vegan community, and we are asking for some support to help continue this work via Patreon.
Thank you so much!
John (and Marla)