Thank you to Mary for joining me at the ARRoc table for the four-hour Brighton Energy Fair on Sunday, June 18th. I held down the fort while Mary leafletted and visited all the vendors and other organizations, doing vegan outreach…
Category: Event Recaps
Recap: Cube of Truth 6/17
It was sunny and hot at the Public Market for our Anonymous for the Voiceless Cube of Truth on Saturday, but we squeezed into a shady spot. For almost three hours we had three large TVs going, two Truth signs,…
March to Close All Slaughterhouses… and more
ARRoc members headed to Toronto Saturday, June 10th to participate in a long day of animal rights activism that kept going the next morning. While they were assembling in the park, they wrote postcards to the animals and left them…
Recap: Tablings 6/3
Thank you to Graham, Leanne, and Mary for tabling for ARRoc at Rochester Animal Services Fast & Furriest event Saturday June 3rd. They had a beautiful day spreading veganism and making many dog friends. They signed up four people for…
Recap: TV Demonstration at Tool Concert
For over four hours, Mary and I stood up to let people know where meat, dairy and eggs come from, as people went into Blue Cross Arena for a Tool concert on Tuesday evening, May 30th. The concert was listed…
Recap: Rib Fest Protests
ARRoc protested at Rochester’s worst festival, the Roc City Rib Fest, on May 26th and 29th. Thank you to Mary for organizing both, and to Krista, Graham, Leanne, Robyn, and Varun for coming out. On Monday, Mary and Leanne went…
Recap: Yoga Fundraiser
The yoga benefit Monday, May 29th for the Rochester Animal Shelter on Verona Street was a huge success! The class was packed, with about 60 people, and sadly they had to turn 20 people away. They raised over $1,000. Thank…
Recap: Field Trip to Farm Sanctuary
Saturday, May 27th, thirteen people got their batteries recharged by meeting the rescued animal ambassadors at Farm Sanctuary and spending the day with like-minded souls. Thanks to all who attended, and extra-heavy-duty thanks to Mary for organizing the whole thing.
Recap: Cubes of Truth 5/20-21
ARRoc members were on hand for the closing weekend at the Lilac Festival to remind passers-by what meat, dairy, and eggs involve behind the pretty packaging. Thank you to Carol H, David, Graham, Leanne, Mary, Robyn, and Varun for participating…
Adopt a Highway
Thanks to John A, Kim, Mike, Marylynn, and Martha for going out to pick up trash for our Adopt a Highway program which Marylynn chairs. If you’d like to join in next time, please contact us.