Thanks for Helping Make VegWeek 2012 a Success!

Our fourth annual VegWeek, help April 23-29, 2012, was our biggest yet! The week-long celebration highlighting the many benefits and flavors of vegetarian eating included more Veg Pledge sign-ups, more restaurant specials in more states, more events from coast to coast, and more media coverage than ever before.

Want to learn more about VegWeek 2012? Simply read our blog for event photos and a full review.

Want to help us make an even greater difference next year? Sponsor, partner with us, or volunteer for VegWeek 2013!

What is VegWeek?

Compassion Over Killing launched the first-ever VegWeek in 2009 in Takoma Park, Maryland (our hometown) thanks to the inspiration of MD Senator Jamie Raskin. Sen. Raskin eagerly signed up as the first person to take our 7-day Veg Pledge—a pledge he’s kept to this day—and VegWeek was officially recognized by our city through a Mayoral Proclamation.

Energized by his new vegetarian diet, which he refers to as "aligning my morals with my menu," Sen. Raskin has since helped COK expand our VegWeek campaign, first to entire state of Maryland in 2010 then to Virginia, DC, and California in 2011—and now nationwide!