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For those just tuning in, I'm raising funds for I'm Vegan, a project I first announced back in April. I'm Vegan is a series of short documentary profiles that aim for long-term impact as an online series normalizing veganism, and is intended to serve as a form of ongoing advocacy. It's personal, intimate and busts stereotypes.

The project is relatively low-budget and is being funded through a non-profit, which means the donations are tax deductible. I'm using The Point to gather pledges and reach my online goal of $22,000, and I've been keeping readers here posted in case they want to chip in any amount, no matter how small. The Point's recent upgrade from beta to 1.0 totally destroyed the nifty badges that they were using to promote our campaigns, so I don't have sexy graphic to update my fundraising, I'm sad to say.

In my previous update, I thanked an anonymous donor (a complete stranger) who mailed in a $9,000 check. I'm pleased to announce that, in the wake of that generous donation, another donor I know mailed in a $5,000 check. You can probably understand why donors want to remain anonymous. If you don't, in large part it has something to do with not receiving a zillion solicitations for donations every year.

My total funding goal for the project is $25,000, $3,000 of which was donated before I set up my campaign at The Point to raise the remaining $22,000. Between all the offline donations and the online pledges, I have raised a total of $22,150 so far. That means I only need to drum up $2,850 more in pledges at The Point in order to start production on I'm Vegan! We're getting close, which means I may actually be able to shoot this fall.

I know a few people out there have said you plan to pledge, so now's the time. In fact, only another $350 will put the total funding at exactly 90% of the budget. Remember, unlike traditional fundraisers, The Point works in such a way that your pledge is not cashed until enough other people pledge to reach the campaign goal, including the offline donations I am receiving. Once the tipping point is reached, your funds will be donated to the non-profit that will fund the project. Thanks to everyone who has committed funds since my last update (Like Will, and thanks for "finally" getting off the couch, Mindy; it was worth the wait!).

For more details on the project, or to donate now, please visit its campaign page. Thanks in advance for your support. Share this post (or the campaign page) far and wide!


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  Testing Delicious blogging. If this goes through at AAFL, I will probably delete it after verification, but may start using the feature to keep up with the occasional story I've skipped posting about due to time constraints. Ahhh, technology.

I wrote a letter to the Washington Post in response to Wednesday's article, A Dish That Gets a Fuzzy Reception. That letter, which they called Those Rabbits: Friend or Food?, was published today, FYI.

From the article:

Chef Stefano Frigerio braces himself when he puts rabbit on the menu at Mio. It's only a matter of time before someone complains.

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