Hug a Vegetarian Day
Employee Health Wellness Programs
Hug a Vegetarian Day started as an internet holiday in 2006. About 36,176 people signed up for the day on Peta2 website that year and it has became a huge holiday ever since. This holiday is celebrated to appreciate the vegans and vegetarians around us and to create awareness about veganism and vegetarianism.
This year, Hug a Vegetarian Day falls on Friday, 24 September 2010. There are many ways to celebrate it at the workplace. Send mass emails to everyone early so that everyone will be aware of the holiday. Ask if anyone would like to order Hug a Vegetarian Day t-shirts and wear them to work on that day. It is not only a day about giving hugs to vegetarians, but also giving sincere hugs.
Organize a Hug a Vegetarian Day event at work and fill the event with various activities, such as taking hugging photos and posting them on the Peta2 website, handing out pamphlets on the benefits of being a vegetarian, and inviting a speaker from Peta to deliver a talk about veganism and vegetarianism. It would be a great idea to serve vegan or vegetarian food during the event, or be a vegan for the day.
Communication is also crucial. Ask if having lunch meetings at certain restaurants is alright with your vegetarian workers. It is also important to understand how strict their diet is, for example, vegetarians and vegans have very different diets. Some do not wear clothes and makeup made of animal produce. Therefore, it is important to respect them for their beliefs.
Not everyone would be comfortable to give up meat and live a vegan or vegetarian life. However, if one can understand the reasoning behind it, it will be easier to work with a vegan or vegetarian co-worker. Understanding, tolerance and sensitivity towards a worker's needs are important in maintaining a harmonious environment at work.
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