Featured Non-Profit Organization for Feb 7 Dinner
Maple Farm Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary located in Mendon, MA, providing lifelong homes for abused, abandoned and unwanted farmed animals while promoting veganism and respect for all life through public information. Maple Farm Sanctuary has taken in a fraction of the billions of farmed animals that are bought, sold, tormented and slaughtered by the meat, dairy and fur industries.
Maple Farm Sanctuary was founded in 2005 by Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis & Jim Vandersluis, who once raised and sent to slaughter animals as a means of making a living. As a result of a profound change of consciousness, they now choose to see the world and animals in a very different light. They have dedicated their lives to completing their transformation from animal farmers to animal rescuers and caretakers, and to sharing what they have discovered along the way with as many people as possible.
At Maple Farm Sanctuary, they strive to treat both humans and non-humans as individuals who are worthy of compassion and respect, where they pursue a vegan diet and a non-violent lifestyle and where their stewardship of 120 acres of beautiful Massachusetts farmland and wildlife habitat is a sacred trust. They are now in the process of converting what was once a multi-generational family farm into a refuge for many rescued animals who were neglected, abused or headed to slaughter.
Maple Farm Sanctuary actively promotes their sanctuary and ethics, with events year round, such as their Annual Picnic Fundraiser, Silent Auction Fundraiser, vegan potluck and book club, and tabling at the NY Capital Region Vegetarian Expo, Boston Vegetarian Society Food Festival, and Pet Rock Festival, just to name a few.
You can learn more about Maple Farm Sanctuary at http://www.maplefarmsanctuary.org/index.htm.
