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Culture (2006-2014)
Tzu Chi in the USA
1989 – 2014
Tzu Chi volunteers throughout the country
seize every opportunity to promote the benefits
of vegetarianism. In 2010, they started the
Veggie Country Passport initiative, encouraging
people to become citizens of “Veggie Country”
by vowing to eat a certain number of vegetarian
meals and then tallying them in their Veggie
Country Passport. That Halloween, volunteers
in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles
all donned vegetable costumes and went out
on the streets to knock on doors and invite
community members to taste the delicious
flavors of vegetables.
Tzu Chi volunteers strongly believe that the
best way of sharing the virtues of vegetarianism
is by practicing it themselves and then being
positive role models to those around them. Only
then can the world be made a Pure Land free
from disasters.
Young volunteers in Austin, Texas,
work hard to clean their community.
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