What I Love About Being Vegetarian 1st Place
By Ashley Bendickson, age 7
"One day when I was one, my dad had high cholesterol. I did not really notice because I was only one, but one night my mom and my dad talked. My dad said, 'I am sick of taking these pills. There must be a way to get off this.' 'There must be a way,' said my mom. The next day my mom started researching..."
What I Love About Being Vegetarian 2nd Place
By Cassandra Skinto, age 2
"I like animals. I like cows, they are fun to pet and to feed. They smell funny sometimes, but they are really pretty. They are kind of like horses. I like them, too. I like tigers and bunnies and turtles and piggies..."
A Poem: Why I Love Being Vegetarian Honorable Mention
By Rebecca Finch, age 6
"Deer playing on the plains | Pigs who feel no pain | Chickens that have their heads | Cows that are not dead..."
What I Love About Being Vegetarian
By Mia Clementz Dehnert, age 7
"I love being a vegetarian because you can live very old, maybe 100 years old.
And when I wake up in the morning I have mouthwatering smoothies to eat. There are
so many good things to have when it comes to being a vegetarian..."
What I Love About Being Vegetarian
By Jessie Katz, age 9
"Being vegetarian makes me feel special. I feel bad about the animals that get killed for food. The other kids say it is so good, but they are so wrong. Animals have the same right to live, as much as we do. It is easy for me because my mom is a vegan chef..."
What I Love About Being Vegetarian
By Sarah Katz, age 8
"What I love about being vegetarian is: I don't have to be upset about the animals being killed. I just can feel I am being a good person. It's not just feeling I am a good person. I know I am being a good person..."
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