This Giving Tuesday, we celebrate a year of massive progress

This Giving Tuesday, we would not only like to thank our supporters from across the country and around the world, but also underscore just how far we have come—and how far we can go—with your support. Here are a handful of testaments to what we have already accomplished thanks to supporters like you:

1. We reached 11.8k followers on Facebook, a considerable achievement given there are multimillion-dollar animal rights organizations with less than half our following

2. We have at least one member on our mailing list from 46 US states and just over 50 countries, demonstrating our ability to build a movement far beyond our headquarters here in St. Louis

3. We launched our first chapter outside Missouri in Lincoln, NE, where our Lead Organizer, Alex Gewecke, has built a community from five people to nearly 200 members in just five months, revealing the strength of our novel community-building strategy

4. We hosted five events to which over 100 people RSVPed, including our screening of GUNDA to which nearly 250 people RSVPed

5. We recruited several new interns to fill the place left by our interns who have graduated from our highly productive internship program

6. We have tripled our annual budget relative to last year, affirming our ability to thrive despite major setbacks like COVID-19

7. We produced our first viral post, reaching over 2.4 million people with a message of love for all species, no matter how “different” they seem from us

Thanks to your support, we have cemented our status as the fastest-growing animal rights organization in the Midwest, but we need even more support if we are to sustain our rapid growth in 2022 and beyond. Please consider supporting our mission of building a fully vegan Midwest by 2056 by donating today.

The animals are counting on us, and they can bear to suffer no longer. What are you waiting for?