What have you done so far? $37,000:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are younot to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson

Hello PETA Pack!

As of right now, you all have raised almost $37,000 for animals. Animals who have no people to care for them, animals who have no laws to protect them (the majority of animals in slaughterhouses and vivisection labs are not protected by any humane laws), animals who cannot help themselves or ask for help. What does $37,000 pay for at PETA? Well, it’s more than 50% of our staff earn in a year. Check this out:

**It costs us $17,000 each year for the rescue van our CAP staff uses to pick up and help loose, abandoned and injured animals (both domestic and wildlife).
**We spend $20,000 a year just to spay/neuter pit bulls (between 350-400 a year).

There’s $37,000 for you. Remember, PETA doesn’t get government grants like arts organizations or health groups (heath groups that often don’t do anything to prevent illness, for example, a heart disease group that doesn’t promote vegetarian eating!). PETA helps animals because of donors. That’s it.

Thank you, everyone, for your fundraising. Animals are completely dependant on us. If we don’t speak up for them, and step a tiny bit out of our comfort zone to help them, nobody will. I hope you know that when you speak up to your friends about animals, you are setting an example. Even if people are defensive at first, you are sowing the seeds of compassion and showing people that silence is not OK.

As Ingrid Newkirk said in a recent interview, “When you speak up, others listen, and people who felt confident getting away with cruelty are shaken—perhaps not visibly, but shaken on the inside all the same. …Do your best—it all counts.”

So go ahead and be fabulous!

Alex