A happy little dog sitting by a signpost, waiting to join the walk
A tiny cheerful post office with a red mailbox out front

cold outreach to influential populations With Warmth.

A cozy little restaurant with a striped awning

≈750,000

restaurants in the United States. Behind every menu is a person who decides what gets served, and people change their minds when someone kind shows up.

A friendly chef with a clipboard beside crates of vegetables

≈1,000,000

people worldwide buy food for groups of a hundred or more. Schools, hospitals, stadiums, campuses, ships. (That figure is our own careful estimate.)

A kind person in a cardigan with a happy dog in front of a large house

905,413

Americans hold ten million dollars or more (Knight Frank, 2025). If even one in a hundred cares deeply about animals, that is nine thousand people who deserve a beautiful letter.

A London vignette: law office, red telephone booth, clock tower, double-decker bus

≈9,000

law firms in England and Wales, and nowhere are their lawyers more concentrated than London. Influence gathers in places like this. So can warmth.

Three friendly people knocking at a front door

We have been practicing

  • Hand-delivered thousands of bananas with custom messages written on the peel.
  • Knocked on thousands of doors, and meant it every time.
  • Direct mail. Engagement at events. Targeted outreach.

Small things, on purpose. Practice for the big ones.

A banana with a handwritten message on the peel: you matter

Attention: you

You undoubtedly know someone who, if you connected with them, more animals would be helped. It is hard to say exactly how.

But think about how every collaborator in your life came into your life. It started with an initial connection.

This is your encouragement to go make one.

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