That’s right. For a hen on a modern-day factory farm, $2.63 means the difference between standing on sharp cage bars and walking on solid ground.

$2.63 is the difference between a life packed tightly between other hens—never stretching, barely able to move, day after day—and finally feeling the relief of stretching out her wings.

Born in a hatchery, she was never recognized as a living being with feelings and a personality. To the egg industry, she was just another dollar sign.

As a newborn chick, Lily was dumped onto a conveyor belt and sent to a battery cage facility. There, she was crammed into a wire cage with six other hens—given a space the size of an iPad in which to live her entire life.

Lily never saw the sun. She never felt the breeze ruffle her feathers. She never stretched out her wings. Her feet never knew soft grass or cool soil—only sharp wire bars. This is the everyday reality of millions of hens who face life in a cage.

When $2.63 can change a life, every dollar counts. A monthly gift of $8 can spare three hens each month. $26 protects 10 hens. And a monthly gift of any size will fuel our ongoing fight to end cages—changing the future for millions of innocent beings.

Stories like Lily’s break my heart, especially knowing that so many hens still suffer in cages. But I also feel hope. Every day, we’re getting closer to a world where no living being has to suffer like her. Simply put, our goal is to eradicate cruel cages from the face of the planet. And thanks to supporters like you, we’ve already enacted sweeping change for hens.

I know these are big goals. World-changing goals. But I remind myself, too, that no goal is too small. Because if we could spare just one hen like Lily from life in a cage—that would be enough.

For Lily and others like her,