Dear John,

I’m excited to share some really positive news for El Paso.

The Paul Foster Foundation and Woody and Gayle Hunt Foundation have pledged a $1 million matching grant for the El Paso food bank.

Our local food bank (known as El Pasoans Fighting Hunger) is seeing unprecedented demand for food in the midst of this extraordinary contraction of our economy. In a county where more than 200,000 people were already food insecure, there are now tens of thousands more in El Paso without work, who can no longer afford to feed themselves. 

Can you join me in making a donation to El Pasoans Fighting Hunger? Every donation will be matched by the foundations. That means for every $1 you give today, the food bank gets $2.

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The demands on the food bank are the greatest we’ve ever seen. This matching grant could not have come at a better time.

But it also means that we all need to step up and do our part. The $1 million pledge is a match, which means that an additional $1 million must be raised to realize the full pledged amount.

If we succeed, it will result in a total of $2 million raised, which will mean that every hungry family in El Paso will be able to get the nutrition and calories they need to survive.

I know we can do this. El Paso is a generous, giving community. We’ve always been there for each other. Most recently, we raised millions of dollars after the Walmart shooting to provide medical care and financial support for the families who were affected.

This is another opportunity for us to show each other who we are and what we are capable of doing. I hope you will join me in making a donation to the El Paso food bank.

Thank you,

Beto

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