This wasn't the update we wanted to send.

We fell short of our goal to help fund at least 4,000 care packages and other critical support for service members deployed around the world.

But because providing essential supplies and reminders of home is so important, this generous matching gift offer has been extended until midnight tonight to give this community one more chance to reach the goal. We cannot let our military heroes down.

We know you're a dedicated military supporter, so we wanted to make sure you didn't miss this incredible opportunity: Please rush your gift to help us make up the gap and show our heroes in uniform how much you appreciate the immense sacrifices they make in service of our country.

As America's service members face rising tensions in the Middle East and respond to natural disasters here at home, we're counting on you to stand with them at this critical moment.

Care packages provide critical and morale-boosting items like toiletries and snacks to bring a little levity to our deployed heroes, no matter where they are in the world. But the USO relies on supporters like you to deliver them far and wide — and until midnight the value of every dollar you give will be doubled.

What we raise today can help service members around the world stay connected to home, so please, don't look back: Donate $29 to have the value of your gift matched to support our heroes.

Thank you for your unwavering commitment to our service members as they make immense sacrifices to defend the freedoms we cherish,

—The USO