Dear John,

As COVID-19 took hold, AFSC staff, volunteers, and community partners launched a host of community initiatives with support from caring people like you. From mutual aid efforts to a farm to foodbank initiative, an eviction prevention hotline, personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers in international settings, and assistance to immigrant families left out of government relief, these efforts have made a critical difference.

Today I am writing to let you know about a new opportunity to support communities navigating the effects of the pandemic. Make a gift to AFSC’s Pandemic Relief Fund by July 15, and your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000, thanks to a generous AFSC supporter.

We have already seen how a fast-spreading virus magnifies the effects of racial injustice and economic inequality — essentially forming a triple pandemic. And we also can see that the virus — and its economic effects — are not going away any time soon.

As we organize together for transformative systemic change, it is vitally important that we keep caring for each other. Each of us has an important role to play in helping one another stay healthy and safe.

One way to help is to give to AFSC’s Pandemic Relief Fund during our matching gift challenge. Your gift will help advocate for and provide aid to communities facing difficult challenges from the pandemic — from workers in meatpacking plants to incarcerated people, refugees across the globe, and migrants stuck at borders — providing support where it is needed most right now.

Thank you again for supporting our efforts. Your generosity makes all the difference.