We’re up bright and early checking John Hickenlooper’s fundraising numbers, and we needed to fill you in ASAP.

The truth is this month has been off to a rocky start. We’re not sounding the alarm quite yet, but we need to turn things around STAT if we’re going to reach our benchmarks this quarter.

We get it — times are tough. Folks all over the country are struggling to make ends meet as costs everywhere skyrocket, from the grocery store to health care premiums, so believe us when we say we don’t expect you to chip in to every one of these emails.

We haven’t convinced you to donate yet, and that’s okay! But if just a handful of people who haven’t contributed can step up and donate, we’d beat our goals easily.

We’re just a little behind where we need to be to stay on track, so we’re asking 100 people to chip in $3 — yup, just $3 — right now to give our mid-month fundraising drive a much-needed boost.