John, I wanted to make sure you saw Bob's note below and in your mailbox. In Gaza, Syria, Afghanistan and other conflict zones, temperatures are already plummeting. Even with the ceasefire in Gaza, families face ongoing food insecurity, displacement, and harsh winter conditions.
Please consider starting your monthly donation right now to make sure your gift has 2X the impact for refugees and displaced families.
—Hank
From: Bob @ IRC
Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2025
Subject: Bring warmth, light and hope to families this winter
To: [email protected]
John,
In a world that often favors cruelty over kindness, your partnership with the IRC is a testament to your humanity. We sincerely appreciate your generosity.
But families can't wait for temperatures to drop another degree. They need protection from the peril of winter now.
Please deepen your commitment to the IRC's mission by joining as a Rescue Collective Partner with a monthly gift. Your ongoing support—DOUBLED through November 30—will help us deliver aid month after month.
Now in a displacement camp in Gaza, Mervat faces a new challenge: "The biggest challenge is securing food." She had shared canned goods with other families, saving some for later. "I saved some, thinking the day would come. That day came, and now I'm out of food."
After two years of conflict, a ceasefire has been announced in Gaza—a critical first step. But for families like Mervat's, the crisis is far from over. Right now, 55,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition and 82% of the population remains displaced.
And with no available work and high prices, most meals now are just lentils and pasta from the camp's central kitchen. As temperatures drop: "Sometimes it's cold, and it has its toll on the children."
Thanks to supporters like you, Mervat's children received shoes, jackets, pajamas, underwear, socks, pants and scarves—helping protect them from upcoming winter conditions.
As my colleagues and I have shared, U.S. funding cuts have left the IRC unable to serve all the families we had planned to support in 2025. So, you play an even more essential role—helping to fill the crisis funding gap and extending a lifeline to people like Mervat.
Today, your monthly support—which will be DOUBLED through matching funds—can help deliver lifesaving warmth before winter takes hold:
Any amount you give will bring warmth, light and hope to families this winter.
Your compassion will help ensure that families enduring the most harrowing times of their lives know they are not forgotten. Thank you again, John.
With hope and urgency,
Bob Kitchen
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