We didn't want to have to send you this email, John, but we fell short of our critical $350,000 back-to-school fundraising goal last night.

Failing to reach our goal has a real cost: We might not be able to work fast enough to prevent the next school shooting, and we can't bear knowing we could have done more to keep children safe.

But we can't close our funding gap without a huge push, so a generous donor is now MATCHING all gifts up to $25,000 until midnight. We wouldn't ask you again if it weren't so important, but children's lives are depending on us reaching this goal in time, and your gift will now be DOUBLED. That's why we pulled up your supporter record below, so you can see where you stand:

EMAIL: [email protected]
DONOR STATUS: Pending
SUGGESTED DONATION: $10 (becomes $20)

Please rush $10, or as much as you can, to Sandy Hook Promise before midnight to have it go TWICE as far toward protecting children from gun violence. With so many precious lives depending on our ability to prevent tragedies during the school year, we must close our funding gap today.

Donate $10 (becomes $20)

Donate $26 (becomes $52)

Donate $50 (becomes $100)

Have another amount matched

Our gun violence prevention programs have helped avert multiple school shooting threats – that's why it's so important we reach this goal so we can continue this work. We know all too well the unending pain of losing a loved one to a preventable act of gun violence, and we urgently need your help to make sure we don't fail other families.

We will never, ever give up on this work to honor our loved ones by protecting more children from gun violence – and your support makes that possible. We couldn't be more grateful.

Thank you,

Sandy Hook Promise

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