Team,

In 1995, Bart and I joined some friends of ours from college in the Philadelphia suburbs to build a small basketball t-shirt company.

I became the first woman on the management team, as well as the first mom and the first non-basketball playing member of what became "AND1 Basketball."

I served as the COO for that company and helped scale the organization for more than a decade from near start-up to more than $250 million in global sales. At our peak, we were the number two basketball brand, trailing only Nike.

I am proud of the hundreds of jobs we created at AND1 in Paoli. But I am even prouder of the good jobs and corporate culture that I helped engender and foster over that decade.

As the COO and first woman and mom in management, part of my responsibility was building and executing this culture. To that end, I worked to give every employee the respect and benefits that I wanted and expected.

We did this because it was the right thing to do. People should be treated the way that we all want to be treated.

Too many Americans are working longer hours while making less and struggling to make ends meet. It feels like more than ever before, we are putting enormous stresses on people and families. I do not believe it has to be that way. Business can change that paradigm and behave responsibly.

Good business practices do not have to be at the expense of profitability, and I saw that firsthand at AND1.

Now I'm working to build a 21st-century economy where people can work hard and share in prosperity -- an inclusive economy where businesses pay a living wage, equal work gets equal pay, and the workplace respects the dignity of employees.

I'm proud of my record in business, and I'm proud to bring that experience and perspective to Congress.

But in order to keep fighting and hold onto my seat, I need your help to close the gap in my budget. We still have another $16,096 to raise before midnight on the 30th -- will you chip in now to make sure my team and I have what we need to take on my opponents?

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We've got work to do,
Chrissy Houlahan


Chrissy Houlahan for Congress
P.O. Box 222
Devon, PA 19333
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Chrissy is a former Captain in the United States Air Force. Use of her military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of Defense or Department of the Air Force.