John, it looks like we haven't received your donation to our 2023 End of Fiscal Year Drive yet. Here's your latest member record:
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For Review: Membership Record
Name: John xxxxxx
U.S. PIRG Member Record: 136-5536966
Eligible for Matching Gift?: YES!
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2023 End of Fiscal Year Drive Status
Goal: $100,000
Deadline: Midnight, December 31, 2022
Current Progress: 91% to goal
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It's not too late: For just a few more hours -- until midnight tonight -- your gift will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling your impact up to $10,000 nationwide.
Our work to stand up for the public interest is fueled by grassroots supporters like you.
Our fiscal year ends at midnight tonight, and we need to know that we have the resources to keep our work going strong in the year ahead. If you're able, please consider making a donation today.
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Thank you for your support,
-Faye
P.S. If you've already made a contribution to our drive, thank you for your support! Our system may still be processing your recent gift.
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Date: June 30, 2023
Subject: Your PIRG member record is ready to review, John
To: John xxxxxx <
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John,
PIRG's 2023 End of Fiscal Year Drive ends at midnight tonight, and it looks like we haven't heard from you yet. Will you take a moment to review the information we have on file?
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For Review: Membership Record
Name: John xxxxxx
U.S. PIRG Member Record: 136-5536966
Eligible for Matching Gift?: YES!
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2023 End of Fiscal Year Drive Status
Goal: $100,000
Deadline: Midnight, December 31, 2022
Current Progress: 82% to goal
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The effort to eliminate more of the worst single-use plastics and make producers responsible for curbing the waste they create is an uphill battle. Your ongoing support has been crucial to the victories we've won on reducing plastic pollution at the state and corporate levels in the past year -- and there's still so much more to do.
Right now, we need your support -- will you donate before the midnight deadline and help us reach our $20,000 goal? When you do, generous donors will match your gift, up to $10,000 nationwide.
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Not only is the vast majority of our society's plastic waste being dumped into landfills and our environment (just 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled), but in fact estimates suggest that production of disposable plastic products is actually increasing year over year.[1,2]
How is that possible when so many Americans are clamoring for an end to the use of wasteful, throwaway plastics we just don't need, and dutifully putting the plastics we do use in the blue bin?
The public might want bold action to reduce plastic waste, but too often, the companies that make and distribute all of this single-use "stuff" in the first place are getting in the way of progress.
That's where PIRG comes in.
To counter the special interests and win concrete steps toward zero waste, we're doubling down on our efforts to pass policies that both ensure less wasteful plastic enters our lives in the first place, and make producers responsible for curbing their waste.
Moving our communities and our country beyond wasteful single-use plastic is an all-hands-on-deck effort. Will you make your matched donation now to help us raise $20,000 to move our country beyond plastic?
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Our approach is simple but powerful. We research the problem and the best ways to solve it, advocate for those solutions in the halls of power, and organize citizens to convince decision-makers to act.
This model, combined with the support of members like you, has helped us build momentum for bans on the worst single-use plastics -- and now 1 in 3 Americans lives in a state with a robust ban on at least one type of single-use plastic.[3]
We've also educated the public about "producer responsibility" policies, which help reduce single-use plastic waste at the source by requiring plastic producers to bear financial responsibility for dealing with the waste their products become. Four states have passed producer responsibility laws since 2021 -- and we're just getting started.
Finally, we're calling on major retailers, including Walmart, Costco, Amazon and Whole Foods, to cut down on their wasteful packaging, and to get unnecessary single-use plastics out of their operations. Tens of thousands of citizens have added their voices to these campaigns, helping grow our call so that it's too loud for even the most powerful corporations to ignore.
But we can't keep this work going strong without your support. Make your matched gift today to help meaningfully reduce plastic waste and build a cleaner, healthier future.
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Thank you,
Faye Park
President
P.S. If you've already made a contribution to our drive, thank you for your support! Our system may still be processing your recent gift.
1. Laura Parker, "A whopping 91 percent of plastic isn't recycled," National Geographic, July 5, 2019.
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2. "Single-use plastic production rose between 2019 and 2021 despite pledges," Reuters, February 6, 2023.
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3. "Trash in America," PIRG, September 28, 2021.
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Your donation will power our dedicated staff of organizers, policy experts and attorneys who drive all of our campaigns in the public interest, from banning Roundup and moving us beyond plastic, to saving our antibiotics and being your consumer watchdog, to protecting our environment and our democracy. None of our work would be possible without the support of people just like you.
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