John,

Time is running out before Thursday’s year-end deadline at midnight, but we’re still a long way from reaching our $150,000 goal. With thousands of refugees and asylum seekers counting on HIAS to meet their urgent needs during the pandemic, we simply can’t afford to fall short.

Luckily, we have incredible news: Ten members of the HIAS Board of Directors just offered to MATCH ALL GIFTS up to $150,000 to help close the gap on our most important goal of the year. But this match expires soon, so we’re counting on you to pitch in now and DOUBLE your support for refugees and asylum seekers in the coming months:

Make an end-of-year gift of $18 or more now and have every dollar DOUBLED to support refugees and asylum seekers fleeing violence in their homelands.

With COVID-19 surging during the worst global refugee crisis in history, thousands of displaced children and families around the world have no choice but to shelter in crowded detention centers without the food, clean water, or medical care they urgently need, while thousands more fight everything from unemployment to homelessness. That’s why it’s so crucial that we take full advantage of this rare opportunity to make every dollar go TWICE as far for those in need.

Reaching our year-end goal is vital to our work providing legal assistance, one-on-one trauma counseling, and other essential services to help refugees build new lives in safety and freedom — without your support, we simply can’t do the work we need to do. But time is running out to have your gift MATCHED for refugees in their greatest moment of need, so we’re asking you to step up now with your first donation:

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to give, this is it. Please, will you make your first gift of $18 or more and have your gift MATCHED to provide lifesaving support to refugees and asylum seekers as they build new lives free from persecution?

Thank you so much for all you do to fuel our efforts.

Mark Hetfield President and CEO