Stand with Kentucky

 

As you know, this weekend Kentuckians suffered tremendous loss of life, homes, even entire communities in an unprecedented tornado event.

As a Kentuckian, I laid in bed on Friday night glued to my phone seaching for updates from friends in Paducah, Mayfield, Benton, Bowling Green, and many other communities while wondering if my family and I would need to take shelter too. And, when we woke up in the morning, looking for ways to help. Should we donate items, money, give blood, volunteer? What was the most needed? 

In this time of overwhelming need, Kentuckians - from the Hood to the Holler - stepped up to answer that call and support our neighbors.

Today, we turn to you. 

Please consider finding a way that you can lend support to Kentuckians who are hurting the most.

We have listed a few ways below and are also updating a thread of resources on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

1) Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has set up a Relief Fund that will be the largest coordinated effort of support. You can make a tax-deductible donation here. 

2) Hood to the Holler Founder Charles Booker is also coordinating a relief effort and has several ways to help, including making wellness calls to residents. You can sign up to help here.

Hood to the Holler is already fighting impacts of the Climate Crisis in Kentucky and will not give up that effort, but today, we stretch out our hand to our neighbors who are suffering. 

Thank you for standing with Kentucky, 

Elizabeth Sawyer

Hood to the Holler

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Hood to the Holler
P.O. Box 2228
Louisville, KY 40201
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How we will reach folks from the Hood to the Holler

120 counties in 120 days. That’s the ambitious goal we’ve set to reach voters across Kentucky from Paducah to Pikeville — before we enter our historic election year in 2022.

Hi y’all — I’m Murray Huber, the Distributed Organizing Manager for the Booker Campaign. When it comes to a grassroots campaign like ours, early investments and preparation are key. What we are able to invest from today through the rest of 2021 will have a huge impact on our success.

So, the team took a look at the numbers yesterday and made a grassroots organizing plan for the rest of the year.

Here are a few of the items we need to reach folks in all 120 counties:

• Virtual Phone Banking Events: It costs our campaign $0.05 to call one Kentucky voter. If we raised just $5,000, that would allow us to reach 100,000 Kentuckians. That’s already 10% of the population of folks living in Kentucky Appalachia.
• Supplies to send 50 voter registration teams out across Kentucky: $564 for clipboards + $150 for pens + $50 for print materials = $764
• Gas for our volunteers: It costs on average $47.59 to drive the 395 miles from the furthest point of Kentucky to the other. If we raise $4,759.03, our volunteers could cover the entire Commonwealth 100 times.

This is why I need to ask if you can support us today. Can we count on you to please chip in $12 (or any other amount you can afford) to our campaign? If we want to carry out our full outreach plan to all 120 counties by the end of the year, we need to raise $12,000 by the end of tomorrow. 

Let me reiterate: We’re hoping to reach out to all 120 counties in Kentucky over the next 120 days. Not just counties in and around our Commonwealth’s larger cities like Louisville, but everywhere. From the hood to the holler.

Kentuckians have been suffering for decades at the hands of leaders like Rand Paul. While our state has been falling behind in life expectancy, health, and quality in education — our politicians have just been getting richer. I’ll be honest, that’s why so many Kentuckians don’t trust our politicians.

We believe that change is possible. But it starts by building relationships with Kentuckians who’ve been left behind — and doing it early.

Building trust takes time, and to do it right we need the resources to start NOW. According to our calculations, we’ll need to raise at least $12,000 over the next 24 hours to fully jump-start our efforts here.

It’s time to come together and fight for the future we deserve. Please chip in $12 or whatever you can afford for our campaign and help us reach our $12,000 goal to help us start our outreach.

Together,

Murray Huber
Distributed Organizing Manager
Booker for Kentucky

Contributions to Booker for Kentucky are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. To contribute via check, please address to PO Box 4369, Louisville, KY 40204.

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