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When an NFL owner is trying to raise money for charitable causes, they have 31 places around the league where they know they’ll find people with deep pockets who could help.

Texans owner Bob McNair wasn’t looking specifically to NFL owners to help provide the financing for Hope Lodge Houston, which the American Cancer Society would operate as a place for people battling cancer to receive free lodging and support services while in Houston to receive treatment. He and his wife Janice announced that their foundation will donate $1 for every $2 raised through December 31, up to $4 million, to help break ground on the lodge before the end of the year.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is helping to push them closer to their goal. The Jerry and Gene Jones Foundation has donated $1 million to the cause.

“Cancer is already daunting enough, but worrying about travel, lodging, and other necessities while enduring treatment can be a huge burden,” Jones said, via the Houston Chronicle. “Gene and I are proud we can help by joining Bob and Janice McNair and President George and Barbara Bush as they work to bring a Hope Lodge to Houston.”

McNair received a clean bill of health last year after a 10-month fight with two forms of cancer and announced the fundraising challenge a short time later.