The phrase "making a plea to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone is asking for help or making an urgent request. For example: "The mayor of the town was making a plea to local business owners to help support relief efforts in the area."
A wildlife charity is making a plea to tourists to stop taking "tiger selfies" and spreading them on social media, supporting animal abuse around the world.
He seemed to be making a plea to Nets management that lingered in the air with his statement about what the Sixers did to achieve their success.
The defence secretary was making a plea to be acquitted on charges of deliberately placing Dr Kelly's name in the frame.
Jonathan Coad, a privacy expert and partner at Lewis Silkin who has acted both for and against the industry, said: "Making a plea to Fleet Street for privacy where the press's commercial interests are engaged is as likely to succeed as making a plea to Vladimir Putin to get out of Ukraine.
The group plans to raise money by making a plea to descendants of the original owners, by using its local and national landmark status to obtain private grants, and by seeking corporate donations.
"I feel bad for the channel; it was one of the best in Greece.... I'm making a plea to the government to reopen the channel and rehire ERT employees".
Scaramucci then made a plea to viewers.
Supervision was so poor that inmates often made a plea to workers.
And so a historian named Boris P. Trenin made a plea to officials.
Before the game, Paul Konerko, the White Sox first baseman, made a plea to fans to behave.
In that case, Lieberman said, he would "make a plea" to his colleagues on Petraeus's behalf to defeat it.
