[BHS Etree] FUNDRAISING: $20, 000 Development Group Challenge Grant

[BHS Etree]

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christinestaples at gmail.com

*WOW!*Berkeley High School Development Group has just received donations 
from several generous families totaling *$20,000* in the form of a 
*CHALLENGE GRANT!*

This means that IF YOU DONATE ANY AMOUNT BY FRIDAY, MAY 13TH, *YOUR 
DONATION WILL BE MATCHED 100%*, *UP TO $20,000!*

Wondering what BHSDG does with the money? Scores of important things 
benefiting/ALL/ of our students and school community, including:

  * Free after-school tutoring in dozens of subjects, for all students,
    school year-round
  * Free PSAT testing for /every/ Sophomore
  * Free BHS daily planners for every student to help them master time
    management
  * College/Career Center support, including new computers and the
    upcoming College Fair
  * Student projects such as the new ‘zine
  * Classroom mini-grants for all teachers and key staff
  * College application fees and scholarships for students in need
  * Field trips
  * Science, technology, arts, and media equipment, including new
    computers for the Jacket
  * Substance abuse prevention education, and much, much more!

To all of you who have donated so generously already this year, thank 
you, thank you, thank you! *For those of you who have been meaning to 
give, now is the perfect opportunity. No donation is too large or too 
small; our goal is 100% participation, because the more we give back to 
our school community, the better it is for **/all/**of our students.*

Please make your donation TODAY at www.bhsdg.org <http://www.bhsdg.org>.

Or    Mail to:

        BHS Development Group

        P.O. Box 519

        Berkeley, CA  94701-0519

THANK YOU!!


(Now the fine print: Yes, you can make a targeted gift to a program or 
small school, and your gift will be matched. However, the /match/ will 
be to our general, unrestricted fund, so that we can maximize providing 
funding for programs throughout the entire school.)


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