<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f85ee796-7fff-1fca-b4ee-750d7adfe7e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please do not respond to this email, </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">contact </span><a href="mailto:President@Berkeleyathleticfund.net" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President@Berkeleyathleticfund.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with questions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are thrilled to share that Berkeley Athletic Fund has just received a very generous matching challenge from anonymous donors. The first</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> $22,000 in donations to the Berkeley Athletic Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> over the next 3 weeks.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Live and in-person Berkeley High sports have been a bright spot for hundreds of BHS students during a year of zoom classes and distance learning.  However, as you may know, the disruptions due to COVID this year have severely impacted fundraising and the Berkeley Athletic Fund must raise at least $35,000 before the start of the next school year to maintain support for BHS Athletics at the current level.  Meeting this matching challenge will fully fund the budget for the next school year and help the teams bounce back from a challenging year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How can you have your donation matched?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Become a Berkeley High Booster! </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Join online here and have your gift count towards benefits for the 2021-2022 school year: </span><a href="http://www.berkeleyathleticfund.net/fundraising/booster-club/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.berkeleyathleticfund.net/fundraising/booster-club/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Become a Corporate Sponsor! </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> BAF is rolling out a new Corporate Sponsorship program with benefits suitable for all local businesses.  Details are here: </span><a href="http://www.berkeleyathleticfund.net/fundraising/corporate-sponsorship/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.berkeleyathleticfund.net/fundraising/corporate-sponsorship/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please Help BAF Match the $22,000 Challenge</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Go to</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.berkeleyathleticfund.net/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.berkeleyathleticfund.net</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and click on the Donate Button.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How else can you support the Jackets? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attend a Berkeley Athletic Fund board meeting! </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month.  Contact </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:president@berkeleyathleticfund.net">president@berkeleyathleticfund.net</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the zoom link.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Watch a game!</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  While in person attendance is highly restricted, many teams are live-streaming games.  Follow @BHSJacketSports on twitter for links and updates.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Berkeley Athletic Fund is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, all-volunteer organization with the mission of supporting Berkeley High Athletic teams.  All donations are tax-deductible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GO JACKETS!</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nicole Chee, Jenny Fosket, Chaghig Walker, and Charlotte Le Liboux are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them at </span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS Etree archives: </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BHS website: </span><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BUSD 2019-2020 Calendar: </span><a href="https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/BerkeleyUSDCalendar-K12-2019-20-v6.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1920</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BUSD Non-Discrimination Statement / la Política de No Discriminación: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/BUSDNDPolicy</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To post a message, send to: </span><a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>unsubscribe</u></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from the Etree, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with one word only in the subject line: unsubscribe.  The request must be sent from the email address that is subscribed to the list.  If that does not work, visit the URL at the bottom of each message, or put your email address at the end of this URL:  </span><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lists.lmi.net/mailman/options/bhs/</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or contact the Etree moderators at </span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-owner@lmi.net.</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>subscribe</u></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to the Etree, send an email to </span><a href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bhs-request@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(87,124,173);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with one word only in the subject line: subscribe</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>