Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education Donation Match
Announced February 1, 2010

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've surely heard about the drastic cuts made to California's schools over the last couple years as the state tries to Band-Aid its hemorrhaging budget.

Locally, in the Mount Diablo Unified School District, where my four-year-old daughter will have the pleasure of attending next fall, the bean counters went so far as to completely eliminate the athletics program.

Yes, you read that correctly. The largest school district in one of the most affluent counties in not only California but the entire nation has ZERO funding for school athletics. But this is just the tip of the iceberg: budget cuts have been severe in just about every department and program in the district. And the writing on the wall for next year is that things are only going to get worse.

Here in Pleasant Hill, we are blessed to have the newly formed Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education, whose 2010 campaign goal is to raise $55,000 for Pleasant Hill's 11 sorely underfunded schools.

That's a mere $55 each from a mere 1,000 of Pleasant Hill's 33,000-plus residents. You can find out more about the foundation and make your donation at www.fphe.org.

As part of our commitment to Pleasant Hill's schools, Hitchcock Realty will add $10 to every donation of $55 or more made to the foundation. All you need to do is contact us to let us know about your donation. It's the easiest $10 you will ever donate.

Here are the details:

• Participants must donate $55 or more to the FPHE on or before June 30, 2010.

• Participants must call, mail or email Hitchcock Realty with the details of the donation on or before July 15, 2010. Participants need only inform us of their donation. No proof of the donation is required. Your honesty regarding your participation in this wonderful cause is assumed.

• Hitchcock Realty will donate $10 to the FPHE for each confirmed participant donation of $55 ore more. Donation matches will be made to the FPHE at the beginning of each calendar month.

• Hitchcock Realty will contact you once and only once to confirm receipt of your donation notice. Participants will be contacted via the same method in which their donation notice was given to Hitchcock Realty. Unless otherwise requested, you will not be contacted again by Hitchcock Realty for any reason.

• Hitchcock Realty will not add your name, phone number, email, mailing address or any other form of contact information to any contact lists. Participant's contact information will be retained for donation tracking purposes only.

We of course invite you to contact us with any questions about the donation match program.

Sincerely,

Nathan Hitchcock
Principal Broker
Hitchcock Realty, Inc.