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THE HOBEE’S HELPING HAND

No one loves a parade more than Mr. Coffeecake! Here's our famous mascot
at Palo Alto's Annual May Fete Parade.

From the beginning, Hobee's has focused on contributing food and gift certificates to local community organizations in lieu of extensive advertising. Each month, the chain donates thousands of dollars of in-kind items to charitable groups, schools, recreation departments and other worthwhile organizations.

Building partnerships with our surrounding communities is yet another way Hobee's stays a step ahead. Let us know if we can help your favorite charity or civic group. Here is the process for obtaining a donation from Hobee's:

At least 4 weeks before your event, write a brief letter informing us about your event. Tell us who, what, when, where and why. Let us know how many people you're expecting and how you'll be able to recognize the donation in your publicity. Let us know specifically how you would like Hobee's to help (ex. gift certificate for silent auction or sheets of coffeecake for a benefit run);
Send your written request to Edward Fike at the Hobee's Main Office by regular mail at 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94306; FAX (650) 493 - 0756; or e-mail Edward Fike
Please note that Hobee's does not make cash contributions. We are contacted by far too many organizations to effectively and fairly distribute monetary funds.

Thanks for including Hobee's in your plans!

(The preceding information is also included on our Donations Hotline at (800) HOBEES-6, extension 104.)

JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2008 DONATIONS UPDATE

During this long and rainy winter the Hobee’s Donations Department stayed hot with $ 4,580.40 worth of food, gift certificates and discounts during January and February! Here’s a list of those we helped:

MAJOR DONATIONS / SPONSORSHIPS
(OVER $ 250.00 VALUE)

2008 AMGEN Tour of California, Palo Alto
Flip for A Care Stanford Women’s Gymnastics

FOOD AND PRODUCT DONATIONS

2008 Amgen Tour of CA Community Ride, Palo Alto
Billy DeFrank Community Center LGBT Workshop, San Jose
Breastfeeding Support Services Meeting, San Mateo
Campbell 31st Valentine Fun Run
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, San Jose
CHAC Valentine Appreciation Brunch, Mountain View
Children of Uganda Dance Troop
City Year San Jose / Silicon Valley Parent Night
City Year San Jose/ Silicon Valley Volunteer Service, San Jose
East Palo Alto Boxing Club
Foundation Fighting Blindness Event, Palo Alto
Girls / Women’s Pacific District Tournament, San Jose
Hidden Villa Appreciation Party, Palo Alto
Juana Briones Elementary “Juana Run”, Palo Alto
Gunn High School Sports Boosters, Palo Alto
Mountain View Chamber of Commerce New Member Breakfast
Out to Eat Kick Off 2008, Mountain View
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Disaster Preparedness, Stanford
Palo Alto High School Music Boosters Flea Market
PASA Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics Annual Swim Meet
RotaCare Free Clinic, Mountain View
San Jose Peninsula District of the California Dietetic Association
Shady Shakespeare Poker Tournament Fundraiser, Pruneyard
Sigma Designs Health Fair “Love Your Heart”, Montague
St. Timothy Crab Feed, Redwood Shores
Stanford Daily Groundbreaking Ceremony
Stanford Dance Marathon 2008
Stanford Gymnastics Open 2008
Stanford Society of Women Engineers
Stanford University Healthy World Race, Stanford
Tee Center, City of Palo Alto
Think Big Conference on International Women’s Health, Stanford
Ultratech Health Fair, San Jose
West Valley Community Services Event, Pruneyard
Western Career College, Campbell

Hobee's was one of the very first sponsors of local charitable runs. Coffeecake is now a coveted
post-event tradition for many Bay Area athletes!

GIFT CERTIFICATES AND DISCOUNTS

American Cancer Society’ Daffodil Days Campaign, Campbell
Branham High School Music Boosters Association Financing Activities
Bunker Hill Nursery School Winter Event, San Mateo
Carlmont Parent Nursery School Online eBay Auction, Belmont
Carlmont Scots Booster Club 12th Annual Dinner & Silent Auction, Belmont
Central YMCA Volunteers Fundraiser 2008, San Jose
Children Home Society of California Crab Feed & Aviation Extravaganza, Oakland
Children’s Musical Theater 17th Annual Cabaret Night, San Jose
City of Los Altos Recreation Department New Year Day Walk, Los Altos
Country Woman’s Club of Campbell 12th Annual Crab & Pasta Benefit Dinner
Covington Elementary School Annual Fundraising Event, Los Altos
Edison Montessori School Silent Auction Fundraiser, San Carlos
Explorer Preschool’s Benefit Auction Dinner “Dare to Dream”, San Jose
Hidden Villa Recognition Dinner, Los Altos
Homestead High School Athletics Auction, Cupertino
Ida Price Middle School Music Boosters Annual Fundraiser, San Jose
Leigh High School IMPA Crab Fest Fundraising, San Jose
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team Training alumni Event, San Jose
Miss Santa Clara Auxiliary Annual Competition
Monta Vista High School Senior All Night Party SANP ’08, Cupertino
Mountain View- Los Altos Girl’s Softball /NOVA Fundraising
Mountain View Rotary Club Annual Crab Feed & Silent Auction
Our Lady of Guadalupe School Annual Crab Feed, Fremont
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Silent Auction Fundraiser, Saratoga
Sacred Heart School Annual Spring Gala, Saratoga
Saint Cyprian School Auction Fundraiser 2008, Sunnyvale
San Jose Holiday Parade 3rd Annual Santa “Claws” Crab Feed
Santa Clara University Humane Society Silicon Valley Benefit Project
St. Lawrence Education Center Annual Auction & Dinner Rodeo, Santa Clara
St. Leo the Great School 2008 Crab Feed Dinner Auction, San Jose
St. Martin Parish Community Resource Fair
The Stanford Fund Annual Frosh Thank-a-Thon
Trinity Presbyterian Church Fiesta Auction Program, San Carlos
Women & Law Santa Clara University BAWSI Benefit, Santa Clara
YMCA of the East Bay Annual Pinewood Derby for Children, Pleasanton

FUNDRAISING NIGHTS

(See how Hobee's can help your organization raise money by hosting a Fundraising Night.)

Thanks to all of our employees responsible for putting together the foregoing donations.
Without their help, we wouldn’t be able to do as much as we do!