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DATE: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Recognition of Tampa Bay Rays' Support of Education in Hillsborough County (Hillsborough Education Foundation)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
For more than eight years the Tampa Bay Rays Baseball Foundation has provided financial support to the Hillsborough Education Foundation, enabling us to further our mission of helping Hillsborough County's students, teachers, and schools.  The programs the Rays have helped support include: classroom grants for teachers, Teaching Tools for Hillsborough Schools, and the Excellence in Education recognition program.  They also host the annual Broadcast Auction to raise general support dollars.  One-of-a-kind items are auctioned off during a Rays home game to support education in our county.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
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SUBMITTED BY:  Valerie Pennypacker, Executive Secretary, Hillsborough Education Foundation
    William E. Hoffman

  President, Hillsborough Education Foundation
(813) 574-0262
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20101109_430 (Board Recognition Meeting) * Section C Item# 10