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.)
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2011 DONATIONS UPDATE
We always have a busy end of the year season as charities step
up holiday-themed fundraising. In November and December alone we contributed
$10,854.73 worth of food and gift certificates to local charitable, civic
and community groups. That brings our annual total for 2011 to a whopping
$77,540. Plus, we sponsored Family Giving Trees at all eight locations
and collected over 100 gifts for underprivileged kids. Here’s a list
of those we helped in the past two months:
MAJOR DONATIONS / SPONSORSHIPS
(OVER $ 250.00 VALUE)
BAWSI
De Frank Movie Night Reception
Race Against PH
Run with the Jets
San Mateo Gymnastics
Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, San Jose
Sunnyvale Community Services Auction
Turkey Trot Expo
FOOD AND
PRODUCT DONATIONS
Art In Clay at Lucie Stearn
Break Through the Static Polar Beer Plunge
Campbell Chamber or Commerce Mixer
Campbell Kiwanis Club Santa Event
Campbell Middle School Career Day
City of Palo Alto New Year’s Eve Day Bash
Community Catalysts Holiday Party
Commerce Bank Meet and Greet
Family Giving Tree’s Executive Elf Challenge, Santa Clara
Friends of Rengstorff House
Genomic Health Fair
Habitat for Humanity Run
Hillbrook School Grandparents Day, Los Gatos
Institute Surgical Health Fair
Keys School Grandparents Day, Palo Alto
KMVT Holiday Party
Los Altos Recreation New Years Run
Los Gatos Chamber Holiday Mixer
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Party
Lython Gardens Bake Sale
Menlo-Atherton Education Foundation
Menlo-ATHERTON Holiday Brunch
Mexico Extravagance VIP Area
Montalvo Art Center Auction
MOUSE Squad Student Tech training, Los Altos Hills
Music for Minors
Notre Dame Theatre Department-“The Gift”
Outlet Event
PASA Swim Meet
Palo Alto Chamber Breakfast
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce “Chamber 101”
Paly Flea Market benefiting Palo Alto High School instrumental music program
Rainbow Women’s Chorus
Rotacare Free Clinic Volunteer Meals
San Mateo Gymnastics
San Jose School Event
Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
Silicon Valley Gay Men Chorus
Suicide Survivor Day
Tim Griffith Foundation Gala
Toys for Tots Campbell
Twilight VIP Room @ Hobee’s
Veteran’s Memorial Dedication
West Valley Community Services Run
World Runners New Years Day Race
Youth Community Service at Gunn
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
A Contemporary Dance Company, Mountain View
Annual San Francisco Blissful Wishes Ball Silent Auction
Around the World with Serra, San Mateo
Bay Area Educational Theatre Company, San Carlos
Bing Nursery School’s 23rd Annual Harvest Moon Auction, Stanford
Billy de Frank LGBT Center’s 2011 Holiday Gala, San Jose
Boy Scouts of America Annual Holiday Auction, Foster City
Cipriani Elementary PTA, Belmont
Christmas At Ralston, Belmont
Christian Fellowship Seniors Holiday Event, Mountain View
Coastside Children’s Programs
Companions on the Journey, Palo Alto
Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto
Dine for Kids, Palo Alto
Evergreen Valley High School Athletic Booster Club, San Jose
Fox Elementary School’s Annual Fundraiser, San Carlos
Friends of Sunnyvale Pottery Studio
Fremont High School Band Boosters Silent Auction, Sunnyvale
Fremont High School Featherettes Dance Team, Sunnyvale
Gastric Cancer Fund’s Annual Gala Fundraising Dinner and Auction, San Jose
Hillbarn Theatre Redefining Community Theatre, Foster City
Huff Elementary School’s 14th Annual Silent Auction, Mountain View
Imagine Kreations’ Science of Carnival, San Jose
Kalista School’s Silent Auction, Mountain View
Kathryn Hughes PTA’s Annual Winter Festival, Silent Auction, and Scholastic
Bookfair
Lockheed Martin Employee’s Foundation annual Holiday Food Drive, Sunnyvale
Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District, Los Gatos
Pace Gala, Santa Clara
Peninsula Youth Orchestra, San Carlos
Rebekah Children’s Services’, Campbell
Saint Francis High School’s 23rd Annual Celebration
Sandpiper School’s Auction “Under the Harvest Moon: Food, Fun & Friends”,
Redwood City
Santa Clara Parents Nursery School, Santa Clara
Santa Clara Woman’s Club Annual Fashion Show Fundraiser
San Jose Valley Chamber of Commerce, San Jose
Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus’ Fundraising Event, San Jose
St. Ignatius Church’s Annual Silent Auction, San Francisco
The Aperture Academy, Campbell
The Beth Longwell Foundation, Palo Alto
Turning Wheels For Kids, San Jose
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto’s Auction/Raffle, Palo Alto
Union Middle School’s Sports Boosters, San Jose
Vargas PTA’s Annual Winter Wonderland Silent Auction, Sunnyvale
Village School, Campbell
Willow Glen Middle and High School Foundation’s 10th Annual Wine Tasting
and Auction
Women in County Government’s 21st annual Charity and Recognition Event, Redwood
City
FUNDRAISING
NIGHTS
(See how Hobee's can help your organization
raise money by hosting a Fundraising Night.)
Baron Park Elementary School, Palo Alto
Bishop Elementary School, Sunnyvale
California Pop Orchestra
Gemini Crickets
Ohlone Elementary School
San Carlos Charter
St. Cyprian
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!
!