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May 10, 2000

To Whom it May Concern,

As principal of Lancaster Elementary School, it has been my pleasure to work with John Gardner through his Priority Fund Raising company. This collaboration has been over a period of fifteen years. Lancaster is a school of 600 students, K-5. At this time, we have the distinction of being one of John's largest customers in terms of sales, most students qualified for the cash booth and also most students attending the ice cream party. As you can imagine, because of this record, I have other fund raisers calling me almost weekly throughout the school year. I have never even considered taking my business from Mr. Gardner. The reason for this is two-fold. The manner in which merchandise is returned to the school is outstanding. It is organized in such a way as to make it extremely easy to distribute to students and causes minimal to no effort on the part of teachers. However, the most important reason is the courteous and respectful way that John works with the students. I expect my boys and girls to be polite to guests in our building and it is important to me that adults set that example. Mr. Gardner has always been welcome in our building.

Respectfully submitted,

Patty Felton