UPDATE:
An anonymous friend of John's has offered to help us reach our goal - raising $25,000 - for the commemorative bench in John's honor. We need to continue to contribute until December 15. After that time, any balance will be met, thanks to our generous donor!
Tax-deductible dontributions will now go to UC Botanical Garden, directly through their website. Here is the LINK to the donations page. PLEASE type in FOR JOHN HAYDEN'S TRIBUTE BENCH in the Comments box.
Checks can be written to UC Botanical Garden, 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA 94720-5045. Please write FOR JOHN HAYDEN'S TRIBUTE BENCH in the memo line.
For anyone who's already contributed through our website who would like your gift to be tax- deductible, please let us know and we'll refund the donation you made so that you can donate directly through the gardens' site.
Thank you!
SFHC is raising money for a Commemorative Bench & Plaque at UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens Honoring our dear friend John Hayden. John (January 9, 1948 - October 9, 2024) was a member of the San Francisco Hiking Club for almost 40 years. Everyone who met John loved John. He died on October 9, 2024 at the age of 76. John generously supported the club, not only as a Lifetime member, but by providing the most perfect setting and garden for our annual Pool Party year after year. He also started the tradition of providing way too much chocolate after lunch during every club hike. In John's honor, a beautiful bench with commemorative plaque will be placed in a peaceful setting inside the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden (date and location of the dedication to be announced). We hope you will contribute to the cost of the plaque and bench using the form below. No amount is too small. Thank you for helping to honor John! San Francisco Hiking Club
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