<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><span></span><font size="3"><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"></font><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Hello,</span><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please see the letter below from </span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tom Goemaat</span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, Chief Executive Officer</span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> of Shawmut Design and Construction</span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">, the firm managing the renovation of the MBL's Loeb Laboratory, about </span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">how you can
double the value of your donation to relief efforts in Haiti. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Shawmut founder Jim Ansara and his wife Karen will </span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">match, dollar for dollar, the first $1 million in gifts to </span></font><font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">See below for more details.</span><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">-- <br>Gina Hebert<br>Associate Director of Communications<br>Marine Biological Laboratory<br>7 MBL Street<br>Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>Tel: 508-289-7725<br>Fax: 508-289-7934<br>Web: http://www.mbl.edu</span><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">--<br style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"></font>
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<p class="MsoDate"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">January
18, 2010</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear friends, clients, subcontractors, members of the design community,
and friendly competitors,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The images of destruction and human suffering in Haiti have horrified us all and
made us all the more thankful for our families and good fortune. We all
want to help in some way. I am writing to make you aware of how you can
double the value of your gift. As I write to you, Shawmut’s founder
Jim Ansara is on the ground in Haiti
helping with the humanitarian relief effort. Jim and his wife Karen have been
working over the last few months on building a hospital in Haiti; the earthquake last week has
prompted Jim and Karen to take additional immediate and urgent action.
Before Jim hopped on a relief effort plane to Haiti, he and Karen helped start
The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. They have pledged to match
dollar for dollar the first one million dollars in gifts to this fund.
If you are planning on making a donation towards the Haitian relief effort
(either individually or as a corporation), I urge you to consider giving to The
Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. You can donate online through the below
link:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston" title="http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston</a> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also, if your company has posted giving options on your website, we
would appreciate it if you included mention of and a link to The Haiti Fund.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At Shawmut, social responsibility is a key part of our culture. Giving back
to the community is a core part of doing things the Shawmut Way; Boston
is home to the third largest Haitian immigrant community in the United States.
We’re matching our employees’ gifts to The Haiti Fund at The
Boston Foundation at this critical time as well as assisting Jim’s
efforts from here in anyway we can.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are a lot of groups doing important work in Haiti, but two important things
stand out about The Haiti Fund. First, it’s focused on long-term
reconstruction over the next five years, seeing Haiti beyond the critical initial
humanitarian needs. Second, it has a special provision for supporting the
Haitian community in Boston
as they struggle to connect with family and friends affected by the earthquake.
Jim and Karen have made a large personal commitment to match all donations up
to $1 million to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation, challenging the
broader Boston
community to be generous. We hope you’ll join us in supporting The Haiti
Fund at The Boston Foundation.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PS: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can go here to “follow Jim!”:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim's twitter feed is up & running: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://twitter.com/jiminhaiti" title="http://twitter.com/jiminhaiti" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/jiminhaiti</a> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jim's blog is up & running: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://jiminhaiti.org/" title="http://jiminhaiti.org/" target="_blank">http://jiminhaiti.org/</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can read more about The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation
here: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/haitifundboston" title="http://bit.ly/haitifundboston" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/haitifundboston</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You can read the Boston Globe article about Jim & Karen’s
gift here: </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/8AA1Yz" title="http://bit.ly/8AA1Yz" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/8AA1Yz</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Also see this blog from Harvard
Business School
regarding the value of giving for the long term reconstruction of Haiti:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/7LayCQ" title="http://bit.ly/7LayCQ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/7LayCQ</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Don't forget to give:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston" title="http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston</a></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank you again for your support of Jim and Karen, Shawmut, and the
people of Haiti.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tom Goemaat</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chief Executive Officer</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shawmut Design and Construction</span></font></p>
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