<div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor"><tbody><tr style="height:27pt"><td width="623" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:467.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:27pt"><img src="cid:ii_mu1rtd3u4" alt="benefits-2020-logo1 (1).png" width="151" height="56" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">September 17, 2026</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0.2in"><td width="53" valign="top" style="width:39.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To:</span></p></td><td width="571" valign="top" style="width:427.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department Bnefits Representatives (DBRs)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0.2in"><td width="53" valign="top" style="width:39.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">From:</span></p></td><td width="571" valign="top" style="width:427.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Central HR Benefits Office on behalf of the UCR Emeriti and Retirees’
Association Leadership Team</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0.2in"><td width="53" valign="top" style="width:39.55pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Re:</span></p></td><td width="571" valign="top" style="width:427.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:0.2in"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Honoring Jodie Holt: A Gift in Her Memory</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:34.65pt"><td width="623" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:467.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;height:34.65pt"><div style="border-width:medium medium 1.5pt;border-style:none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;padding:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span id="m_-9155726345348510208m_4127692755271882921m_-873516461115946596m_3653902943315351387m_2729508265918393888m_-5729828219161606720gmail-docs-internal-guid-8302f6f4-7fff-d6a9-a126-980b9c685c78"></span></p><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="53"><col width="571"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DBRs, please share this information via your internal listserv.  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please do not reply to this email</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  Please send a separate email with questions to </span><a href="mailto:benefits@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(70,120,134);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">benefits@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.

</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Faculty and Staff,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In memory of Jodie Holt, the UCR Emeriti and Retirees’ Associations are coming together to honor her remarkable legacy and lasting contributions to UC Riverside. We invite you to join us in making a collective gift in Jodie’s memory to support a project that was especially meaningful to her: the U<b>CR Botanic Gardens Plant Evolution Greenhouse.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jodie was working with the UCR Botanic Gardens to transform an existing greenhouse into a unique public teaching facility that explores the evolution of plants through the ages. Visitors will journey from some of the earliest and simplest plants, including mosses and liverworts, through ferns and conifers, and ultimately to the diversity of flowering plants we see today.<br><br>The Plant Evolution Greenhouse will provide a lasting educational resource for the Botanic Gardens and an opportunity to continue work that Jodie cared deeply about.<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Botanic Gardens staff have already raised $25,000 toward the project. </b>Through a collective gift from UCR’s emeriti and retirees, we hope to support their efforts and help bring the project closer to becoming a reality with a goal of raising $10,000.<br><br>Please consider making a gift of any amount in Jodie’s memory by our deadline of October 12, 2026. Together, we can celebrate her life, recognize her contributions to UCR, and support a project that will benefit students and visitors for years to come.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Make a Gift in Memory of Jodie Holt:</b><br><a href="https://www.givecampus.com/schools/UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside/honoring-jodie-holt-ucr-emeriti-and-retirees-supporting-the-plant-evolution-greenhouse">https://www.givecampus.com/schools/UniversityofCaliforniaRiverside/honoring-jodie-holt-ucr-emeriti-and-retirees-supporting-the-plant-evolution-greenhouse</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>Thank you for joining us in celebrating Jodie’s life and honoring her lasting legacy at UCR.<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space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