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Benefits for Your Families and Your School

Thank you for the opportunity to tell you about what Fontaine Apparel can do to assist you with your uniform needs.

Since 1971, Fontaine Apparel has been a family owned business supplying top quality uniforms at reasonable prices, providing you and your families with the best overall value in the school uniform industry.

The foundation of Fontaine Apparel is our commitment to customer service, both to you and your parents. We tailor our product lines, styles, and fabrics to meet your preferences and needs, while serving each family on an individual basis. This commitment to service has made us the most dependable supplier of school uniforms in the state of Florida, and is reflected in the following ways.

1. EASY TO SHOP

• SAMPLES - Supplied to your school so that parents can see their uniform options before placing an order
• MEASURING DAY - Our professional staff can come to your school in the spring and measure students for proper fit
• FREE U.P.S. SHIPPING - For all families ordering on Measuring Day (deposit required)
• EXCHANGE DAY - Our staff can return to your school in the summer for those families that need to exchange items they have already received.
• WINTER STORE DAY - Fontaine Apparel can "bring the store" to your school in the fall for families to purchase cool weather items.

2. EASY TO ORDER

• IN PERSON - At any of your school's Event Days OR at our Clearwater location
• ONLINE - At www.fontaineapparel.com
• PHONE ORDERS - Toll Free 800 service
• FAX - Dedicated line for instant connection
• MAIL - To either our P.O. Box or our Business Address

3. VALUE ADDED BENEFITS

• COMMISSIONS/ROYALTIES - Payable to the school
• SCHOLARSHIPS - For qualifying families
• DONATIONS - For school fund raisers
• GIFT CERTIFICATES - Supplied to raffle off
• SPONSORSHIPS - Of school functions
• SCHOOL LIASON - To free administrators from the time consuming task of handling any and all parental inquiries regarding uniforms

At Fontaine Apparel, we currently serve dozens of schools throughout the state of Florida. It would be a privilege for us to have the opportunity to serve your uniform needs as well.

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We couldn't think of a single, solitary reason for your school to select Fontaine Apparel as your uniform supplier... So we thought we'd let you choose from the following list:

F amily Owned & Operated
O utstanding Customer Service
N ame Brand, First Quality Garments
T op-of-the-line Products
A brasion-tested Double Knees on Boys’ Trousers
I nternet Ordering 24/7
N otable Sense of Urgency to Serve Customers
E xclusively School Uniforms

A ccept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, & Personal Checks
P arent-focused
P rint all literature: Order Forms for Parents; Posters & Post Cards publicizing Event Days
A dded-value Participation in School Fundraising
R einforced Stress Areas on all Garments
E xtensive Product Lines
L arge 12 Month In-stock Inventory

S chool Liaison Service
C ommission/Royalty P rogram
H ighly Loyal Staff Averaging 8 Years of Service
O rder Online via our Web site
O rder by Phone via Toll Free 800 Service
L ongevity – In Business Since 1971

U niform Scholarships
N on-fading Colors
I ndividualized, Personal Service
F lorida Based & Focused School Uniform Supplier
O rder via Toll Free Fax Service
R enowned Customer Service
M easuring Days at Your School
S chool-Year Product Warranty

WHY WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS?

• Uniforms encourage students to express their individuality through personality and achievements, NOT outward appearances.

• Uniforms are inexpensive. The individual pieces are typically cheaper than fashion items; fewer pieces are required; they needn't be replaced every time fashions change; and they can be handed down without looking outdated.

• Competition to dress as well as - or better than - everyone else is eliminated, as is peer pressure to dress in particular fashions.

• Children are not made to feel inadequate because their families cannot afford expensive trends or designer labels. Being able to dress like everyone else boosts self-esteem.

• Uniforms give children a sense of belonging and pride in their school.

• Uniforms put the focus on academic - not fashion - because they project a neat, serious, business-like image.

• Uniforms promote more disciplined behavior and teach children to follow rules.

• Uniforms eliminate morning arguments and indecision over what to wear.

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Shopping vs. Shipping

SHOPPING:

If the reason you'd like to buy your uniforms from a local dealer is that you don't want to pay shipping charges, you can do that... but consider this:

TIME SPENT: 1 Hour

(leave home/work, travel by car, shop at store, return to home/work)

DELIVERY: Same Day

SHOPPING COSTS: TIME - 1 Hour @ $6.79/hour (minimum wage)

GAS - 1/2 - 1 GALLON @ $3.00+/gallon (average)

TOTAL: $8.29 - $9.79 +*

*PLEASE NOTE: Any income above the Minimum Wage, and/or any increase in the price of gasoline above $3.00, makes the Shopping Option that much more expensive again.

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SHIPPING:

If it is your intention to save time and money in obtaining your uniforms, consider this:

TIME SPENT: 5 MINUTES (On-line; toll free 800 call; toll free 866 fax)

DELIVERY: 24 HOURS (in most cases)

SHIPPING CHARGES; Order up to $75 - $5.95

$76 to $150 - $7.95

$151 to $225 - $8.95

$226 or more - $9.95

You come out ahead, in both time and money, by ordering from Fontaine Apparel and having us ship directly to your door.

FREE SHIPPING:

• All orders placed on Measuring Day are shipped for FREE

• If we don't have the featured item(s) you want on Exchange or Winter Store Days, it/they will be shipped for FREE

• If you return an item, its replacement is shipped back to you for FREE

• If we make an error in shipping your order, UPS will retrieve the item(s) for FREE and we will ship the correct item(s) back to you for FREE

• If you order for multiple students at the same address, we charge shipping only once; each additional student's order is individually shipped for FREE

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If you're happy with your current school uniform supplier... please tell them. If you're not... please tell us!

Does your current uniform supplier make it:

1. Easy for parents to shop?
2. Easy for parents to order?
3. Possible to provide value-added benefits to your school?

At Fontaine Apparel:

1. We provide parents with 5 ways of making shopping for school uniforms easy.
2. We give parents 5 different ways of placing an order for their uniforms.
3. We work with schools to provide value-added benefits in the form of uniform scholarships, fund-raising, as well as school administrative assistance.

If your current uniform supplier is doing all of these things for you... please tell them how happy you are with them. If they're not... please tell us.

To learn how Fontaine Apparel can do all of these things for your school, your students, and their families, please call or e-mail:

Kevin Hoobin
727-441-3702 / 800-237-1603 ext. 111
kevin@fontaineapparel.com