FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 14, 2000


Pinch A Penny, FHSAA sign one-year corporate partnership deal

GAINESVILLE – Florida High School Activities Association Commissioner Robert W. Hughes today announced a one-year partnership agreement with Pinch A Penny to serve as "sponsor of the FHSAA Swimming & Diving Championships."

Pinch A Penny will have a visible presence at the 2000 FHSAA Florida Swimming & Diving Finals, which take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday (November 16, 17 and 18) of this week at the Orlando International YMCA Aquatic Center.

"We are excited by this partnership with Pinch A Penny," Hughes said. "They certainly have a vested interest in swimming pool care. Now they are expanding that interest to include the swimmers themselves. We appreciate their decision to get involved on the high school level. We look forward to working with them."

With 25 years of experience and expertise behind it, Pinch A Penny is now the world's largest franchised pool care company, with more than 130 stores throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.

Pinch A Penny has more pool professionals who have become Certified Pool Operators by the National Swimming Pool Foundation than any other company in America. Because of Pinch A Penny's unmatched commitment to customer satistaction, it has been able to offer its knowledge and assistance to millions throught the Southeast.

The Florida High School Activities Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletic competition in Florida. It has a membership of more than 650 middle, junior and senior high schools.

Contact:
Jack Watford
Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 170
jwatford@fhsaa.org