Spring 2007 issue of Horizons

knowledge. commitment. value. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS CONSULTANTS

outstanding service to the community with the annual Community Service Award. The firm recognizes the team member during the year and also contributes a donation to a charitable organization of the honoree’s choice in the individual’s name. RubinBrown also provides numerous opportunities for team members to work together to impact our community. In previous years, the firm hosted events such as fundraisers and charitable softball games that allowed team members to participate in a collective effort to do something good for the community. This effort has now evolved into an annual event allowing RubinBrown to leave its mark on the community. Every October, the firm sponsors an annual Community Service Day that provides teammembers with an opportunity for fellowship with each other while working in a joint effort to serve the community. RubinBrown’s Community Service Day has included such programs as restoration and cleaning activities, spending time with youth and the elderly, and other charitable activities. Looking into the future, RubinBrown will continue to find new and innovative ways to enhance our impact on the community. This strategic thinking was the catalyst for the creation of the RubinBrown Charitable Foundation in 2002. With the generous contributions of RubinBrown team members and other community leaders, the foundation is building an endowment to support local charities and educational programs and to perpetuate the good will of RubinBrown in the St. Louis and Kansas City communities. The objectives of the foundation are to: – Improve public education by supporting programs that further public education in the St. Louis and Kansas City regions. – Support organizations that improve the infrastructure of the St. Louis and Kansas City regions. – Provide support to programs encouraging minorities to enter the public accounting profession. – Support entrepreneurism in the St. Louis and Kansas City regions.

Since our existence, RubinBrown has continued to demonstrate its devotion and commitment to the community through many different endeavors. Providing this level of commitment takes the efforts of the entire team. In many ways, we take the same approach in serving the community as we do in serving our clients – “One Firm and One Community.”

Questions? Contact:

Fred Kostecki, CPA Partner-in-Charge Assurance Services Group 314-290-3398 fred.kostecki@rubinbrown.com or Steven Harris, CPA Manager Assurance Services Group 314.290.3265 steven.harris@rubinbrown.com

RubinBrown will continue to find new and innovative ways to enhance our impact on the community

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