FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer, P.C. (WEC) will celebrate its 25th anniversary in business this year in a unique way.
Rather than just throw a party for its employees and clients, it will donate money and time and in one case, kids clothes, to 25 local non-profits. The “25 for 25” campaign begins May 6th with a luncheon at the company’s Norfolk office to explain how each charity will benefit during WEC’s silver anniversary.
The signature event will be donations of jeans for needy school age children. It plays off a favorite Friday ritual at WEC, in which employees of the public accounting firm pay a fee to wear jeans with the money going to charity. Staff will be encouraged to buy children’s sizes and deposit them in a baby pool set up in the office, or the “Jean Pool” as it will be called. Working with the United Way, WEC will donate the jeans right before the start of school this fall to youngsters in three designated Norfolk public schools.
“We realize many families in our community can’t afford to buy their children a new well-fitting pair of jeans,” says WEC shareholder Martin Einhorn. “We want to collect as many pairs as possible so these children can start the school year with new clothes.”
WEC, which provides auditing services for a number of non-profit organizations in the area, has selected 25 groups from nominations made by its own employees. They will receive funds or volunteer assistance during 2014. They are:
- For Kids, Inc.
- Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast
- Young Audiences of Virginia
- Hebrew Academy of Tidewater
- The Academy of Music
- United Way of South Hampton Roads
- Norfolk Collegiate School
- Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
- Chrysler Museum of Art
- d’ART Center
- Virginia Society of CPA’s
- Norfolk Botanical Garden Society, Inc.
- Susan G. Komen Tidewater
- Alzheimer’s Association Southeastern Virginia Chapter
- Virginia Beach SPCA
- VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads
- Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula
- Jr. Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads
- Chesapeake Bay Academy Educational Foundation
- American Heart Association
- Jewish Family Service of Tidewater
- Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
- The Up Center
- Animal Resources of Tidewater
- Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Inc.
- Portsmouth Community Health Center
- Judeo-Christian Outreach Center, Inc.
- Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia
- Virginia Zoological Society
About Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer, P.C.
Celebrating 25 years, Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer, P.C. (WEC) was founded in 1989 and is an independently owned and operated member firm of CPAmerica International. Today WEC is the second largest public accounting practice headquartered in Hampton Roads, Virginia. In addition to Assurance and Tax services, WEC provides a range of Business Advisory services including Estate and Gift Planning, Entrepreneurial Services, Restructuring and Turnaround, Wealth Management, Business Valuation, Litigation and Dispute Consulting, Virtual Accounting Services, Cost Segregation Studies, Research and Development Credit Studies, Stock Option Planning and Exit Planning. WEC has particular expertise in the industries of Real Estate, Retail, Franchise, Construction, Government Contracting, Manufacturing & Wholesale Distribution, Technology, Health Care, Professional Services and Not-for-Profit. Listed among the “Best Firms to Work For” by Accounting Today, WEC has been named one of “Best Places to Work in Virginia” by Virginia Business magazine. For more information, please visit us at www.wec-cpa.com
