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August 2007 Managing member Ken Drooks and family travels to Wilkes-Barre, PA to participate in a week long Tikku n Olam Family Work Project.

August 12-17 The Tikkun Olam (meaning “repair of the world”) Family Work Project coordinated a group of about 20 parents and children (11 years old up) to travel to Wilkes-Barre, PA, to complete the rehab of a condemned home, fence in a community vegatable garden and improve a church run book store that employs unemployed people.  Wilkes-Barre is an old coal mining town which is economically depressed.The project was run In conjunction with First United Methodist Church of Wilkes-Barre PA.

June 2007 Gary Epstein Installed as Secretary of Peabody Rotary

Managing Member Gary Epstein was installed as Secretary of the Peabody Rotary Club at the annual installation dinner. He's been a member of the club since 1987 and is a past president and a Paul Harris Fellow.

May 2007 Shuman and Epstein is a Patron of the NSWIB Taste of Success

North Shore Women in Business (NSWIB) is hosting their third annual fundraiser at Overture Restaurant at the Beverly Music Theater May 17th from 6 to 9 pm. Shuman and Epstein is once again a supporting patron for this fundraiser and a portion of the funds raised will be donated to the Home for Abused Women and Children (HAWC) in Salem MA. NSWIB is a women's business organization serving women in business throughout the north shore region.

April 2007 Gary Epstein serves on Peabody Chamber Scholarship Committee

Gary Epstein, Managing Member of Shuman and Epstein, served on this year's Peabody Chamber Scholarship Committee. A total of$6,000 of award money was approved by the committee and will be presented to 12 Peabody high school graduates at the annual Chamber scholarship breakfast May 30th.

April 2007 Lawrence Shuman Attends Mass Bankers Convention

Lawrence Shuman, Managing Member of Shuman and Epstein, attended the Massachusetts Bankers Convention in Naples, Florida representing Eagle Bank as their Chairman of the Board.

March 2007 Shuman & Epstein Staff & Friends to Attend the Third Annual Peabody Rotary "Taste of The North Shore"

For the past three years the staff of Shuman and Epstein have supported the Peabody Rotary fundraiser, "Taste of The North Shore", and will once again attend this year's event on March 13th at the Danversport Yacht Club. The staff and their friends have been known to enjoy the tasty food samplings of participating area restaurants. For more information about the "Taste of North Shore", contact Gary Epstein.

March 16, 2007
Carol Sanger, Webmaster for Shuman & Epstein LLC, was invited to attend an informal meeting between local small business owners and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick following the annual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast in Salem, MA.

At the invitation of Christine Sullivan, Director of The Enterprise Center at Salem State College, Carol Sanger was invited to attend an informal discussion about the challenges of growing a business in Massachusetts along with 21 other North Shore business owners . Owners, which included sole proprietors and micro-businesses, voiced concern over rising health care costs, funding for businesses looking to borrow less that $50,000 in funds to propel growth, as well as independent contractor regulations and other issues related specifically to the smaller business. The Governor asked for comments from all invitees and will use feedback to investigate ways to improve the business climate for smaller companies in the Commonwealth.

January 2007 Managing Member, Kenneth A. Drooks Celebrates One Year with Shuman & Epstein, LLC

Ken Drooks, a Certified Public Accountant, who lives in Marblehead, has been a managing member since January 18, 2006. Ken has 25 years experience with various national and local CPA firms including PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He was also one of the founding partners in 1986 of Sullivan & Drooks CPAs of Beverly and Danvers, which in 1997 was transitioned into the national accounting firm of American Express Tax & Business Services. Ken has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, and a master of science in taxation from Bentley College.