Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP (LBLCO) has always had a strong sense of community and community involvement. Since our beginning in 1940, our firm has been committed to serving the community in which we live and work.

Our outreach to our community and community involvement takes many shapes—from a charity-of-the-month program to firm-wide goals for community service hours. We also participate in the development of new business opportunities in our area.

For years the community has given us its trust and business. We believe the best way to say thanks is to share our knowledge and expertise to help create prosperity for all.

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP and its Employees

Are Honored to Have Provided Volunteer Time, Gifts and Pro-Bono Hours

to the Following Community Friends for 2007

American Cancer Society	Illusion Theatre	Open Cities Health Center
American Heart Association	Institute of Mavagonour Accountants	O'Shaughnesy Art Center
American Institute of CPAs	International Hearing Foundation	Osseo Maple Grove Athletic Association
Anderson Race Management	Ivey Awards	Park Square Theatre
Arnold S. Leonard Cancer Research Fund	James Sewell Ballet	Playwrights Center
Association For Strategic Planning	Jungle Theatre	Ritz Theatre Organization
Beth El Synagogue	Komen Race For The Cure	Ronald McDonald House
Bill Kickey Jr. Golf Tournament	Lance Armstrong Foundation	Rush Creek Elementary School
Bolder Options	Little Brothers	Sandberg Middle School
Boundary Water Advisory Committee	Little Sisters Of The Poor	Shelley Joseph Cordell Scholarship
Boy Scouts of America	Loaves & Fishes	St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Cedar Culture Center	Lundstrum Center	St. Paul Jaycees
Charles Thompson Memorial Hall	Madeline Island Music Camp	St. Paul Jewish Community Center
Children's Cancer Research Fund	Metropolitan Economic Development Association	St. Thomas Academy Ice Arena
Children's Theatre	Minneapolis College of Art & Design	State of Minnesota Board of Accountancy
Create A Memory	Minneapolis Aquatenial	STEP
Cross of Hope Lutheran Church	Minneapolis Bike Tour	Summit Church
Downtown Action Council	Minneapolis Foundation	Temple Israel
Edina Art Center	Minneapolis Institute of Arts	The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Evan's Scholars Foundation	Minneapolis Jewish Federation & Partner Agencies	The Lab
Executive Women's Golf Association	Minnesota AIDS	The Madison Center
Festival of Nations	Minnesota Arts Exhibition Program	Theatre de LaJeune Lune
Friends of Loring Park	Minnesota Colon Center	Theatre Live Foundation
Friends of the Anoka County Library	Minnesota Distance Running Association	Twin Cities Jazz Society
Friends of The Minneapolis Public Library	Minnesota Mosaic	Twin Cities Lung Association
Fringe Festival	Minnesota Orchestra Association	Twin Cities Marathon
Golden Gopher Fund	Minnesota School District 179	United Way
Grand Circle Foundation	Minnesota Sinfonia	University of California Irvine Medical Center
Guthrie Theater	Minnesota Tile Association	University of Minnesota China Center Advisory Council
Hibbing High School Scholarship	Minnetonka Center For The Arts	University of Minnesota College of Education
Highpoint Center For Printmaking	National Kidney Foundation of Minnesota	Walker Art Center
History Theatre	National Multiple Sclerosis Society	Weisman Art Museum
Hockey Docs	North Point Health & Wellness	Zuhrah Shrine Circus
Hope Chest for Breast Cancer	Open Book

Support for Emerging Businesses

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP continues to believe in and support emerging businesses. LBLCO also supports minority owned businesses through our strategic alliance with the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA, www.meda.net). We provide accounting and consulting work at a significant discount for MEDA clients.

MEDA was founded in 1971 by a group of executives from some major Twin Cities corporations. To combat the issues of poverty, crime and unemployment in minority communities, MEDA founders agreed to foster self-sufficiency by assisting minority entrepreneurs to develop the skills to start and grow successful businesses.

LBLCO has contributed time and business expertise to a large number of MEDA clients throughout the years of our affiliation with MEDA. Since 1971, MEDA has assisted in the start-up of hundreds of ethnic minority businesses and has provided business-consulting services to well over 11,000 ethnic minority businesses.