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Sprecial 2008 Partner Awards

Accounting Aid Society honored two groups at its 2008 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Tribute
May 22, 2008 at Masco Corporation. (Photos by Kiwan N. Ward)

Matrix Human Services  -- For Opening Doors to the Osborn Neighborhood
The Matrix Human Services Center, or the "Center"
as it is known by northeast Detroit Osborn residents, became the home of Accounting Aid's newest neighborhood-based tax site, made possible through funding from The Skillman Foundation's Good Neighborhoods Initiative. Thanks to the Center's reputation as a trusted community partner and the guidance of its staff, the site provided free tax assistance and counseling services to 1,425 low and moderate income taxpayers, returning more than
$1.3 million to neighborhood households.

At right, Accounting Aid President Kathy Aro and Accounting Aid Chair Audrey Harvey (far right) present the award to Scott Gifford, Matrix Director of Communtiy Development and Outreach. 
                  

  Compuware Corporation  -- For Promoting
  Volunteerism
  This year Compuware Corporation and its employees
  enthusiastically joined Accounting Aid as a new Adopt-
  A-Site sponsor. Thirteen employees from Compuware's
  exemplary corporate volunteer program, the Community
  Action Network, volunteered 223 hours as tax
  preparers, assisting nearly 200 low and moderate
  income households  to receive $172,800 in tax credits
  and refunds.  We look forward to the benefits our
  continuing partnership will  provide southeast Michigan
  in the years to come.  

 At left, Kathy Aro and Audrey Harvey present the award to Compuware's Kimberely Lowell-Leverett, Contributions and Employee Programs Coordinator.      

Several of our tax volunteers were singled out for special recognition. Click here for details.