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Inspired by the previous eye care projects of John Jones; Linkenheimer employees, family and friends left San Francisco International Airport January 4th for a 4 day eye care project on the San Juan River. During our trip we saw over 600 patients and were able to give out over 500 pairs of glasses. One group that is constantly trying to improve the way of life for the people down there is the San Juan Rio Relief. They work to provide necessities such as dental care, toothbrushes and eye glasses to those who can't afford them and don't have access to them. To check out their site, you can click here.  Below you view some of the pictures from our trip.

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ROTARY EYE CARE PROJECTS

During the winter of 1995, our managing partner John Jones participated in the first of many humanitarian eye care clinics sponsored by his Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary club. The first clinic was conducted in the Mayan villages of southern Mexico. The second trip occurred in 1997 when the volunteers traveled to Haiti and performed over 500 eye exams. The next eye care clinic took John Jones and several fellow Rotarians to Guatemala for seven days in June 1999. Over 1,100 Guatemalans received eye exams, 662 pairs of eye glasses were dispensed and 80 cataract patients were referred to a Guatemalan ophthalmologist for free surgery. John was honored as Rotarian of the Year for 1998-1999 by the Sunrise Rotary Club for his outstanding leadership in the Guatemalan eye care project.

Rotary projects also brought John and the team to the island of Samoa, as well as Nicaragua, where they performed over 1200 eye exams and funded 80 cataract surgeries. In January 2006 John and fellow Rotarians traveled to Ho Chi Minh City for a combined eye and dental project. This was an adventure, especially “working” with the government officials to have them release the 3,000 pair of eye glasses that the customs officials retained at the airport. In July 2007 John brought the Young Adults from St Mark Lutheran Church to the San Juan River of Nicaragua where they examined eyes and dispensed glasses to residents of the El Castillo area. This region of Nicaragua had never seen eye care before. In January 2008, Linkenheimer LLP will be sponsoring an Eye Care trip to the village of Sabalos on the San Juan River. Members of the firm along with friends and family will be doing exams and dispensing glasses.

KIDDACCOUNTS

As CPAs, we deal with people and their money on a frequent basis. Over the years we have come to realize that many people have little or no basic budgeting and savings habits. If grown-ups are not budgeting and saving, chances are their children are not learning how to manage their money either, even at the most elementary level.

Using ideas that kids can easily grasp, several of our Linkenheimer staff developed a three week program that is very interactive in its approach. Kids are involved in the discussion throughout the presentations.

Each child receives an illustrated workbook whose main character (LESTER LYNX) helps them understand the concept of making the most of a buck. An oversized $BudgetBuck$ introduces the idea that there is more to a dollar than just spending it.

The program and all materials are provided to schools at no cost.           For More Info Click Here

CHARLIE BROWN

Linkenheimer is the proud to have been a sponsor supporting the "It's Your Town Charlie Brown" during the summer of 2005. The firm purchased a Charlie Brown statue to grace it's doors titled, "Doing Well by Doing Good."

The statue is a representation of a "typical accountant" with visor, calculator and pocket protector. However, upon closer inspection and introspection you can see there is nothing typical about our Charlie the accountant. The concept of the statue speaks to the many years of community involvement by all of the partners of Linkenheimer as well as many staff members. Throughout the statue are references to our commitment to teaching children about budgeting and saving and really about making responsible choices.

"Doing Well by Doing Good" represents Linkenheimer's place in this community as well their approach to doing business.

STAFF INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY

R. John Jones-

Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club-  John has been active in the Rotary Club for the past 25 years. Part of John's time with the rotary club is spent organizing the international eye care projects. To date he has been on 5 eye care trips, including countries such as Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Awarded Rotarian of the year by his Club in 2000 and a District 5130 award in 2003 for International Service. John is also the past president of the Rohnert Park Cotati Rotary Club.

Chairman of the Board of Elders, St. Mark Lutheran Church- John has been on the board of elders and a lay minister at St. Mark Lutheran church for over 15 years. He also teaches a Bible study there on Sundays.

Board of Directors, Haiti Lutheran Ministry-  John has been actively involved with the HLM for the past ten years and has traveled to Haiti numerous times to deliver aid and counsel to the various churches in the country.

Tim Delaney-

Board of Directors, Rincon Valley Christian School- Tim is currently serving as the Past President of the Board.

Member, County Airport Aviation Commission-  He is also a past member of the Sonoma County Airport Land Use Commission.

Cecil Humes-

Santa Rosa Rotary Club- He has served as the rotary treasurer for the past 3 years. He has also held other offices in the rotary club such as past president.

Sonoma County Diabetes Society-  Cecil has been involved with the local Diabetes Society in Sonoma County for more than 10 years.

Mike Musson-

Board of Directors, Rural California Broadcasting Corporation - Community involvement for Mike includes serving on the board of directors of Rural California Broadcasting Corporation (better known as KRCB television and radio). KRCB television is the local PBS affiliate bringing well-known favorites like, Sesame Street, NOVA, Masterpiece Theater, etc. Radio broadcasts NPR offerings such as Morning Edition, and All Things Considered, as well as wonderful local programming.

Lynn Riepenhoff-

Treasurer, Soroptimist International. Lynn is involved in community service through membership in Soroptimist International of Santa Rosa, an international service organization for professional & business women whose goals are to "raise the status of women and children" worldwide. She is also involved in other volunteer projects as well.

Charity Heasler-

She has spent the past 4 years volunteering with the Rotary Club and optometrist Les Shipley as they delivered eye glasses throughout the world, including countries such as Samoa, Nicaragua and Mexico.