EG&H Supports Worthwhile Community Projects

Seniors

For more than nine years, the staff and shareholders of Epsten Grinnell & Howell have supported ElderHelp of San Diego. ElderHelp is an organization that provides a wide array of support services to seniors, enabling many to remain independent and live in their own homes as long as possible. The ElderHelp mission emphasizes dignity, and aids seniors regardless of age, income, ethnic, religious or health status.

Recognizing that the frail elderly can be forgotten at the holidays, the firm has provided more than 300 holiday gift baskets containing food, toiletries, stamps, grocery gift cards, transportation vouchers, and small personal gift items. In addition, the firm has adopted seniors over the holidays and has fulfilled their individual wish lists, which range from new clothing and shoes, to a new love seat or recliner. It is estimated that our staff has contributed almost $40,000 to help the seniors of San Diego through support for ElderHelp.

Additionally, the firm also supports the skilled nursing and assisted living services offered to the elderly at Seacrest Village. We help underwrite the Seacrest Village annual Golf & Tennis fundraising event, and an annual dinner dance.

Children

While visiting Mexico for an annual client meeting, Jon Epsten became acquainted with the important community work being done by the Eagles Wings Foundation, a charitable organization whose mission assists children in impoverished areas of Mexico. From scholarship support that helps children stay in school to financial aid for orphanages and day care centers, the Eagles Wings Foundation has been providing support since 1999.

Epsten Grinnell & Howell is pleased to provide financial assistance and pro bono legal services to help sustain the very worthwhile efforts of this community organization.

Habitat for Humanity

Epsten Grinnell & Howell was pleased to participate in the April 2010 home building project organized by the San Diego legal community. Eight of the firm’s attorneys signed-up to lend a hand to Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness from the world. Because of the tremendous response from the local legal community, not all attorneys who signed-up were tapped to participate but, those who did, enjoyed laying the foundation and undertaking basic construction of a multiple family dwelling located in National City, just south of San Diego.

Epsten Grinnell & Howell was pleased to participate in the April 2010 home building project organized by the San Diego legal community. Eight of the firm’s attorneys signed-up to lend a hand to Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness from the world. Because of the tremendous response from the local legal community, not all attorneys who signed-up were tapped to participate but, those who did, enjoyed laying the foundation and undertaking basic construction of a multiple family dwelling located in National City, just south of San Diego. Epsten Grinnell & Howell continues to support this worthwhile cause with an annual donation.

Other Community Support

Continuing its long-standing support of worthwhile community projects, Epsten Grinnell & Howell was pleased to contribute financially to dozens of organizations during 2011. The organizations that benefited from the firm’s support served a broad spectrum of the community including our youth, military personnel, the homeless, and the elderly. From health research organizations to animal welfare groups, Epsten Grinnell & Howell was pleased to provide assistance.

The following is a partial list of community organizations that we supported in 2011:

  • East County YMCA
  • Mesa Verde Middle School Band
  • Park Village PTA
  • Vista Pop Warner
  • Battle for America Wounded Warriors
  • Operation Homefront
  • Semper Fi Fund
  • Marine Corps Scholarship Fund
  • The Monarch School
  • San Diego Habitat for Humanity
  • San Diego Food Bank
  • American Cancer Society
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Susan G. Komen Fund
  • Scripps Breast Care Research Center
  • Crohns Colitis Foundation of America
  • The Thursday Club Foundation
  • Rotary Foundation
  • Associa Cares
  • Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center