From Ann Wright, PP&Co HR Director. On Sunday, May 4th, Laurie Chavez, Lisa Chavez, Isabel Farias and I (all PP&Co staff) participated in the 3rd annual Stroke Awareness Walk. For the past two years The Walk has been held at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. Funds raised during the walk go towards improving stroke […]
By Sarah Johnston, Manager, Petrinovich Pugh & Company, LLP. I spent an inspirational Friday morning last week at the Project Cornerstone Asset Champions Breakfast. The event was held to honor those committed to making Silicon Valley a better place for our youth. As I looked around the room, I noted a broad range of attendees, […]
What are the three most terrifying letters known to U.S. citizens? CIA? FBI? KGB? (Ok, that one is a stretch, but you see where I’m going with this.) Wrong, wrong, and wrong. They’re I—R—S. That’s right. The Internal Revenue Service has all of the powers of the other three combined, with better pay and benefits, […]
TeenForce creates a symbiotic relationship between teen employment prospects and businesses – training youth for available jobs, and educating businesses on the benefits and potential impact of hiring them. The professionals at TeenForce identify job prospects and engage those businesses to consider the well-trained, supported youth that TeenForce turns out. While this may sound reminiscent […]
For almost 30 years, war has forced millions of people to abandon their homes and flee Afghanistan to settle in neighboring Pakistan and Iran. At the height of the exodus, as many as eight million Afghans were living abroad as refugees. Since 2002, nearly six million refugees have returned home with assistance from the United […]