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Engineered Tax Services is Dedicated to the Charities of the CPA Community.

Engineered Tax Services (ETS) will be running on April 15th to raise funds for minority scholarships. ETS is proud to be one of the majority sponsors this year for the Annual FICPA 1040 K run promoted by the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

This year, the 1040K Run/Walk will celebrate its 20th Anniversary. Since its inception in 1990, the 1040K Run/Walk has been held in beautiful Coconut Grove and has attracted hundreds of runners each year. Proceeds from the event are awarded to African-American accounting students in South Florida in memory of Lewis Davis, Miami-Dade County’s first African-American CPA, community leader, and co-founder of the Greater Miami-South Florida Chapter – National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.

This event has tremendous local support and has become a great experience for families and co-workers to get together for fun and exercise while contributing to a very worthy cause. This year the fees and donations will benefit the FICPA Educational Foundation and the Minority Summer Residency Program, who will award scholarships to some of the best and brightest minority accounting students in South Florida.

Leslie G. Gonzalez MA, RD, LD/N, ADS, Director of Corporate Wellness, for ETS feels that health and supporting the community are two of the biggest keys to good health. “As a dietitian for 20 years, I clearly see the importance in giving back to your community and the direct relation it has to making people feel good which in turn promotes better health.” Leslie will also be training the ETS staff to actually run and finish the 10k event on April 15th. Leslie recently completed her 55th marathon but she adds, “It is really special when you can do something you enjoy which in turn raises money for such a worthwhile cause. Every year we have been financial supporters of the FICPA with a variety of sponsorships and this year we wanted to up the ante and add this 1040K sponsorship to our long term support and commitment to the FICPA and its charitable endeavors.”

Ken Strauss of Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant CPAs is the chairman for this event and originally reached out to ETS CEO, Julio Gonzalez, about sponsoring the event. “I was very excited to learn about this charity event from Ken and it was really our pleasure to sponsor such a wonderful event that reaches out to the minority students and help them with scholarships to extend their education,” stated Julio Gonzalez. Julio Gonzalez was recently named Hispanic CEO of 2008 by the National Hispanic Institute of Business Professionals. This honor was bestowed on Julio for his entrepreneurial accomplishments for ETS, his efforts in the promotion of energy conservation, his dedicated support of minority programs including INROADS and contributions to the National Park Trust Foundation, National Kidney Association and contributions to the FICPA.

For more information about the registering for the FICPA race or sponsorship opportunities, contact Jason Zaborske at (800) 342-3197 ext. 417 or e-mail edfound@ficpa.org.