Burr, Pilger, & Mayer Closed Offices for "BPM Day".

Entire Staff Volunteered Services in Five Bay Area Communities

SAN FRANCISCO -- BPM not only stands for the accounting firm of Burr, Pilger & Mayer but it also represents the company's long-standing motto, "Because People Matter." On Friday, September 15, 2006 the employees of Burr, Pilger, & Mayer left their desks at the firm's four Bay Area offices and volunteered for a full day of hard work at five charitable or non-profit locations. This is the tenth year the company has done this annual day of community service and it has become known as "BPM Day."

This year the BPM staff helped facilitate the American Heart Association's HeartWalk in downtown San Francisco; did habitat restoration and clean-up at the Taylor Foundation's Camp Arroyo in Livermore and the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga; helped with maintenance and gardening at Angel Island's former hospital and museum, and did trail clearing and landscaping at Muir Woods.

Stephen D. Mayer, BPM's managing partner said, "In 1996, we created a staff community volunteer program and everyone in the whole company eAE from the managing partner to the receptionist eAE joins in." Adding, "Not only do we do a lot of much needed work in our communities, but 'BPM Day' also doubles as a fun team building exercise and gives all levels of staff a chance to take a leadership role."

Celebrating 20 years of service to the San Francisco Bay Area, BPM is the largest non- "Big Four" accounting firm in Northern California with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, and San Jose, 28 partners and over 225 employees. BPM has been named as one of the Bay Area's Top 25 "Best Places to Work" by the San Francisco Business Times, East Bay Business Times and the San Jose Business Journal two years in a row. Additionally, BPM has been honored by Inside Public Accounting (IPA), as one of the Top 25 accounting firms in the country and recently by the San Francisco Business Times with their "Corporate Philanthropy Award."