Johnson, Hickey & Murchison, PC, Completes $15,000 Gift To Orange Grove Center

Friday, August 17, 2012
Shown are Orange Grove Center Executive Director Kyle Hauth, and JHM Managing Partner C. Jeff Durham.
Shown are Orange Grove Center Executive Director Kyle Hauth, and JHM Managing Partner C. Jeff Durham.

Johnson, Hickey & Murchison, PC completed its five-year commitment to donate $15,000 to the Orange Grove Center, to modernize its assisted living facilities for adults with developmental disabilities.

“Orange Grove plays such an important role in our city, as expert caregivers to so many of our loved ones who have special needs,” said Dean Krech, JHM’s audit partner. “JHM Certified Public Accountants is proud to have been a major partner with Orange Grove for all these years, because of their excellent work.”

JHM’s gift comes as part of Orange Grove’s capital investment campaign, which also seeks to develop a new senior housing facility, so that residents no longer have to move away from their friends and long-term caregivers, as their medical needs intensify with age.

The $4.7 million campaign will also allow Orange Grove to update its Glenwood campus and enhance its job-training program for adults with developmental disabilities.

To learn more or to contribute to this campaign, visit www.orangegrovecenter.org, or call 423 629-1451.

Since its founding in 1977, JHM Certified Public Accountants has grown to specialize in accounting, auditing and tax services to nonprofit organizations. Additionally the firm serves a diverse range of business clients throughout the Southeast Tennessee/North Georgia region, ranging from small start-ups to large corporations, with a significant concentration of clients in the construction, hospital, nonprofit/governmental and assisted housing industries.


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