October 12, 2009
(St. Johnsbury) Jake Wheeler, a director and chair of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group at Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, presented a check for $500 to Kenneth Gordon and Judith Crawford at the Area Agency on Aging for Northeastern Vermont in St. Johnsbury on behalf of the DRM Community Fund. The grant helped underwrite the cost of the agency’s first fundraising event, which was held September 18, to help support the agency’s programs and services for senior citizens.
The DRM Community Fund was launched in 2000 to celebrate the firm's 50th anniversary. Since then, DRM has awarded more than $180,000 in small grants to approximately 180 private, non-profit organizations in Vermont and western New Hampshire to support innovative, grass-roots arts, education, economic development and historic preservation projects that strengthen the community.
“I am pleased that the DRM Community Fund Grant Committee recognized the vital role that the Area Agency on Aging provides the elder population of the Northeast Kingdom,” said Pat Sabalis, a DRM director in the firm’s Burlington office and the grant’s sponsor. “I have been aware of the good work that Ken and others at the agency have been involved in for many years, and I am glad that I could play a modest role in supporting their efforts.
DRM is a full-service law firm with more than 60 attorneys and seven offices in Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. DRM provides legal services to local, national and international clients in practice areas that include bankruptcy and business restructuring, business law, captive insurance, energy and telecommunications, family law, health law, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land use, environmental law, tax law and trusts and estates. The firm represents clients in legislative, regulatory and public affairs through the Government and Public Affairs group. DRM is the law firm member for Vermont of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms.
Photo, from left: Kenneth Gordon, executive director; Judith Crawford, development coordinator; Jake Wheeler
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