8.06.2002 ET

(CSRwire) LOS ANGELES, California - KPMG LLP, the U.S. accounting and tax services firm, expects nearly 90 of its Los Angeles professionals and family members to volunteer in cleaning up their local beach through Heal the Bay "Adopt-A-Beach" program. This is KPMG’s second year participating in the effort. This Saturday, volunteers will help remove trash around the coastline at Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, making the beach a safer, cleaner refuge for visitors and marine life.

EVENT SUMMARY
WHO:
87 KPMG LLP volunteers
Catherine Gaffney, Monica de Gyarfas and Deidre Wilson, Speakers, Heal the Bay
WHAT:
KPMG’s Second Annual Beach Clean Up
Supporting Heal the Bay
Saturday, August 10, 2002
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Will Rogers State Beach, Lifeguard Tower 7
Corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Temescal Canyon
Pacific Palisades
*Paid parking is available in the beach parking lot on Pacific Coast Highway. Non-metered parking is available along Temescal Canyon.

KPMG encourages partners and employees to serve their communities through its national volunteer program, known as Involve.

KPMG LLP is the accounting and tax firm that understands business, particularly the distinctive needs of market leaders. The firm offers clients a powerful combination of people, products, technologies and results-oriented strategies to help them meet their challenges and improve performance. The fastest growing Big Five firm, KPMG is uniquely positioned to help clients strengthen their position in changing marketplaces. KPMG LLP (http://www.us.kpmg.com ) is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International’s member firms have 103,000 professionals, including 6,500 partners, in 152 countries.

Heal the Bay is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to making Santa Monica Bay and Southern California coastal waters safe and healthy again for people and marine life. Heal the Bay uses research, education, community action and policy programs to achieve this goal. For more information, visit www.healthebay.org.

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