Join us to be a Spur for the day! Through the Spurs Family Fantasy Event, you and your family or kids from your favorite nonprofit organization can join the entire San Antonio Spurs squad for an exclusive experience. Kids ages 5-18 will learn from, interact with and play with the Spurs players, get scouted by the coaching staff, and leave with incredible memories. Participants will have unpr...

What used to be a Lack’s furniture warehouse is now a food distribution center for people in need, and will soon be transformed into a community center on the east side. Nestled right outside of the Eastside Promise Neighborhood in San Antonio, Daily Bread Ministries (DBM) operates a 163,000 square foot distribution center for food and other basic necessities. DBM collects and redistributes pro...

Ranch Hand Truckfitters has a motto for promoting our truck accessories: "Be on the Safe Side with Ranch Hand." We say that because safety, strength and durability are built into all of our products for maximum benefit to our truck customers. This fall, that motto, "Be on the Safe Side," is also an appropriate warning to drivers on rural roads during the height of deer season -- particul...

Since La Cantera Hill Country Resort first opened its doors 15 years ago, it has served hundreds of thousands of visitors from nearly every corner of the world. From one of the highest vantage points in San Antonio, the resort’s breathtaking views have provided a relaxing year-round retreat from the city’s hustle and bustle, and the staff has had the distinct privilege of helping guests turn mi...

Ted Dickman, CEO of national CPA and advisory firm BKD, LLP, is proud to announce that BKD and Chicago-based accounting firm Wolf & Company are joining forces. Wolf will officially become part of BKD on November 1, 2014. “BKD and Wolf are an excellent fit for each other,” Dickman said. “In addition to our cultural similarities, both firms focus on offering high-quality service to clients...

    By Kelli Falk, CPA, CIA, CISA, CITP Does your organization perform services for other companies or act as a user organization that outsources some of its processes to another company?  In either case, you should be aware of the guidance related to service organizations. It has now been almost five years since the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reached out to Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio to be the first hospital system in the U.S. to pilot the CDC’s Ebola Microsite for U.S. health care workers on its health care system’s website www.SAHealth.com . The only other two entities hosting the microsite are the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Occupational ...

by Kyle Gubernator, Broadway Bank Wealth Management Division  Several years ago, with our boys starting elementary school, my friend, Mike, proudly shared his son’s response to a recent test question. The question asked students to name the four seasons.  Chad’s response was dove season, quail season, turkey season and deer season. To this day, I don’t understand how a teacher could mark the...

The North SA Chamber is continuing to meet the needs of businesses for a readied workforce. The Job Bank is a no-cost tool to for member businesses to access a larger pool of applicants, and the online search tool is a free community resource to job seekers. “We will promote the Job Bank heavily in 2014 to veterans, transitioning professionals, college students and recent grads,” says North Ch...

Accion Texas Inc. – a nonprofit multi-state micro and small business lender with the nation’s largest microloan portfolio – has surpassed $2 million in loans for the fifth consecutive month. This is the first time the organization has achieved these figures for five months in a year. In August, the company disbursed 149 small business loans totaling $2.4 million – nearly $1 million over A...