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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Living our Values: Birdies Fore Love

Bailey Kosiek
Bailey Kosiek, RSM’s Birdies Fore Love co-chair, shares her enthusiasm for the firm’s premier charitable giving platform.

Stewardship is a value that RSM has held throughout its 90-plus year history. Through stewardship, we better our firm, develop our people and support our local communities. Each year, RSM partners with the Davis Love Foundation, the host organization of The RSM Classic, a PGA TOUR event, to raise funds for deserving nonprofit organizations focused on enhancing educational outcomes and the quality of life for children and families through our Birdies Fore Love (BFL) program. Over the last eight years, RSM has donated nearly $9 million through BFL to charities where our employees live and work!

In 2017, RSM employees, partners and friends, with a match from the RSM US Foundation, were able to donate more than $2 million, which benefited 68 local charities.

Employee champions in each of our 85 local offices organize the fundraising for Birdies Fore Love. This month marks the kick-off for the 2018 program, and offices across the country are already beginning a variety of entertaining fundraising activities like wiffle ball tournaments, bake sales, chili cook-offs, putt-putt contests, pancake breakfasts, dance-a-thons, pie-in-the-face challenges and dunk tanks!

As the 2018 Birdies Fore Love co-leader, I am deeply proud of the enthusiasm that our offices continue to bring to this campaign each year. It’s humbling to see all of our employees, partners and friends of the firm come together to support something bigger than themselves! I truly believe that the stewardship culture at RSM transcends charitable programs and is woven into the very nature of our client service. Although $2m is a high goal to reach, we have high hopes we will surpass, and no doubt will have a blast in the process!

If you are interested helping us reach our goal by  donating to one of the 64 local charities Birdies Fore Love supports, you can do so by clicking here


(L to R) John Davitt (2017 BFL national co-leader), Robin Love, Doug Opheim (RSM US LLP CFO), Davis Love III, Bailey Kosiek (BFL national co-leader), Joe Adams (RSM US LLP CEO).

 Dunk tank fundraiser 

Wiffle ball tournament in Indiana 


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