Perenich Caulfield Avril Noyes Community Involvement

Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes understands the values of work, family, mutual responsibility and community commitment form the foundation of a credible firm. We have carefully selected a team that is strongly committed to community service and contributing time to the programs and initiatives that comprise the core fabric of our community.

We are always looking for ways to better inform or serve our neighborhoods and our community in general. We take a particularly strong interest in nurturing and enriching the promise and potential of future generations. Do you have a creative idea to help us contribute something positive to our community? If so, please send your suggestions to Judy Glazier, Director of Marketing at judy@usalaw.com. Although we are not able to respond to all ideas, we will review, screen and carefully consider your suggestions. Thank you for helping us care.

 

• Attorney Bryan Caulfield has dedicated more than three years to the East Lake Arsenal Soccer Association. Bryan recently completed his tenure as President of the Association, and has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Club. He has also been a recreational children’s soccer coach for a Boys and Girls soccer team, and a sponsor for teams. In addition, he has volunteered his time by working on field and goal maintenance and repair.

• On November 19, 2008 Personal Injury Attorney Matthew Noyes spoke to two drivers' education classes at Countryside High School as part of the Great American Teach-In. Matthew Noyes talked about his experience of being involved in a serious car accident when he was 16 years old and provided tips on how to avoid being a victim of a car accident. He provided statistics showing how car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers. Mr. Noyes is hopeful that some of his talk will remain with some of the students. By doing so, he has helped to prevent another teenage car accident.

• Attorney Matthew Noyes began Operation Stone Soup after his mother passed away in March 2003. She taught Matthew and his 10 brothers and sisters the art of sharing and giving. In loving memory of his mother, Matthew has spearheaded a Thanksgiving event called Operation Stone Soup. Each Thanksgiving, Matthew and his family gather enough food to provide over 70 families a Thanksgiving dinner, including a turkey and all the fixins. The families are provided by the Salvation Army. Matthew and his family spend hours shopping and filling up their vehicles with hundreds of boxes of stuffing, over 500 cans of vegetables, cranberries, yams, and turkeys. Matthew's mother's birthday is during the Thanksgiving holiday so for every age Mary Noyes would be, the Noyes family gives that same number of families their Thanksgiving dinner. In 2008, Mary Noyes would have been 80 years old. So, this year, 80 families help the Noyes family celebrate their Mother's kindness and love.

  Read about the Noyes' 2008 Operation Soup Adventure.
  Read the newspaper article about 2004's Operation Stone Soup.

• Associate Attorney Lorrie E. Robinson recently participated as a “jailbird” for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Lock-Up fundraiser on July 29. Visit her website here.

• Associate Attorney Joshua Chilson stays involved in the Community through the Clearwater Bar Association- Young Lawyers Division, where he was recently voted President-Elect. In 2009 Josh and his fiancé, together with ten other lawyers, helped Habitat for Humanity build a home for a needy family in Largo. “We helped frame the interior walls and roofing. I think it’s important for us who have to give to those who aren’t lucky enough to have,” says Josh.

  Josh is also involved with the Raising Hope, a non-profit organization established to meet the emergency clothing and toiletry needs for the foster care children in Pinellas County. Josh and his team recently provided $1,300 to purchase duffle bags filled with clothing, shoes, socks, underwear, and toiletry items.

• Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes recently contributed $1,000 to the St. Petersburg College (SPC) Foundation for a scholarship to support SPC’s Paralegal Studies students. Three attorneys at the firm, Mark Perenich, Jay Avril, and Matthew Noyes, have been instructors at SPC. In addition, attorneys Matthew Noyes and Lorraine Robinson are graduates of St. Petersburg College. SPC offers an Associate in Science and the only Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies in Florida approved by the American Bar Association. For information on how to apply for this scholarship please visit http://www.spcollege.edu/central/foundation/

• In October 2009 the firm donated to the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund. The organization raises scholarship funds to aid students who lack the economic ability to continue their education beyond high school or to further their college education. To learn more about the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund please visit their website at http://www.440scholarship.org/

Client Appreciation Events

The firm hosts several client appreciation events year. These events give clients the opportunity to relax and have fun with the firm’s attorneys, staff, and other clients.

Past Events Include:

• October 17, 2009 - Client Appreciation Picnic at Philippe Park
• October 10, 2009 - St. Petersburg Bar Association Okoberfest
• August 4, 2009 - Client Appreciation Night at Rays Game
• May 2009 - Client Appreciation Night Threshers Game
• April 13, 2009 - Client Appreciation Night at Rays Game
• February 28, 2009 - Client Appreciation Picnic at Fort de Soto Park

Sponsorships

• In March 2010, the firm was a sponsor of the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce’s Country in Park event.

Attorneys Matthew Noyes and Lorrie Robinson have been proud sponsors of the annual Suncoast Corvette Association's "Corvettes at the Pier" car show for five straight years.

• Firm partners Bryan Caulfield and Matthew Noyes were sponsors of the Community Block Party on September 26, 2009 hosted by Remmel Wellness Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. The block party was open to the public and featured free food, music, games, and prizes.

• Perenich, Caulfield, Avril is a sponsor of two Clearwater/St. Petersburg Bar Association events in October 2009. The firm is a sponsor of the Swearing In Ceremony and Reception for candidates for admission to the Florida Bar. The ceremony will be held on October 2, 2009 at 3:00pm at the Pinellas County Criminal Justice Center. The firm is also a sponsor of the St. Petersburg Bar Association’s Oktoberfest on October 10 from 6-10pm at the USF Bayboro Campus in St. Petersburg, Florida. This event is a fundraiser for the St. Petersburg Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and features food, drinks, and live music.