Category: Community

On June 4, 2010, Hanis Irvine Prothero, Attorneys at Law, was awarded a “Community Star” by The Kent Downtown Partnership. The award is for the sincere appreciation for the leadership and support the firm provides to the community of Kent.

Cynthia Irvine, a partner with Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC, and attorney practicing in immigration law volunteers her time with the Lucy Lopez Community Center in Kent. Lucy Lopez was founded in 2007 by Kent restaurant owner Roberto Gonzalez as a cultural community center dedicated to the Latino immigrant community. The center provides educational, training, social, and cultural needs of the Latino community.

Cynthia is fluent in Spanish and volunteers her time at the center one evening a month to provide free consultations for immigration legal issues. In these tough economic times, Cynthia recognizes that not everyone who needs an attorney can afford one. Cynthia explains that immigration law is complex and immigrants often lose opportunities to fight their cases due to lack of access to the right legal advice. “Deception and erroneous advice from non-attorney ‘immigration consultants’ is a huge problem in the Latino community so the more orientation and information that can get out there, the better,” she continues. “It’s great getting involved with such a wonderful Kent organization serving the needs our community.”

On Thursday, 3/25, Hanis Irvine Prothero will be hosting the Kent Chamber After Hours Event for the Relay For Life of Kent from 5pm – 7pm.
This is HIP’s 2nd year participating in The Relay For Life of Kent. Last year the firm raised $1,300 for the American Cancer Society.

For more information on The Relay For Life of Kent visit www.rflkent.org

Relay For Life is a celebration of life . . .Thanks to rapidly advancing technology, early detection and education about prevention more people survive today than ever before. Relay For Life is a lot more than just another fundraiser. It is about being a community that takes up the fight against cancer, coming together for a common cause. It serves to remind us that, although progress continues to be made in the crusade against cancer, so much more needs to be done.

Rotary Club of Des Moines Poverty Bay Wine Festival – Saturday March 6, 2010 Noon – 7pm and Sunday March 7th Noon – 5pm. Featuring 25 Northwest wineries and a sampling of Northwest cuisine. Tickets are $20 in advanced, $25 at the door.

For more tickets and more information contact Alison Pacunski at apacunski@hiplawfirm.com or visit www.dmrotary.org

All proceeds support charitable projects of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.

Some of high school’s biggest names in local basketball teamed off under the spotlight at The ShoWare Center on Friday, January 29th, for the 2nd Annual Les Schwab Shootout.

The big match up of the night was the final game between Kentwood and Kentridge. The game showcased two of the nation’s top prep basketball players, 6’2” Guard, Gary Bell, of Kentridge; and Kentwood’s 6’10” Center, Josh Smith. During halftime, HANIS IRVINE PROTHERO, Attorneys at Law, sponsored The Kent Shootout $10,000 Shot. Six students from the four Kent area high schools were given a chance at winning $10,000 for their school’s ASB fund. Two students came close.