LJCooper Recognized for a 3rd consecutive year

OREM, UT, JULY 2010: LJCooper Capital Management was recognized in Financial Advisor Magazine’s “2010 Independent Registered Investment Advisor” rankings. This is the third consecutive year that LJCooper has been listed by Financial Advisor Magazine as a top advisory firm.

“To be recognized during a good economy is an honor, to be recognized during a tough economy is a testament to our great staff, and investment philosophy.” Craig M. Porter Rollins, CEO.

The rankings are derived from surveys of firms from all over the country, based on total assets under management. LJCooper Capital Management improved by 50 spots over the previous year’s rankings.

ABOUT LJCOOPER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC:
Founded in 2000, LJCooper Capital Management, LLC is an independent wealth management firm registered with the SEC as an investment advisor. LJCooper provides a holistic approach integrating all of the major areas that impact a client’s wealth. We specialize in helping businesses and individual clients convert appreciated assets (land, business assets, 401k, etc.) into a safer, more-diversified investment portfolio in a way that reduces taxes, avoids costly mistakes, and preserves their wealth. LJCooper is the #1 firm in Utah offering the acclaimed Dimensional Fund Advisor’s (DFA) portfolio of investments. LJCooper ranked #2 in Utah, #1 in Utah County on Wealth Manager Magazine’s Top Wealth Managers list for 2008 and 2009. We were also ranked among the Top Independent RIA Firms in the U.S. for 2008, 2009 and 2010 by Financial Adviser Magazine.


Contact: Paige Sauer
Phone: 801-221-2939

Local non-profit wins national grant

PROVO, Utah – The Now I Can Foundation was awarded $20,000 as part of the Chase Community Giving Summer 2010 Program. This online giving program helps fund small and local charities across the United States. Two hundred charities were selected to receive funding from among the 20,000 non-profits who entered this nationwide competition.

The winning charities were selected based on the number of votes they received during the Chase Community Giving Facebook campaign. The Now I Can Foundation received 1,629 votes out of the more than 2.5 million votes cast nationwide. This put them in 131st place and allowed them to claim a $20,000 prize.

Tracey Christensen, co-founder and director of Now I Can, launched a Facebook, Twitter, and email campaign to recruit family, friends, friends of friends, strangers, and anyone willing to listen to cast their vote for the charity. On the last day of the competition, she even spent time outside the Provo Macey’s grocery store to solicit support, while volunteers went door-to-door at student apartment complexes.

“Participating in the Chase Community Giving contest was a lot of hard work, but it was very rewarding as we saw people in the community really get behind us to get Now I Can the votes we needed! This is the biggest single donation our charity has ever received, and it will allow us to help more families who can’t afford this important treatment for their kids,” Christensen said.

Founded in 2006, the Now I Can Foundation strives to help children with disabilities reach their full potential and greatest independence. To do this, Now I Can offers traditional physical therapy, intensive suit therapy, and feeding therapy to those with neuromuscular challenges.

Now I Can is the result of the vision of dedicated parents Joel and Tracey Christensen, whose oldest child, Colby Anne, was born with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. After seeing only limited results working with Colby in traditional therapy, the Christensens traveled to Poland to enroll her in a month of intensive physical therapy. The results were so incredible that they determined to bring the Intensive Model of Therapy to the Intermountain West and founded Now I Can.

Today, Now I Can serves children from all over the country who have disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, brain injuries, etc. The name of the foundation comes from Colby Anne Christensen who, while in therapy, would proclaim “Now I can use ‘righty’ better,” or say “Now I can . . .” to announce other improvements she was making.

Now I Can is also one of 75 national charities in the final phase of the APX Gives Back Facebook contest sponsored by the Utah-based company APX Alarm. Similar to the Chase Community Giving program, APX Gives Back is awarding grants worth up to $100,000 to charities that receive the most votes on Facebook..

“We’d love to have more Facebook voters from our community,” says Christensen. “Whether people choose to vote daily, or just once, their efforts are needed and appreciated. Taking a few seconds from the comfort of your own home can really make a big difference in helping special needs children reach for greater independence. We know that Utah Valley has a great spirit of volunteerism, so we hope they will get involved!”
For more information on the Now I Can Foundation, or for instructions on how to vote for Now I Can in the APX Gives Back contest, visit www.nowican.org

Contact: Tracey Christensen, Now I Can
Phone: (801) 228-1935
Email: tracey@nowican.org