SMART Recognizes Top Sponsors for Golf Outing benefiting Special Olympics MD

BALTIMORE, MD August 14, 2007 – SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC, is pleased to recognize 1st Mariner Bank as the Premier Sponsor, Colburn Family Foundation as a Platinum Sponsor, and Constellation Energy and Thompson Lincoln Mercury Inc. as Gold Sponsors.

 “We are excited about the support we have received thus far from prominent businesses and organizations within our community,” says Barry Bondroff, Executive Managing Director at SMART and SOMD Board Member. “This year’s golf classic would not be possible without the generosity of our top sponsors.”

The Golf Classic will take place on August 27, 2007 at the Chestnut Ridge Country Club in Lutherville, Maryland. To learn about Sponsorship and Golfing Opportunities, visit www.smartgrp.com/events.asp, or contact Sandy Cohn at scohn@smartgrp.com /410-296-6300. Helping just one more athlete participate in the Special Olympics program makes our golf outing a success.

About SMART

SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC (www.smartgrp.com) is a premier, full-service business consulting and advisory company serving clients throughout the US and globally. SMART offers innovative solutions to public and private companies in the areas of business consulting and advisory, technology, business process, accounting, compensation and benefits, and tax. Through an alternative practice structure, SMART and Associates, LLP offers a full range of attest services.

About Special Olympics

Special Olympics is a life-changing movement of people helping people. The athletes are constant reminders of all that is right with the human spirit. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

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