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Month of Service

 2024 Iowa CPAs Month of Service - 10 years of volunteering

Unite with CPAs, accounting professionals, co-workers and accounting students for the annual Iowa CPAs Month of Service to make a positive impact in your local community this September. Since its launch in 2015, the profession-wide community service event has logged well over 10,000 volunteer hours on projects impacting over 100 organizations in Iowa. The event helps raise awareness of the CPA profession’s influence in communities across the state each September. Hopefully, this inspires younger Iowans considering a future career as a certified public accountant.

Sponsor the event

For only $500 you or your business can be a Champion level sponsor with your name or logo on the event t-shirts and other benefits. Three sponsorship levels are available. Hurry! Month of Service sponsorship submission deadline is Aug. 2.

Sign up to participate

Individuals: register here. Teams: Use the team registration form and refer to these steps for organizing a team.

Deadline for registrations for those wanting volunteer t-shirts is Aug. 9. Registration remains open through Sept. 15 without t-shirt. 

Who can participate?

ISCPA members, co-workers and student members are encouraged to participate individually or as a team. Volunteer for a community or charitable cause of your choice for a day or a few hours — any activity that benefits your community counts!

Share your projects and service!

Take pictures and videos of your volunteer projects or activities while wearing your event t-shirt and share on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using hashtag #IowaCPAsVol24. Be sure to tag us! Find all of our social media links in the footer of this web page.

Want to volunteer and looking for a project?

Check out the Volunteer Ideas section below. We have ideas for individuals looking to join other ISCPA members at the end of September and many ideas for organizing a project of your own.

IMPORTANT! Report your volunteer activities by Oct. 11

Once your volunteer activity is done, complete the Month of Service report to help us tabulate and share results from this year's event. We also use this information to select Month of Service Award recipients. 
INDIVIDUAL reporting here. TEAM reporting (team leader completes for the team) here. Help inspire youth!

2024 focus is on disaster relief

Help support ISCPA's 2024 Month of Service spotlight on disaster relief in Iowa.

Resources for volunteers and donations:

Find more volunteer ideas in the "Volunteer ideas" section below that go well beyond disaster relief activities.

Questions?

Contact Kim Ripley at kripley@iacpa.org or Hannah Henderson at hhenderson@iacpa.org or call 800-659-6375.

Volunteer ideas

Looking for volunteer ideas? 

Here are some great resources for volunteer opportunities around Iowa:

September is also Hunger Action Month and you can support the Iowa Food Bank Association, which serves children, adults and seniors in all of Iowa’s 99 counties. Simply locate the food bank in your part of the state and find a volunteer opportunity that’s right for you or your team. Questions? Contact your local food bank.

Other opportunities

Host a charity drive at your business or visit VolunteerMatch to find something in your part of the state. Looking for remote options? Here are some websites with virtual or remote volunteering ideas and options:

Looking for ideas to volunteer outdoors? Here are some organizations that offer opportunities or links. Anything from helping harvest food (see links above) to restoring benches, planting trees or improving prairies at state parks:

2023 event sponsors

Champion sponsors


Partner sponsors


Supporting sponsors


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