Month of Service

2025 Iowa CPAs Month of Service

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.

Sign up to participate

Individuals: Register here

Teams: Have your firm administrator login and register your team here or complete and submit the team registration form.

Aug. 8 is registration deadline to receive a t-shirt

Refer to these steps for organizing a team. Deadline for registrations for those wanting volunteer t-shirts is Aug. 8. Registration remains open through Sept. 15 without t-shirt.

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. 1.

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 #IowaCPAsVol25. Be sure to tag us! Find all of our social media links in the footer of this web page.

IMPORTANT! Report your volunteer activities by Oct. 30

Share information about your volunteer activity. Complete the Month of Service reporting to help us tabulate total service hours and impact from this year's event.
(Reporting links will be available in September) INDIVIDUAL reporting here. TEAM reporting (team leader completes for the team) here.

Want to volunteer and looking for a project?

Check out the Volunteer Ideas section below. We have ideas for individuals looking for organizations to contact for service opportunities.

2025 focus is on food insecurity

Help support ISCPA's 2025 Month of Service spotlight on food insecurity.

Resources for volunteers and donations:

Food Bank of Iowa: https://foodbankiowa.org/
Iowa Food Bank Association: https://www.iowafba.org/
DMARC: https://dmarcunited.org/
Northeast Iowa Food Bank: https://www.neifb.org/
IMPACT Community Action Partnership: https://www.impactcap.org/food-assistance

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:

Points of Light
Idealist
VolunteerMatch
MENTOR and iCouldBe.org have partnered to create a Virtual Mentoring Portal. This online tool is one way to connect with young people while maintaining social distancing guidelines.

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:

State park volunteers
Iowa National Heritage Foundation - individual based activities
Polk County Conservation - contact for individual or small group projects
Hartman Reserve Nature Center (Cedar Valley area)