Community Service
Many worthy causes and organizations would love to include CPAs among their volunteers. The community service organizations listed on this page have asked for TXCPA Austin's help in recruiting volunteers. Feel free to contact them directly if you would like to volunteer your time.
UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES
Opportunities for Accountants to Shine - article written by TXCPA Austin member, Derrick Bonyuet, PhD, CFA, CFE, CPA
HEB FEAST OF SHARING
November 21 – Feast of Sharing – First shift is 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the second shift is 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. For more information and to register, click here. (There is no team registration; everyone must register individually). If you need a CPAsCOUNT! Tshirt, contact Diane Joiner.
UPDATE: Thank you Angie and Naoko for assisting at the HEB Feast of Sharing on Tuesday, November 21. As always, you prove that CPAsCount! in the community.
COATS FOR KIDS
November – Junior League’s Coats for Kids Program – the chapter is collecting new or gently used coats during the month of November. Drop your donation by the office on Mondays or Thursdays or bring it to the Tax Conference or any chapter event this month. For more information on the Coats for Kids Program or to make an online donation (every $20 buys a new coat), click here.
CPAsCount! with Keep Austin Beautiful Volunteer Opportunity
UPDATE: Thank you Angie, Lacey and Naoko for volunteering for the Keep Austin Beautiful event. CPAsCOUNT!
Meet with fellow members to help clean up the area around Walnut Creek Elementary on Saturday, November 4, 9am-noon. Walnut Creek Elementary is located at 401 W Braker Lane, Austin, 78753. Register at the link below and use code TXCPA23. If you need a CPAsCOUNT! Tshirt, please contact Diane Joiner.
CPAsCOUNT! At Lake Travis Clean Up
Join fellow CPAs on Sunday, September 17 at 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. to clean up parts of Pace Bend Park (Kate and Johnson Cove). Register here and
if you need a CPAsCOUNT! T-shirt, let Diane know.
See Lake Travis Clean up website.
Central Texas Food Bank Shift
Start the new year off right and volunteer with TXCPA Austin at the Central Texas Food Bank! We have 10 spots reserved to help in the warehouse on Saturday, February 4th from 9 am - 12 pm. Volunteers will inspect, clean, sort, box and prepare donated food and non-food items to distribute to our Partner Agencies and the communities they serve. Use our unique link to sign up to volunteer.
Mid-December, 2022 - January, 2023 - DECA Competition, Cedar Ridge High School
Sara Parriott, the DECA advisor at Cedar Ridge High School and the Texas DECA District 5 Director, is reaching out to ask if you would be willing to serve as a judge for DECA our Competition this year. The DECA District 5 Career Development Conference will be held at Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock, Texas, on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
We are projecting that we will have 1300+ students competing and need to have 100+ judges available. Your assignment will be fully explained to you, and it is expected that we will have you judge 8-15 presentations. We will get started around 7 a.m. with the goal of being finished around 1 p.m.
If you would be interested or know anyone else that may be interested in judging this year please fill out the Judges Form (be sure to select District 5 in the dropdown for District Selection and of course, if you are available to help in other districts you can fill out the form multiple times). I will be in contact closer to January 28th to confirm and give you more information about the event.
Please note that even if you cannot attend the event on January 28, we need judges to review our prepared entries ahead of time during the December 19-January 6 time frame. Please do me a favor and forward this email to anyone else that you think would be interested in serving as a DECA Judge. And of course, let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for considering being a judge. Please contact Ms. Parriott at sara_parriott@roundrockisd.org for more information.
