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NJ CPA Firms Complete Second Annual "Month of Service"

By Don Meyer, CAE posted 06-16-2015 03:14 PM

  
On May 31, the NJ CPA Month of Service came to an end. Organized by the New Jersey Society of CPAs, the second annual volunteer service program represents the CPA profession's ongoing commitment to serving the communities where its professionals live and work. CPAs from 14 firms across the Garden State, as well as NJCPA staff, volunteered for a whole day or a few hours at locations encompassing a variety of organizations. CPAs raised money, collected clothing, constructed homes for people and bats (read below), cooked meals, walked, ran, dressed down and painted. Here are some highlights:
  • Alloy, Silverstein, Shapiro, Adams, Mulford, Cicalese, Wilson & Co. volunteered at UrbanPromise of Camden, planting flowers, weeding and restoring the campus butterfly garden, planting fruit trees and bushes with school kids in the UrbanPromise Peace Community Garden.
  • Baratz & Associates, P.A. ​volunteered at the South Jersey Food Bank.
  • BKC CPAs held a business clothing drive for the NORWESCAP Career and Life Transition Center for Women and the NORWESCAP Fatherhood Program.
  • The Curchin Group participated in a Superstorm Sandy build day with Coastal Habitat for Humanity.
  • Friedman LLP volunteered for Habitat for Humanity.
  • The Green Group volunteered at the Jeremy’s Heroes golf outing.
  • HBK CPAs & Consultants constructed bat houses for the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
  • Kreinces Rollins & Shanker, LLC participated in the Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society and Dress Down Day to benefit CASA of Essex County for Children.
  • Lawrence B Goodman & Co PA returned to Sea Bright Rising to help a family return home after being displaced by Superstorm Sandy.
  • Untracht Early LLC ​worked with Family Promise of Morris County, helping with yard work, painting and cleaning up the facility.
  • WeiserMazars participated in projects for Allaire State ParkCollier Youth Services and the Edison YMCA.
  • Wilkin & Guttenplan volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick on May 5, 13, 19 and 27. They will be participating in the “Caring Cooks Program,” cooking nutritious meals on-site for families whose children are receiving medical treatment.
  • WithumSmith+Brown participated in Paulette’s COLORECTAL Run/Walk.
To learn more about the NJ CPA Month of Service, visit njscpa.org/service. And check out the great photos from our participants!
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