Beta Alpha Psi Community Service Day

Annual Meeting Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Community Service Activity: Project Homeless Connect, a tactic of The Journey Home: Baltimore's Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness, which aims to make homelessness rare and brief for the thousands of Baltimore City residents who go without a place to sleep each night.

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, Beta Alpha Psi and the United Way of Central Maryland

Services Included:

• Medical and dental care
• Financial assistance
• Housing and employment information
• Identification cards
• Legal consultations
• Resume assistance

Highlights:

• 1,100 people served
• 900 Beta Alpha Psi volunteers
• 10,000 pounds of food donated

Annual Meeting Location: Anaheim, California

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visiting Orange County elementary schools and Boys and Girls Clubs to distribute books and engage in activities focused around early literacy.

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, First Book and United Way of Orange County

School Supplies Donated:

• 250 glue sticks
• 300 notebooks
• 450 pencils
• 150 boxes of crayons
• 50 pencil cases
• 70 boxes of marker pens/pencils
• 450 folders
• 60 eraser packages
• 35 rulers
• 25 scissors
• 200 post-it notes
• 300 pens
• 18 packages of stickers
• 50 miscellaneous other items

Highlights:

• 3,500 students were introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 942 volunteers
• 3,872 books delivered
• 200 backpacks donated by Robert Half International
• 3,872 free admission tickets donated by Muzeo Museum in Anaheim

Annual Meeting Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited eight elementary schools and one Junior Achievement center to distribute books and engage in activities focused around early literacy.

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, First Book and United Way of Greater Atlanta

School Supplies Donated:

• 250 glue sticks
• 300 notebooks
• 450 pencils
• 25 scissors
• 50 miscellaneous other items

Highlights:

• 4,000+ students introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 960 volunteers
• 4,409 books donated
• 200 backpacks donated by 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
• 2,642 school supply items donated by attendees
• 2,000 bottles of water donated by Coca-Cola

Annual Meeting Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited four year-round Milwaukee Public Schools, five Boys & Girls Clubs, and two youth-serving not-for-profit organizations. 

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County

Highlights:

• 2,800+ K4-8th grade students introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 866 volunteers
• 200 backpacks donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - stuffed with a book and school supplies
• 2,000 piggy banks and bags donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
• 2,016 bottles of water donated by Coca-Cola
• 3,113 school supplies donated by attendees
• 4,502 books donated to children in need in Milwaukee

Annual Meeting Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited local schools in under-served neighborhoods. 

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, United Way of Central Maryland

Highlights:

• 2,800+ K4-8th grade students introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 866 volunteers
• 200 backpacks donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - stuffed with a book and school supplies
• 2,000 piggy banks and bags donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
• 2,030 bottles of water donated by SGC Power
• 3,500+ school supplies donated
• 3,084 books donated to children in need in Baltimore

Annual Meeting Location: Anaheim, California

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited local organizations in underserved neighborhoods.

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, Orange County United Way

Highlights:

• 2,400+ K4-8th grade students introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 891 volunteers
• 200 backpacks donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - stuffed with a book and school supplies
• 1 AICPA-sponsored mural
• 2,800+ school supplies donated by attendees
• 3,253 books donated to children in need
• 3,500 free admission tickets to the Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Annual Meeting Location: Anaheim, California

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited local elementary schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, and YMCA's in underserved neighborhoods.

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area, First Book

Highlights:

• 1,249 K4-8th grade students introduced to the exciting world of reading
• 914 volunteers
• 200 backpacks donated by AICPA's 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - stuffed with a book and school supplies
• 12,188 school supplies donated by attendees
• 2,787 books donated to children in need
• 4 local DC schools for campus cleanups
• 9 Literacy Fairs
• 60 books donated by Fatima Zapata written by her grandfather, "Coquito" teaches children how to read and write in Spanish

Annual Meeting Location: Chicago, IL

Community Service Activity: BAP International Day of Literacy visited seven locations and participated in Pack Shack Funnel Party!

Sponsored by: KPMG LLP, KPMG Foundation

Highlights:

• 7 locations
• Ada S. McKinley Community Services - Roseland
• Erie Neighborhood House
• HelloBaby
• HOPE Excel Reaching the World Academy
• Leaning Tower YMCA
• St. Nicholas Cathedral School
• Youth Crossroads
• 200 backpacks stuffed and donated to the Gary Comer Youth Center in Chicago
• 794 children participated
• 906 volunteers
• 1,847 books donated
• 2,000 Notes of Inspiration were written and given to Back 2 School Illinois
• Thousands of school supplies donated
• 103,680 meals were packaged during Pack Shack Funnel Party