🔦 Flash Challenge: Simplify Your Life 🔦
2025-08-12 - 2025-08-14
🎉 Just like Taylor Swift, we’ve got a surprise drop for you! 🎉
It’s time for a brand-new Flash Challenge — and this one is all about making life a little easier.
🔦 Flash Challenge: Simplify Your Life 🔦
We’re calling on YOU to share your best tip, trick, or life hack that helps you Simplify Your Life — whether it’s something you use at work or in your personal routine.
🏆 Here’s how it works:

📌 Post your tip in the Off-Topic Lounge
🏷️ Use the hashtag #ADCSimplify
💡 One submission per team member
🎯 Earn 25 points for your submission!

This is an easy and fun way to score BIG points for your team — and who doesn’t love discovering a new way to make life just a bit smoother? Let’s simplify, share, and win! ✨

🌞 Flash Challenge: Fave Summer Memory + Back To School Bonus! 🎒
2025-08-19 - 2025-08-21
It’s time for a new Flash Challenge — and this one is all about celebrating the summer vibes and the excitement of a fresh start! ☀️📚
We want to hear from YOU — what was your favorite memory from this summer? Whether it was a trip, a moment with friends or family, or just a quiet weekend that made you smile, share the memory that made this summer unforgettable!
And don’t forget — we’re adding a Back To School Bonus! ✏️🍎
🏆 Here’s how it works:
📌 Post your summer memory in the Off-Topic Lounge
🏷️ Use the hashtag #ADCSummerMemory
📝 One regular submission plus one Back To School Bonus submission allowed per team member!
🎯 Earn 25 points for each approved submission — that’s up to 50 points total!
This is a fun and meaningful way to share a slice of your summer, get inspired by your teammates’ adventures, and kick off the new season with big team spirit and even bigger points! 🌟
Let’s reminisce, share, and WIN! 🔥

August Book Club Meeting
2025-08-28 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
August’s Book Club meets at 7pm ET on August 28th. The book of the month is Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid!
In Person Meeting Participants and/or Readers Should Complete the Participant Form for Team Credit:

📸 End-of-Summer August Photo Challenge 🏅- Ends
2025-08-31
Let’s send summer off in style! ☀️🍃 This August, every time you log an activity on Racery, snap and upload a photo – whether it’s an action shot, a scenic view, or a pic of your destination. 📷🌄 All photos will be featured in the Photo Gallery!
🎯 Bonus: Each photo you upload = 10 participation points!
But here’s the fun part…
At the end of the month, the top 3 photos with the most LIKES ❤️ will rack up big points for their teams:
🥇 1st place – 300 CW25 points
🥈 2nd place – 150 CW25 points
🥉 3rd place – 75 CW25 points
So grab your camera, get moving, and start collecting those likes! 📸🔥

🌟 September Self-Improvement Challenge 🌟 - Starts
2025-09-02
Celebrate National Self-Improvement Month with Us!
September is all about growth—and we’re inviting you to take part in a month-long challenge focused on learning, development, and personal wins. Self-improvement means something different to everyone. However, the basis for any self-improvement goal is learning.

🎯 The Challenge:
Set one goal at the start of the month that focuses on:

Learning something new
Improving or mastering a skill
Developing personally or professionally

The goal can be work-related (e.g., mastering a new tool, improving communication) or life-related (e.g., learning to cook a new dish, starting a meditation routine). The only rule? It should help you grow.

📅 Timeline:

Set Your Goal and Share by 9/5:
✅ Set your goal and share it in the Off Topic Lounge using #ADCGrowMode – or, if you’d prefer to participate more privately, you can submit it using this google form instead (https://forms.gle/RAmUPTFh9V2CzD448).

🎁 Earn 25 points just for sharing your goal!

📚 Flash Challenge: Read a Book Day 📚
2025-09-09 - 2025-09-11
📚 Get Ready to Drop Some Book Love 📚

It’s Read a Book Day on September 6th, and we’re celebrating with a challenge for all the bookworms out there. Here’s your chance to earn 25 points just by sharing a book that speaks to you!

📖 Some ideas include:

Fave Book of All Time: That one book you always go back to — the GOAT of your bookshelf.
On Your To-Read List: A book you’ve been dying to dive into — let us know what’s next on your list!
Your Go-To Recommendation: The book you always tell people they have to read — spread the word!
Most Loved Book You Own: Signed copy? Dog-eared pages? Limited edition? A cover you adore? We’d love to see it!

📍 Drop your post in the Off Topic Lounge Zoom Room and tag it with #ADCBookDay.

Just one submission per person — so make it count and earn your 25 points!

📖 Bonus Chapter: Join the ADC Book Club!
Love talking about books? The ADC Book Club is open to all and meets once a month to chat about great reads, share recommendations, and connect over stories. Come for the books, stay for the community! Reach out to Kim Luque to be added to the zoom room and calendar invite.

🗓️ Contest runs from September 9th-11th. Time to turn the page and share your story!

🎉Flash Challenge: National States and Capitols 🎉
2025-09-23 - 2025-09-25
🗽 It’s National States & Capitals Day — Let’s See Where You’ve Been (or Want to Go) and Why!
Here’s your chance to earn up to 50 points — all you need to do is rep your favorite (or future favorite) places across the U.S. and why!
🔥 Earn 10 Points Per Entry — Up to 5 Total Submissions!

Post one or more of the following:
☑️ Your home state
☑️ A U.S. state capital you’ve visited
☑️ A state capital you want to visit
☑️ For our Philippines staff, showcase your Provinces!
Each unique entry gets you 10 points, with a max of 5 submissions = 50 points total!
📍 Drop your post in the Off Topic Lounge Zoom Room and tag it with #StatesAndCapitalsDay.

🌟 September Self-Improvement Challenge 🌟 - Ends
2025-09-30

🎃 Costume Contest 2025 Begins 🎃
2025-10-01
🎃 Costume Contest 2025 Begins🎃
We’re excited to invite all ADC team members to participate in this year’s spooktacular Costume Contest! Whether you’re going solo or dressing up as a group, we want to see your most creative, funny, or frightful looks.
🧡 How to Enter:Dress up in your best costume (individual (ADC team member) or group (ADC team member w/ family or friends) or both), snap a photo, and share it right here by November 4th.
🗳️ Voting:Come back in early November to vote for your favorite costumes in both the individual and group categories!
🏆 Prizes & Points:
👤 Individual Category🎃 10 Color Wars Points for every submission🥇 150 Color Wars Points for 1st Place🥈 125 Color Wars Points for 2nd Place🥉 100 Color Wars Points for 3rd Place
👥 Group Category🎃 10 Color Wars Points per team member for every submission🥇 150 Color Wars Points for 1st Place🥈 125 Color Wars Points for 2nd Place🥉 100 Color Wars Points for 3rd Place

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest 2025 Begins 🎃
2025-10-01
🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest 2025 Begins🎃
It’s that time of year again! We’re inviting all ADC team members — and your families — to show off your pumpkin carving skills!
🧡 How to Participate:Carve your pumpkin, snap a photo, and share it right here by November 4th.
🗳️ Voting:Come back in early November to vote for your favorites!
🏆 Prizes & Points:
🎃 10 Points for every submission
🥇 150 Points for 1st Place
🥈 125 Points for 2nd Place
🥉 100 Points for 3rd Place
Get creative, get carving, and let’s make this year’s contest the best one yet!

🎉 National Boss’s Day 🎉
2025-10-16
🎉 National Boss’s Day is HERE! 🎉
Time to give some major props to the people who help guide us, support us, and occasionally remind us where the mute button is on Zoom. 😅
💼 Whether your boss is a meeting magician, a pun-dropping pro, or just someone who always has your back — today’s the day to show them some love!
In Zoom, Nectar, Chat, Text, Carrier Pigeon, or however you would like to reach out, let’s make their day as awesome as they make ours! 🙌

🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
2025-10-31

🧀 Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: Appetizers
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-07
Get ready to 🍳 cook, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, it’s all about 🥟 Appetizers — those irresistible bites that kick off any meal just right. Share your favorite starter, dip, or finger food recipe that always gets the crowd talking, and get inspired by your fellow ADC team members’ 👩‍🍳 tasty creations.
Let’s fill our cookbook with fun, flavorful dishes that bring everyone together from the very first bite! ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s cooking this week! 📖✨

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest 2025 Ends 🎃
2025-11-04
🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest 2025 Ends 🎃
It’s that time of year again! We’re inviting all ADC team members — and your families — to show off your pumpkin carving skills!
🧡 How to Participate:Carve your pumpkin, snap a photo, and share it right here by November 4th.
🗳️ Voting:Come back in early November to vote for your favorites!
🏆 Prizes & Points:
🎃 10 Points for every submission
🥇 150 Points for 1st Place
🥈 125 Points for 2nd Place
🥉 100 Points for 3rd Place
Get creative, get carving, and let’s make this year’s contest the best one yet!

🎃 Costume Contest 2025 Ends🎃
2025-11-04
🎃 Costume Contest 2025 Ends🎃
We’re excited to invite all ADC team members — and your families — to participate in this year’s spooktacular Costume Contest! Whether you’re going solo or dressing up as a group, we want to see your most creative, funny, or frightful looks.
🧡 How to Enter:Dress up in your best costume (individual (ADC team member) or group (ADC team member w/ family or friends) or both), snap a photo, and share it right here by November 4th.
🗳️ Voting:Come back in early November to vote for your favorite costumes in both the individual and group categories!
🏆 Prizes & Points:
👤 Individual Category🎃 10 Color Wars Points for every submission🥇 150 Color Wars Points for 1st Place🥈 125 Color Wars Points for 2nd Place🥉 100 Color Wars Points for 3rd Place
👥 Group Category🎃 10 Color Wars Points per team member for every submission🥇 150 Color Wars Points for 1st Place🥈 125 Color Wars Points for 2nd Place🥉 100 Color Wars Points for 3rd Place
Get creative, get dressed up, and let’s make this year’s costume contest the best one yet!

Lunch and Learn 🍽️📓
2025-11-06
🍽️ Lunch and Learn🗓 Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025🕐 Time: 1:00 PM ET
Join us for our next Lunch and Learn session, hosted by Client Services Director Kim Luque. This informative session will feature tips and updates on:🤖 AI Tools & Tips📧 Outlook Productivity Hacks📝 OneNote Best Practices💰 UseTax Overview🧾 Xenett Updates
Bring your lunch 🥪 and your questions ❓—don’t miss it!

🍽️ Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: Entrees
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-14
Get ready to 🍳 cook, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, it’s all about 🍗 Entrees — the stars of the table. Share your go-to main dish recipe that always steals the show, and get inspired by your fellow ADC team members’ 👩‍🍳 culinary creations.
Let’s fill our cookbook with hearty, crowd-pleasing favorites that bring everyone together! ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s cooking this week! 📖✨

🥗 Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: Side Dishes
2025-11-17 - 2025-11-21
Get ready to 🍳cook, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, it’s all about 🥔 Side Dishes — the perfect partners to any main course! From creamy casseroles to fresh salads and everything in between, share your favorite side that always completes the meal, and get inspired by your fellow ADC team members’ 👩‍🍳 delicious creations.
Let’s fill our cookbook with tasty, crowd-pleasing sides that make every plate shine! ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s cooking this week! 📖✨

🦃 Thanksgiving Holiday 🦃
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28
Office Closure for Thanksgiving Holiday
In celebration of Thanksgiving, TheAccountingDepartment.com offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday.
We encourage our team members to take this time to relax, recharge, and enjoy meaningful moments with family and friends.

🎄 Holiday Decor Contest Starts 🎄
2025-12-01
🎄 Holiday Decor Contest 🎄
It’s time to light up the season! Whether you’re hanging lights outdoors, decorating your tree, or turning your space into a holiday masterpiece—we want to see your festive creativity in full display.
All ADC Team members are invited to share photos of their holiday décor—inside, outside, or both!
🏠🎁 Spread joy, showcase your holiday spirit, and inspire your teammates with your dazzling designs.
Submit Holiday Decor Submissions Here

🍰 Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: Desserts
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-05
Get ready to 🍳 cook, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, it’s all about 🍪 Desserts — the grand finale of every great meal! From cakes and cookies to pies and puddings, share your favorite sweet treat that always hits the spot, and get inspired by your fellow ADC team members’ 👩‍🍳 mouthwatering creations.
Let’s fill our cookbook with decadent, crowd-pleasing desserts that make every occasion a little sweeter! ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s cooking this week! 📖✨

🎄 Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: ADC Cookie Swap
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-12
Get ready to 🍳 bake, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, it’s all about 🍪 Cookies! Celebrate the season with our ADC Cookie Swap — from classic sugar cookies to family favorites passed down through generations. Share your most-loved cookie recipe, and get inspired by your fellow ADC team members’ 👩‍🍳 festive creations.
Let’s fill our cookbook with sweet traditions that bring warmth and holiday cheer to every kitchen! ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s baking this week! 📖✨

🌍 Weekly Cookbook Dish Out: Cultural Dishes
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-19
Get ready to 🍳 cook, share, and taste your way through our ADC.Family Weekly Cookbook Dish Out — where each week we spotlight a new category from our company cookbook!
This week, we’re celebrating 🌎 Cultural Dishes — the recipes that bring our family traditions and global flavors to life. Whether it’s an Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes, homemade tamales, flavorful curries, or cherished recipes passed down through generations, share a dish that represents your culture or a special family story.
Let’s fill our cookbook with delicious traditions that connect us through food, flavor, and family. ❤️
👉 Visit the ADC.Family Cookbook to explore recipes, add your own, and see what’s cooking around the world this week! 📖✨

🎄 Christmas Holiday 🎄
2025-12-25
Office Closure for Christmas Holiday
In celebration of the Christmas holiday, The AccountingDepartment.com offices will be closed on Christmas Day.
We encourage our team members to take this time to relax, recharge, and enjoy meaningful moments with family and loved ones.

🎉 New Years Holiday 🎉
2026-01-01
Office Closure for New Year’s Day
In celebration of the New Year, The AccountingDepartment.com offices will be closed on New Year’s Day.
We encourage our team members to take this time to reflect on the past year, recharge, and welcome the new year with family and loved ones.

🎄 Holiday Decor Contest Ends 🎄
2026-01-07

⭐ Martin Luther King Jr. Day ⭐
2026-01-20
📅 AccountingDepartment.com recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a potential floating holiday. Team members may choose to observe this holiday in accordance with company policy.
📌 For additional details, please see the Employee Time Off – Holidays OSCAR post.

🎉 2026 Color Wars Kick Off 🎉
2026-02-03
🎉 The countdown is over—it’s time to kick off the 2026 Color Wars!
Stay tuned for exciting announcements, including brand-new teams, fresh colors, and more surprises ahead. 🏆

🍕 ADC's Annual Virtual Pizza Party 🍕
2026-02-06
January may be known for 1099s—but the real reward comes in February with the Annual ADC Pizza Party! 🍕
As a thank you to everyone for their hard work during 1099 season, AccountingDepartment.com will host its annual Pizza Party on the first Friday of February, once 1099s are officially complete.
New to ADC and wondering how a pizza party works in a virtual environment? We’ve got you covered! A fresh, piping-hot cheese pizza will be delivered to each team member’s home at 12:00 PM on Friday, February 6th, so you can relax, recharge, and enjoy lunch on us after a busy season.
Thank you for everything you do to help keep ADC the leading provider of outsourced accounting services. Once your pizza arrives, don’t forget to snap a photo and share it with your fellow team members in the #Off Topic Lounge Zoom Room! 🍕

⭐ President's Day ⭐
2026-02-16
📅 AccountingDepartment.com recognizes Presidents Day as a potential floating holiday. Team members may choose to observe this holiday in accordance with company policy.
📌 For additional details, please see the Employee Time Off – Holidays OSCAR post.
