Category: Volunteerism
Students spend spring break helping at VITA site
While most students were enjoying spring break in sunny Florida, students from these two high schools spent their vacation preparing income tax returns as IRS-certified volunteers at their campus.
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Giving Back: United Way volunteer happy to do his part to move community forward
Jacksonville has become home to Rowe and his family, and he sees his efforts to serve others as part of taking care of that home. It is part of his own servant-led approach to life.
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Giving Back: Volunteer with RealSense takes his childhood lessons to heart
Helping a client gain confidence to make changes, to budget better or manage a checking account is what RealSense is all about. Flagg’s research demonstrated that methods used to teach RealSense clients were working
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Giving Back: Being a mentor helped transition to fatherhood
Kutzer, a financial analyst, became a United Way volunteer after chairing United Way’s annual giving campaign at Arizona Chemical, where Kutzer has worked for the last eight years. Kutzer was struck by the need for volunteers, especially male role models.
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Giving Back: United Way volunteer tax preparer delights in helping others
Norris has volunteered as a tax preparer with RealSense for 16 years, inspired to help when she realized families who desperately needed extra money were going without accurate tax refunds.
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