 It has been said that people who complain about taxes can be
divided into two classes: men and women.
But not one complaint was heard at the 5th Annual Volunteer
Recognition Celebration at Dave & Buster’s on May 2nd, 2008, as
nearly 200 volunteers and supporters of the Real$ense Prosperity
Campaign were on hand at Dave and Buster’s to celebrate another
successful tax season.
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• MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008 –
Money Smart Train the Trainer
(details to follow).
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 This year, due to time constraints at the Volunteer
Celebration and the fact that the Real$ense volunteers
have grown in numbers,VITA Site Coordinators and Tax-
Aide Local Coordinators were asked to do the impossible
and designate one volunteer to win their “Choice
Award,” as the outstanding volunteer at each site.
(See Choice Award winners sidebar.)
“George Meyer was my Choice Volunteer,” said
Sylvia Wren, AARP Tax Aide Local Coordinator at the Beaches Regional Library. “He’s always there
to help everyone.” Sylvia talked of Meyer’s sensitive, caring help to a widow whose husband had
always handled taxes in the past. “So many widows and widowers come to us absolutely terrified
of doing taxes for the first time by themselves,” Sylvia noted. “That’s where great volunteers
like George come in. And when they’ve finished with a tax return, they have grateful clients.”
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• Article in the St. Augustine Record about Real$ense and its partners on Saturday, May 10,
2008; http://staugustine.com/stories/051008/community_051008_011.shtml
• Article in the Florida Times-Union about Real$ense and its partners on Saturday, May 17, 2008;
Southside Community; http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/052408/ner_281919052.shtml
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Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry,
Alice Baker
Beaches Regional Library, George F. Meyer
Bradham-Brooks Library, Robert P. Becker
Clay County WorkSource, Debra Ames
Department of Children & Families, Carl Smith
Edward Waters College, Schara Wilson
FCCJ North Campus, Mary Ellen Sperow
*Some locations still have not chosen a winner;
details will come as we receive them.
>> See the whole list of winners
Not so very long ago in our community,
Were different types of people who lived
financially dangerously.
Money, when it reached their hands,
was all too swiftly spent,
Because they had no knowledge of money
management.
They did not keep a budget,
Making purchases without care,
And when an emergency came about,
A savings was not there.
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