RealSense Prosperity Campaign MobileTax Team Making Community Inroads The RealSense Prosperity Campaign is making community inroads with a mobile tax team that takes free tax preparation to local employers and community organizations. This year the mobile tax team has already taken its free tax preparation services to several organizations, including Baptist Medical Center, the City of Jacksonville, Catholic Charities, Clay County Utilities, Fifth Third Bank (utilizing the bank’s eBus or electronic bus that was outfitted with computers), Hogan’s Creek (a Jacksonville Housing Authority senior housing residence), and Madison Manor (an apartment complex for people 45 and older). The team also plans to host a tax site on the University of Phoenix campus in conjunction with student appreciation week and will make the service available to students and university staff. “The mobile tax team is a unit that goes to locations and prepares tax returns free of charge. I have a core of four to five volunteers that I work with but I can recruit volunteers from the total body of RealSense volunteers when needed,” said financial consultant Iris Jones, Mobile Tax Team Site Coordinator and volunteer tax preparer. “We’ve reached 70 percent of our goal for tax returns and always offer help for those with other needs such as financial classes or obtaining a credit report.” Jones hopes to take the program a step further next year and set up mobile tax teams for the employers in advance. “People are learning that this is an option for them.We’re trying to come out with new, strategic target areas and we know that we definitely haven’t scratched the surface yet for many populations who can benefit from this service.”