<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Brian Zapf <<a href="mailto:bzapf@alternatives.org">bzapf@alternatives.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 3, 2011 9:01:30 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">HSC Listserve <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>All Things VITA</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Brian Zapf <<a href="mailto:bzapf@alternatives.org">bzapf@alternatives.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>Thanks to broad community support, Alternatives will once again be hosting a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Any family with income under $49,000, or any individual with no dependents with income less than $30,000, is eligible for free tax preparation. Tax returns are prepared by volunteers certified by the IRS and every return is reviewed by Alternatives' VITA staff.<br><br>Once again Tompkins 2-1-1 will be screening and scheduling appointments for us starting on Jan 10th. Our first appointments will be on Tuesday January 18th. Our regular schedule here at the credit union will be:<br>Tuesdays: 10am-1pm and 3-8pm<br>Wednesdays: 3-8pm<br>Thursdays: 3-8pm<br>Saturdays: 10am-2pm<br><br>We will also be hosting additional satellite sites in Caroline, Dryden, and/or Groton. For additional information, call 2-1-1 (or 877-211-8667).<br><br>Please share this information with family, friends, and clients. If anyone wants a poster or some handouts, please email me directly at <a href="mailto:bzapf@alternatives.org">bzapf@alternatives.org</a><br><br>If anyone is interested in helping out please let me know by filling out a very short form at<br><a href="https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=picUaT8WXzlzdOPEFywDqIg">https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=picUaT8WXzlzdOPEFywDqIg</a><br><br>Tax training sessions start this week and continue through January 15th.<br><br>Happy New Year,<br><br>BZ<br><br>-- <br><br>===---==---==---===<<<>>>===---==---==---===<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brian Zapf<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Community Tax Program Director<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Alternatives Federal Credit Union<br> 125 North Fulton Street, Ithaca, NY 14850<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>607-216-3459 607-273-4611<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> FAX# 607-277-6391<br>bzapf@alternatives.org www.alternatives.org<br>===---==---==---===<<<>>>===---==---==---===<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br></body></html>