AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation service, is seeking volunteers from across the state to aid with 2011 tax returns. Volunteers do not need to be an AARP member or a retiree to participate. Tax-Aide is particularly in need of volunteers who speak both English and Spanish. Volunteers will receive free [...] [...]
Silver Key needs a few good drivers to serve meals to elderly residents and to take them to doctor appointments, the grocery store or recreational outings. Drivers typically work one four-hour shift a week, and provide door-to-door services. For many clients, Silver Key drivers are their only means of transportation. Meals on Wheels drivers use [...] [...]
Six hundred volunteers from the Home Depot Foundation, Home Depot’s “hardlines” departments and company vendors joined with organizers from Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity to do construction and landscape projects on 15 houses in the Woodmen Vistas development. Work began at 7:30 a.m. and will continue through 4 p.m. The Woodmen Vistas development is located [...] [...]
With the help of many in the community, the Health Department has made progress toward providing H1N1 flu vaccination to residents of El Paso County. So many individuals and organizations have pitched in time, equipment, resources, facilities and support for this vital effort! On behalf of the El Paso County Board of Health and the [...] [...]