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Donna Stiglmeier
Thu, 05/20/2010

Lawrence gets $1.5 million in tax refunds…thanks to 50 volunteers!

Great news for 884 families…Great for the local economy!

Last week, United Way along with the IRS joined four community agencies – Lawrence CommunityWorks, Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Centro de Apoyo Familiar – in thanking 50 volunteers for being the backbone to success of a collaborative effort! Although tax filing is a one-to-one endeavor, gathering together to celebrate was important…this was an all time high return for this third year of the Lawrence EITC Initiative!  read more »

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