May 2021

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The United Way of Charlotte County Mission: Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

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Every year during our Campaign Celebration we recognize those who supported our mission and contributed to the success of the 2020-2021 campaign. In addition, we will honor outstanding volunteers with a Spirit of VITA award.

Dedicated to Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) This newsletter is dedicated to 33 hardworking VITA volunteers that provided free tax services to our community resulting in 2547 volunteer hours from February through May! You have served tirelessly and we applaud you! Because so many of these amazing volunteers return year after year, we feel they should be recognized again today. VITA Hall of Fame 2017-2018 Steve Vito, Harvey Goldberg 2018-2019 Jenny Mulligan, Karen Moerlein, Emil Reiser 2019-2020 Ethel Miller 2020-2021 Who will be recognized as this year's Spirit Award winners?

Patience and GRACE A VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program update! by UWCC Board Member Marcia M. Cullinan Many volunteers faithfully served our community this year by providing free tax assistance. There were "old faithfuls", not necessarily old but they've been with us for many years and can be faithfully counted on year after year. We also had a tremendous group of "newbies" who jumped right in and were outstanding. And let's not forget Nadia Demyanovskiy, VITA Coordinator! She was also a newbie and pulled us together and made certain we had the tools we needed every single day. Everyone showed patience and grace. Click here to read the full article.

Thank you VITA Team One of our VITA volunteers received a message last week from their client, Molly. "Thank you! I got my return just now. I am grateful for this payment because I needed it bad. Thanks so much for your investment in so many lives." Our dedicated and professional volunteers served Charlotte County with patience and grace.

Click here to read Harvey Goldberg's perspective on VITA during COVID

Katie Wallace and Steve Curasco

Angie Matthiessen and Ethel Miller

VITA Family Cares About You VITA volunteers truly care. It became obvious to me as soon as I started working with volunteers personally. Being part of VITA is being part of a big family that takes care of the community and has dedicated a few months to help those in need.   Click here to read the full quote from Nadia, VITA Coordinator

Local Support Thank you to Centennial Bank for recognizing and sponsoring our VITA program! Together, we serve our seniors and low income families in Charlotte County! Pictured L to R:Angie Matthiessen, VITA Volunteer with Centennial Bank, Kathy Robinson and Tricia LaPointe.

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