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  Generosity Gives the Gift of Camp POSTCARD to 150 Maine Kids

  Every year for almost two decades, Volunteers of America’s Camp POSTCARD has sprung into being in the Maine countryside for one beautiful week in June and helped change the lives of as many as 150 kids per year. How’s that possible? “If you ask me,” says Jacob Roberson, Director of Development and Donor Relations for Volunteers of America, “a great program like Camp POSTCARD depends crucially on every single one of its parts...
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  Former Camper Inspired to Become a Camp POSTCARD Leader

  Back in 2002 — not so long ago — there was a young Maine girl named Shannon who was taking up with the wrong kinds of friends, sneaking out of her home, and testing limits with her parents. But Shannon was one of the lucky ones. She had a D.A.R.E. (“Drug Abuse Resistance Education”) counselor at her middle school who encouraged her to volunteer to attend Camp POSTCARD as a junior counselor. “My first year at camp was pretty special,” she says today. “For the first time in my life, I got to step in and help other kids if they were having tough...
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  Tax Volunteers Help Mainers Access $2.6 million in tax credits

  The CA$H Maine Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Coalitions, including the Midcoast coalition, have much to celebrate after the 2012 tax season came to close in April. The nine coalitions helped nearly 4,000 taxpayers in Maine file their taxes and learn ways to make the most of their hard-earned money. Dedicated volunteers helped these taxpayers access crucial tax credits, like the Earned Income Tax Credit and the American Opportunity Credit, bringing back to the state economy about $2.4 million worth of federal tax credits, and a total...
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