United Way of the Wine Country needs YOU to volunteer for the 24-25 Earn it! Keep it! Save it! Tax Assistance Program!

During last tax season, our amazing volunteers helped bring back $9 million in State and Federal tax refunds ($100 million through time) to our local low-to-moderate income individuals and families, helping many of them file for the first time by providing free ITIN applications and renewals. Volunteers helped clients who made less than $79,000 combined household income to build more financial stability in their lives, as well as provided education and access to other financial asset-building resources that will help them thrive in the long run. Our volunteers are the heart of our program! The need for your time and talents has never been more urgent.

It’s that time again where we are seeking to recruit and train Tax Preparers, Intake Coordinators (Greeters), and Interpreters for our community tax sites across the five counties in which we serve (see attached volunteer opportunity descriptions). Our veteran volunteers may have already heard from their eager Site Coordinator (SC) from last year and confirmed their participation for this upcoming season. We need all volunteers, returning and new, to go through our volunteer portal registration process to add you as an EKS volunteer for this upcoming season. (Note: if you do not see your preferred site listed in the volunteer portal, it means they are no longer an active tax site next tax season. Please choose another site whose schedule works for you.)

See volunteer position descriptions in the links below.

REGISTER TODAY! Click here to REGISTER in our volunteer portal as a New or Returning Volunteer.

Regional Volunteer Training Plans to Date:

• Sonoma County: Currently we have training plans for Sonoma County confirmed (see training schedule link below).
• Humboldt Training TBD: If you volunteer in Humboldt, we will be reaching out to let you know what trainings will be offered in coordination with the Site Coordinators there.
• Mendocino/Lake Training TBD: If you volunteer in Mendo/Lake, we will be reaching out to let you know what trainings will be offered in coordination with the Site Coordinators there.

Returning tax preparer volunteers: Training materials, Test Book 6744 and the Pub 4012 have been updated on irs.gov. if you would like to take a look and get started early or just warm up your brain on what is to come.

Sonoma County Returning Tax Preparing Volunteers and Site Coordinators: If you have not already done so, you can pick up your FREE training materials bag M-F from 9am – 3pm at the Sonoma County Law Library located at 2604 Ventura Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Please knock on the door and someone will let you in. Please be sure to sign your name when you pick up your bag.

Volunteer Tax Preparer Job Description
Volunteer Interpreter Job Description
Volunteer Intake Coordinator Job Description
EKS Volunteer Flyer 24 25
EKS 23 24 Annual Report Flyer
EKS Volunteer Training Schedule 24 25