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Mayor Lombardi Recognizes
Tri-Town's Volunteer Efforts
Mayor Charles Lombardi declares Tuesday, April, 1, 2014 as National Service Recognition Day in Town of North Providence.
 | | Mayor Charles Lombardi, Tri-Town CEO, Joseph DeSantis, and some of Tri-Town's volunteers celebrate 2014 National Service Recognition Day. |
North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi presented 11 volunteers with citations and thanked them for their efforts as part of National Service Recognition Day on April, 1, 2014. The Mayor congratulated the volunteers on their "commitment and dedication to the low income citizens of the Town (of North Providence)" The event was part of a national day of recognition sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and was held by mayors in 1,786 cities. In Rhode Island, nine mayors including Mayor Tavaras (Providence), Mayor Avedisan (Warwick) and Mayor Fung (Cranston), joined Mayor Lombardi to thank the volunteers working within their communities.
This was the second annual event of its kind sponsored by CNCS and was intended to focus attention on the efforts of two main volunteer programs operated by CNCS - the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and AmeriCorps. Tri-Town currently has seven AmeriCorps service members who work in combination with four Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) tax preparers to provide low and moderate income families with free tax preparation and financial literacy counseling.
The seven AmeriCorps members include Leidy James, Chang Xiong, Kianna Nelson, Charles Haigh, Meridith May, Stephanie Garafalo, and Paula Duhamel. VITA volunteers include Elizabeth Segovis, Ann Garafaloni, Vincent Detora and Peter Detora.
Together, these volunteers have helped to prepare 469 federal and 553 state returns totaling over $780,000 in refunds. Based on estimates from the National Community Tax Law Coalition, that means a savings to low income families of over $118,000 in private tax preparation fees!
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