by Ilona Kerby | Apr 3, 2013 | News
Lower Columbia Community Action Program (CAP) and trained American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) tax aide volunteers will provide free tax assistance to filers of all ages and incomes through April 15 at three sites in Longview: Lower Columbia CAP, 1526...
by Ilona Kerby | Apr 1, 2013 | Blog
Angela Fowler knows what it’s like to stand in the CAP alley at 5:00 in the morning, waiting in line to sign up for energy assistance. She is also a member of the CAP Board of Directors, so when Executive Director Ilona Kerby decided to find a better way to handle the...
by Ilona Kerby | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog
Between February 1 and March 20, CAP & AARP Tax Aide volunteers helped 682 people complete their returns, bringing $1.1 million into our community! This is more than all the money that came from the 993 returns they helped complete last year, and there is still...
by Ilona Kerby | Mar 14, 2013 | Blog
We don’t always know when we have made a big difference in someone’s life. Sometimes we find out. “You have improved my life beyond measure,” wrote a disabled veteran to Melissa Cozadd of CAP’s Financial Independence Center. He was homeless, staying in transitional...
by Ilona Kerby | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog
Whenever you hear a cowbell clanging inside the CAP building, it means that another person has just been hired through the Career & Family Development Department. Last week (Feb 25-Mar 1), that bell rang eleven times! One of those successes was Jessica Grothen,...
