Free Resource Fair and Tax Clinic for Local Residents

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  3/8/2011

Media Contact:

Ondrea Keith

440.935.7259

okeith@oberlin.edu

Free Resource Fair and Tax Clinic for Local Residents

Free Resource Fair to be held at the Oberlin Depot on March 19^th and Free Community Tax Clinic to be held March 19^th and April 10^th 

OBERLIN, OH – A free Community Resource Fair will be held on Saturday, March 19^th at the Oberlin Depot.  The Fair will feature local education, recreation, and aid organizations.  The event is being organized by Ondrea Keith, an AmeriCorps* VISTA hosted through a partnership between the Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio and Oberlin College’s Bonner Center for Service and Learning (BCSL).  The Resource Fair will be held in at the same time as a Free Community Tax Clinic at Oberlin Community Services.

“I’m excited to expand March 19^th beyond taxes and have information about summer camps, local food, and benefits,” said Ms. Keith.  “I want the Resource Fair to connect people to something new in the community, whether it’s an organization they want to volunteer at or a service that meets a need.”

Among the organizations that will be at the fair are Legal Aid of Cleveland, First Merit Bank, Ohio Educational Credit Union, Oberlin Heritage Center, and the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts.

The Free Community Resource Fair is open to any interested persons from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Oberlin Depot on March 19^th 2011. 

The Free Community Tax Clinic is only open by appointment.  The service, provided by the Ohio Benefit Bank, is free to all Ohioans who qualify, which is many with an annual household income of less than $60,000.  To make an appointment (appointments are limited) Saturday, March 19^th or Sunday, April 10th from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or for more information call Ondrea Keith at 440.935.7259.