Hollywood-based Hispanic Unity of Florida is looking for volunteers to participate in a volunteer income tax assistance program.

You can become a certified tax preparer through the IRS-sponsored program at no cost to you.

Participants will assist low-income workers with preparing and completing their income taxes.

Volunteers who can speak Spanish, Portuguese, or Haitian Creole are especially encouraged to join the program, and you must be 18 or older.

Assignments are flexible and based on your schedule, but there is a mandatory 40-hour training for certification.

For more information, call Sandra Tobon at 954-964-8884, ext. 256 or e-mail her at a href="mailto:stobon@hispanicunity.org">stobon@hispanicunity.org.

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