A good friend of mine, Mr. John Arenberg works as the District Technical Coordinator for the AARP and he is also a volunteer with the AARP Tax Aide program, preparing tax returns for senior citizens and low-income taxpayers. Due to overwhelming success in recruiting volunteers for this program, John is now in need of new or gently-used laptop computers for this tax season.
Quite simply, AARP has more volunteers than computers. Rather than turn away volunteers, a few more computers could greatly increase the number of tax returns prepared. Tax season begins Feb. 1, so the need is pressing.
You can donate a laptop as a tax deductible contribution. Or you can loan a laptop temporarily for the duration of this tax season which ends April 15.
The technical requirements for the laptop in order to run our tax preparation software is:
• 2.0 GHz processor or higher
• 512 MB or more of RAM
• Microsoft® Windows XP (SP2)
• 32-speed or higher CD-ROM Drive
• Super VGA 1024 x 768, High Color/16 Bit display or better
• Ethernet port
• USB port
Please let John know if you can donate or lend him a computer for this tax season. Thank you.
John Arenberg epca@bellsouth.net
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