News
Volunteer Spotlight : Don Eberhard
FUNDRAISING NEWS : JOYFUL GIVING CAMPAIGN
Just in time for the holidays! Our Fundraising Committee had asked our HOV volunteers to help find opportunities to benefit our agency during these economically challenged times. One of our volunteers offered an idea that sounded good to us.
SCAM ALERT
I recently received a call from one of our volunteers who told me his parents recently were involved in a scam known as "The Grandparents Scam," so we wanted to warn you. According to Consumeraffairs.com, the grandparents scam usualy works like this:
You receive a phone call from someone who greets you with, "Hi Grandma."
"Hi."
"Do you know who this is?"
"Jeremy?"
"Yeah!"
Without knowing it, you just made a mistake. Instead of saying, "No, I don't know who this is," you supplied the scammer with the name of a grandchild. He then proceeds to impersonate that grandchild.
Your "grandchild" claims he's gotten into some kind of trouble -- auto accident, overdue rent, minor brush with the law -- and needs money to fix the situation. "Can you please help? But don't tell mom. She'd kill me if she found out!"
Gayle Young
My name is Gayle Young. I am the new Administrative Clerk for Heart of the Valley through the Council on Aging's Title V Program. I live in San Jose, California. My husband and I have been married for almost 30 years. My husband retired because he has gradually become low vision impaired. We have a "Brady Bunch," two sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren so far.
I like to cook and bake. I also like to embroider baby blankets and the rules to card games. We play Books and Runs, and computer games.
I have been trying to re-invent me. My youngest son, Jason decided with his mentors blessing to go for his dream and start his own til and stone restoration business. He asked me to take care of the books for him. I want to help him with his business venture and maybe eventually I can start my own bookkeeping business. Recently my aunt decided she did not want to take care of the books for the family partnership so she handed over the books to me to mange. i decided it would be a good idea to go back to school to learn accounting.
VEHICLE DONATIONS AND TAX DEDUCTIONS
Donations of “things” to non profits usually count toward the year in which the donation is made---take a box of clothes to the Goodwill and you get to take the deduction in that year.
However, the rules for deducting the fair market value of a vehicle are different. The IRS code section changed at the end of 2004, but how often does one donate a car? The qualified charity has to sell the car first, and then you get to deduct the gross proceeds of the sale. Heart of the Valley will report this amount to you and handle the DMV paperwork.
