For Immediate Release: January 2, 2007

Free Tax Help at Your Oakland Library

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(Oakland, CA)—Looking for some good news about tax time? How about some free help finishing and filing all those forms? Oakland Public Library, in partnership with the American Association for Retired Persons, offers free tax assistance from February 1 through April 16, 2007. Trained volunteers are ready to help at the following library locations. Be sure to bring copies of your last year’s federal and state tax returns and all materials pertaining to your 2006 tax forms (and your spouse, if filing jointly!). Seniors, ages 60 plus, will be given preference at walk-in sites only. Please call ahead to confirm times.

Oakland Main Library
125 14th Street
Mondays, 10 am to 1:30 pm
Fridays, 12:30 to 4 pm
Saturdays, 10 am to 3 pm
(510) 238-3134
Walk-ins only; no advance appointments .

César E. Chávez Branch Library
3301 East 12th Street, Suite 271
Tuesdays, 12:30 to 7:30 pm
Thursdays, 12 to 5 pm
Bilingual Spanish/English
(510) 535-5620
Walk-ins only; no advance appointments.

Dimond Branch Library
3565 Fruitvale Avenue
Tuesdays, 12:30 to 5 pm
Thursdays, 10 am to 3 pm
(510) 482-7844
Call for appointment; some walk-ins accepted.

Temescal Branch Library
5205 Telegraph Avenue
Thursdays, 10 am to 2 pm, (510) 597-5049
Call for an appointment

This free service is being brought to you by the Oakland Public Library and the American Association for Retired Persons. The Oakland Public Library is a department of the City of Oakland. All library facilities are wheelchair accessible.

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