Living Longer The U.S. is #1 in centenarians (100+ years old) with 70,490 (2010). In 1960 the U.S. total was just 4000.
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll
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The first soup was made of hippopotamus. The earliest archeological evidence for the consumption of soup dates back to 6000 BC, and it was hippopotamus soup!
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Charities and Donors Gain from Vehicle Donations Middlemen Ease the Process by Margaret Snider The donation of a vehicle may be one of the largest charitable contributions a person makes in their life. Many local charities accept cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles and other vehicles as tax-deductible donations. Among them are Friends of the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary, Folsom Pioneers, Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Dorado County, Eureka Schools Foundation and Family Connections El Dorado. Your fa-
vorite charities and nonprofits will generally mention on their Web site if they offer such a program. While some sources recommend the donation of vehicles directly to the charity in order to maximize the financial benefit to the organization, many charities (by choice) utilize intermediary services that take the hassle and expense out of managing the donations. We, as the nonprofit, really don’t have to do any-
by Kristen Castillo According to the American Library Association, there are more public libraries than McDonald’s in the US---a total number of 16,604 including branches. And they may be just as busy as the restaurant chain. “There has been nationwide, and definitely at our branches, a 25 percent increase of usage of library services,” says Carolyn Brooks, Branch Manager of the El Dorado Hills Library. The big change in recent years has been the increase of both online and various electronic resources. Rather than being relegated to antiquity by technological
advances, libraries are stepping up and embracing the increasing community need for technology tools. The American Library Association says that 98.7 percent of public libraries provide public access to the Internet, and that libraries are the primary means of online access for people who otherwise have no other path to Internet use. ”We’re putting more funding into our technology,” says Greta Galindo, Library Supervisor for the Folsom Library, “such as our e-books and our eaudiobooks, as well as all the things that we want to have available online
thing, just receive the check, says Executive Director Judy Knapp of Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Dorado County. This is seconded by Tom Peno, who handles the program for vehicle donations at Friends of the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary. The program is pretty much self-operating from our standpoint, as Car Program runs our advertising,
manages the donation process and cuts us a check once the car/truck sells, Peno says. Car Program prepares the marketing materials for us and places them in publications for us...we have no out-of-pocket expenses for the program and it does not take any of our resources to manage the donations. The middleman donation programs are also designed to be pain free for donors. They provide pick-up of the vehicle, and forms needed to claim the donation on your tax return. They may check the participating charitable organizations for qualifying tax status, provide you with a statement of what the car is worth or what it sells for if it is more than the standard deduction, and answer questions See Charites pg. 14
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A look back on 2012 will show just how big a difference they make in our community: Easter - 533 Ham Dinners and 1,012 Easter Baskets; Back 2 School - 787 Backpacks filled with school supplies and 500 pairs of new shoes; Thanksgiving - 814 Turkeys & all the trimmings were given out; Christmas Basket Program with the Folsom Police Department - 893 Families received a Ham or Turkey, all the trimmings, fresh fruit and Bikes/Toys for the children. The Grand total number of families served in 2012 was 12,120 and number of people served was 44,660. The food bank received a miraculous 77 Tons of Food from the community food drives and donations and their volunteers worked over 14,602 Hours. Theses are astounding accomplishments that speak highly to the character and dedication of all those involved. When you get right down to it, the Twin Lakes Food Bank is Changing Lives!
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