Volunteer Opportunities
No experience necessary - We will train you!
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Service time from January to April; volunteer for a weekday, weeknight or Saturday.
Choose from sites across the St. Louis region.
Go to GECC Training Page to view training information.
Invite your friends to volunteer with Gateway EITC Community Coalition!
Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities:
Tax Preparers: We are looking for prior year volunteers who have prepared federal and state tax returns electronically. We are asking you to commit to about 36 hours of volunteer time. Tax law training of 12 hours and a minimum of four 4-hour shifts preparing taxes. Volunteer tax preparation work takes place in January through mid-April.
Intake Volunteers: We are looking for people to conduct the initial interview of the families. This involves asking the questions on an intake sheet and filling in the answers. If you are comfortable talking with families and completing forms (and don't want to do taxes) this is the job for you! We are asking you to commit to about 24 hours of volunteer time. Tax law training of 12 hours and a minimum of four 6-hour shifts doing the intake interviews. Volunteer work takes place in January through mid-April.
Greeters: Volunteers are needed to greet taxpayers and determine if taxpayer has all necessary information for tax filing. Volunteers should be comfortable talking with families and completing forms. We are asking you to commit to about 24 hours of volunteer time. This will include 4 hours of training and minimum four 6-hour shifts at a site. Volunteer work takes place January through mid-April.
Appointment Schedulers (remote): Volunteers are needed to answer and return calls to schedule taxpayer appointments. We are asking you to commit to about 20 hours of volunteer time. This will include training. Volunteers should be comfortable learning to use our appointment scheduling software. Volunteer work takes place January through mid-April.
If you would like to volunteer, please sign up here for more information