Parks & Recreation is offering assistance filing individual taxes to area seniors with help from AARP.  Residents do not need to be AARP members to receive help, and there is no fee to participate.

Tax assistance is available on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. – 12 noon beginning February 13th.  Appointments last 45 minutes and must be made in advance.  Call 689-8484 to make an appointment at the Neil Road Recreation Center located at 3925 Neil Road in South Reno. 

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Baby, it’s cold outside!  But you can help warm things up by participating in the “Jump Shots for Jackets” winter clothes drive at the Reno Events Center on December 13 prior to the Reno Bighorns game.

Just bring a new or gently used coat, jacket, hat or gloves to help the underprivileged. The first 150 fans to donate any of those items will receive a lift ticket, courtesy of the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort. (A $60 value!)

Beginning at 1 p.m., a Reno Fire Department ladder truck and the Reno Police Department’s K-9 unit will be on-hand outside the Reno Events Center for children to enjoy. Bruno, the Bighorns’ beloved mascot, and members of the Reno Dance Team will also be on-hand to sign autographs and mingle with the crowd. Read the rest of this entry »

As a measure to help serve underprivileged members of the local community in the winter months, the Reno Bighorns will be hosting Jump Shots for Jackets, a special coat and winter clothes drive, on Dec. 13 at the Reno Events Center, prior to that day’s game.

The Bighorns will team with Ashlee’s Toy Closet, the Reno Police and Fire Departments and the City of Reno, City of Sparks and Washoe County through the involvement of the Community Assistance Center.

Fans are encouraged to donate new or gently used coats, jackets, hats and gloves to help the underprivileged. The first 150 fans to donate any of these items will receive a lift ticket courtesy of the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, a $60 value. Read the rest of this entry »