Students selected the finalists and then community members chose the winning poster, which was unveiled at a community celebration designed to help get the word out about the VITA program. With support from a First Nations Development Institute grant, Family and Consumer Education Teacher Marie Raasch purchased prizes for all the students who entered. In 2007, about 30 students entered posters in the contest, including a few juniors from the optional Futures in Finance II course. Since 2005, they've taken part in an annual poster design contest that has helped increase the use of VITA sites and resulted in a greater volume of tax refunds and credits for families on the reservation.Įach fall, freshmen in the school's mandatory Futures in Finance I class create posters to illustrate the concept of saving money on tax preparation.

That kind of money speaks volumes to students at Menominee Indian High School. or one of its affiliates.Working families on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Menominee County, Wis., spend an average of $275 for tax preparation services when they could get the same help for free through a local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site. All rights reserved. All hotels are either franchised by the company, or managed by Wyndham Hotel Management, Inc. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC.

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