To our community,
National Estate Planning Awareness Week, Oct. 16-22, is just around the corner and it is estimated nationally only 46% of Americans have a will.
Confronting one’s own mortality, or that of a loved one, can be intimidating. That said, failing to do so can harm your family, rob you of the opportunity to direct what happens to your possessions and deprive yourself of having some of the most meaningful conversations of your entire life with those you love most.
Making a planned gift from your estate can allow you to be imaginative and think bigger about the causes, organizations and community you care about most.
Is there a program you would like to see started or improved? A project that would elevate your community? If so, a gift from your estate could be the catalyst to make it possible, even if you don’t think you have a lot to contribute.
You may be surprised by the size of gifts you can make while still generously providing for your family. A planned gift can act as the final grace note on a life well lived and serve as a personal testament of the priorities that mattered most to you in life.
At the end of your life, what do you want your legacy to be?
Mike Christensen
Chehalis
