Leave A Legacy

LEAVE A LEGACY® Connecticut is a state-wide public awareness effort to encourage people to leave something in their wills to a cause they care about.

Top Seven Things You Can Do Today

• Prepare or update your will.
• Set aside a gift in your will for your favorite charity or religious organization that has made a difference in your life.
• Name your favorite charity as the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy, or purchase a new policy and name the charity as the beneficiary.
• Remember your loved ones with a charitable bequest - in their honor.
• Name a charity as the beneficiary of your pension plan or IRA.
• Discuss with your advisors or your favorite charities the tax advantages you can enjoy now by leaving a gift to a charity.
• Spread the word. Let family, friends and advisors know that you've taken responsibility for your legacy and for the well being of a cause you care about.

Anyone can leave a legacy. Making a lasting contribution to charitable organizations and causes isn't just for the wealthy. Every day, people from all walks of life leave charitable gifts in their wills. In doing so, they make a tremendous difference in the world today and the one they will leave behind. All it takes is a legal will -- and the goodwill to make important charitable work live on forever.

READ TO GROW LEGACY SOCIETY

If you elect to make financial or estate gifts of any size through wills, trusts, and other planned gifts, you will be recognized as a member of the Read to Grow Legacy Society. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have become part of the legacy that assures the continuation of critical literacy programs in Connecticut.

We encourage you to become a member of this special society by utilizing planned giving concepts such as those that we have identified on this page.

Include Read to Grow in your estate plan and make a difference in the lives that follow.

" There's no end to the good you can do."

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