Financial Help for Parents
If you are part of the ‘sandwich’ generation, you may be trying to financially and emotionally support both aging parents and struggling offspring on a recession reduced income. We all know someone who was...
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Charity & Philanthrophy
What Women Want – Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has rolled around once again. The retailers love it, guys hate it. Many claim it is a made up day to sell things – and things are sold. The Gourmet Retailer reports...
What Is Your Legacy?
Do you ever think about what you want your legacy to be? What are the things for which you want to be remembered? What are the things you want to pass along to your...
Be Thankful – Build Your Legacy
What are you thankful for? What makes you feel wealthy? There are so many things in my life that I take for granted. Often we forget the small wonderful things of our lives –...
Will Baby Boomers Be ‘Elders’?
My generation (I’m a baby boomer) gets a lot of press. Everyone seems to have an opinion on what we are, what we do and how we behave. For every opinion there is usually...
A Wish List for Giving
Have you ever thought about what you might like to do to start your legacy – if you had all the time and money in the world for it. Are there charities you would...
What Responsibility Does the Family of a Homeless Person Bear?
Utah Homeless Man Inherits Sizable Fortune According to an Associated Press story on Yahoo News, 62 year old Max Melitzer, homeless for years in Utah, had a brother with cancer. Family members mailed Max...
Things
I had an Aunt who labeled everything she owned with hand written notes. She wanted her survivors to understand the history and specialness of each object she cherished. I used to think it was...
Are Your Parents Doing You a Disservice By Giving You Large Gifts?
Did your parents help you out with your kid’s education expenses? Did they supply money for a down payment on your first house? Do you get an annual gift of cash? It’s Mom’s Fault!...
Family Philanthropy – 4 Ways to Structure Cross Generation Giving Activities
Members of wealthy families can utilize philanthropy to build and carry on the family legacy as well as to teach values and provide practical life experience to younger generations – but how do you...
