August is Make-A-Will Month, Time to plan your legacy

One of the most exciting things we can do for the places we love is make a planned gift.

Exciting might not be the first word we associate with making a will, which is the simplest and most common way to make a charitable planned gift, but bear with me for a moment. Planning your estate offers a poignant opportunity to examine your passions and values. When we sit down to decide what causes are important enough to be included in our legacy, the stakes become a bit higher. We catalog our lives, milestone moments, people and places that shaped us and the organizations that enhance our lives. Thr...