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Posted on 10/17/2020 4:44:55 PM PDT by Buttons12
An old acquaintance, in her eighties and totally lucid, asked me who to leave her estate to. She has no living descendants, nobody she knows (or prefers, anyway) that she wants to make an heir. She asked for suggestions.
I don't want the honor. She has a fairly nice house, and a small vacation cottage, both paid for. An old car, probably some life insurance, and a lot of mementos.
Any suggestions? Aside from "me, me!" I mean something like a charity, or some creative idea.
No large or national charity, regardless of denomination or religion. They are all Democrats and all crooks.
The smallest, most serious, place she can find.
Some little thing to whom she will be a great blessing.
The suggestion for this website is not bad.
St Judes Children’s Hospital.
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Your list is all that should be considered. They are the absolute best, period..................
Thank you, I appreciate that
HillsDale College...they don’t take Govt funding
Institute for Justice
Pacific Legal Foundation
Alliance Defending Freedom
Heritage Foundation
Any private religious schools in the area
Wounded Warrior Project.....especially the cottage.. Those who have to deal with PTSD need quiet places to recover.
I’d also look at the layout of her community as there might be churches who need a Parsonage for their Pastors.
Also Samaritans Purse might be an option as they do wonderful work helping people.
IAC, if this old lady (who is probably younger than me) thought enough of you to ask this important favor, you should be the beneficiary and tell her you'll remember her always...
Another reason why I'm thankful my wife and I have so many wonderful children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren (some of whom we spent the afternoon with today (Saturday)....
We've spent the last 20-years turning almost everything we have over to them while we are still here... For example; money, vehicles, boat, guns, ammo, books, and a strong sense of patriotism...
We tell them that when we go it will be like looking at the turkey carcass the day after Thanksgiving...We be picked clean... Screw the lawyers and government tax collectors...
What we have held on to will last another 20-years just fine... Or, at least, until we have done our part in the coming storm...
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My suggestions, split between an endowed chair in a local University department and that Department’s chairman’s discretionary fund (for tuition, scholarships, attendance at professional society meetings, lodging & meals to interview new faculty and graduate students, etc.)
Another suggestion that my wife and I have been donating to recently is local food banks as the need during the pandemic is huge.
Fisher House is supposed to have one of the best ratios of funds spent on vets vs funds spent on overhead. They are always looking for houses, as their main thing is finding a place for a wounded vet to stay while receiving treatment, or for the family to stay in to be near a vet who is hospitalized.
They might also be able to trade a house not near where they need one for a house closer to a hospital or rehab center.
For a number of years I had Mission Wolf as my beneficiary. Of course, that wasn’t popular in Colorado.
I would put an ad in the local paper for a young person to assist with small chores after school one day a week. Come up with a list of questions for the phone interviews... write down answers and tell people you're get back to them within a day or two to set up an in-person interview. Choose 3 or 4 kids to 'interview' in person... .
Write down the answers to new questions... Then choose out the top two - and leave each of them $4,000 for college. Or if your friend lives long enough, to start their own families.
That takes care of $8,000... (Have an explanation for the two kids who 'won' because with one interview they probably won't remember who your friend is)
Here’s one that’s more fun...
When I lived in Chicago many years ago an old man would sit at the bar in a very nice restaurant and when young people came in for a special meal - or older people celebrating something ... he would pick up the tab for their meal.
The deal with the restaurant was that he was never to be identified... so lots of people going out for a special occasion or for dinner after prom night had a nice dinner had really cool surprise.
The local volunteer Fire and Rescue for auction.
That’s my back up plan.
Hillsdale College or St. Jude’s?
Public auction all of it, give the money to various charities.
Bequeath it to Hillsdale College in Hillsdale Michigan. This might be a gift that lasts forever.
Don’t be surprised if her estate is much larger than you think. The way do die rich is to follow only two simple rules: Spend less than you earn with that savings wisely invested, and live to a ripe old age. It seems to me that she has done both. Living in a “nice” but not extravagant house, and driving an old car is a good clue to the first rule.
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