Just a quick reminder if you’ve been thinking about attending!

 

Hello Everyone-

 

The incoming president of our library’s Friends group is a development director for a non-profit and is encouraging our Friends group, Library Board and Staff to better educate ourselves about fundraising, and especially the possibility of legacy gifts for our library. To that end we are bringing in Bill Winkler, a speaker from the Leave a Legacy Speakers’ bureau of the Planned Giving Round Table of Southeast Michigan. This is a professional organization of development directors and estate planning professionals helping to educate their membership and the general public about legacy gifts and estate planning.

 

There are two opportunities for you to attend Bill’s presentation. One in Clarkston and one in Novi. This is a free and open event intended for Directors, Trustees, Staff and Friends. See all the details below or attached.

 

Thanks!
Julie

 

 

Julie Meredith

Director

Clarkston Independence District Library

6495 Clarkston Rd

Clarkston, MI 48346

248.625.2212

juliem@indelib.org

 

 

 

Would you like to provide solicitation-free programs at your library

about the benefits of estate planning?

 

Are you curious about how legacy gifts can be left to your library?

 

Leave a Legacy

Planned Giving Roundtable of Southeast Michigan

can help

 

The Planned Giving Roundtable (PGRT) is a professional organization of 140 development officers, estate planning attorneys and financial planners. PGRT’s purpose is to educate their members and provide the necessary skills to be effective advocates and better fundraisers for the non-profits they represent.

 

PGRT, through its Leave a Legacy Speakers’ Bureau, can also help your library. Legacy gifts can be impactful and transformational to organizations that are near and dear to a donor’s heart. This program is an effort to educate the broader public on the opportunities. There is absolutely no solicitation of any kind. 

 

Educating the public about leaving a legacy is ideal for the library environment, but before you bring a speaker into your library, you should know what they will say.

 

Educate yourself, educate your patrons

about legacy gifts and estate planning.

 

Attend a session specifically for Library Directors and Staff

Presented by Bill Winkler

 

Friday, November 20th

1-3pm

Clarkston Independence District Library

 

Friday, December 11th

10am-noon

Novi Public Library

 

Register by contacting:

Julie Meredith

juliem@indelib.org

248.625.2212

 

These presentations are about legacy funding for your library and estate planning education,

not community foundations.