 Preparing for Departure™
Now slated to kick off for the general public in Fall 2012, following a Spring 2012 private session for a group of lay ministers. Preparing for Departure™ is a workshop/seminar course for adults that teaches something that everyone needs to learn along the way in life (but that very few teach): how to prepare for the end of life in a way that helps you prepare but also helps the ones you leave behind. Preparing thoughtfully also helps you live better between now and whenever your end might occur -- as a young adult, a person in middle age, or as an elder. Created by a husband and wife team (an attorney and an MSW with long experience working with elders), PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE™ is a unique course that involves you from the very start, helping you explore your own values and think about your own end in a way that equips you and liberates you, so you can plan and prepare to live life to the fullest in the meantime. We developed PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE™ after learning that most people have no preparation, and learning how just a few hours, invested before the fact, can pay huge dividends for yourself and your loved ones at the end. Law schools teach lawyers to care about peoples' property, with most offering little or nothing to help living people deal with the issues that inevitably arise before and at the end of life. (Note that most lawyers are as unprepared for the end of life as everyone else. Estimates are that lawyers are no better than the general populace, with only 15% of the general public and lawyers having wills, much less the more comprehensive and rich planning offered in PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE™ .) NOT an estate planning course, PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE™ does address making choices about how to dispose of what you will leave behind, and it will equip you to make an estate plan efficiently and with confidently. But PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE™ goes far beyond estate planning, helping you explore and address the more important emotional aspects of the one trip we're all going to take, by some route that we cannot know. To put your name on the mailing list for updates and enrollment information about this powerful course, send an email to John@JohnGearLaw.com, with PFD in your subject line. FREE WILL FRIDAYS: As part of my commitment to pro bono service, I offer a limited number of appointments on Fridays to draft free simple wills (wills without living trusts) for active military and veterans, law enforcement, and firefighters. For questions or an appointment, call or email. Please consider joining me as a Sustaining Member of Marion-Polk Food Share and the "Imagine No Hunger" campaign.
Marion-Polk Food Share is in the midst of the largest fundraising campaign in its 24 year history. The “Imagine No Hunger” Sustainer Campaign is working to our goal of 3,000 members of the Sustainer Circle monthly giving society. This is an ambitious goal, but the timing is critical. This year 1 in 5 households in Marion and Polk counties will eat from an emergency food box. At a time when our community’s need is at an all-time high, resources to keep pace are challenged. When we each do a little bit ($5, $10, $25, each month) we can ensure that essential food and programs continue to be available. To get involved, contact Sarah Perryman at sperryman@marionpolkfoodshare.org or 503-581-3855 x320.
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