Just a Thought - Planned Giving
Published: Spring, 2005

For some time now folks have been nagging me to get into a revocable trust and make out a will. Being single, this has been not without some frustration. Whom do I leave "it" to? So for the last five-to-ten years I have been trying to think of some creative way of disposing of my assets after I will no longer need them.

The nagging continued and I guess it was finally the time to bite the bullet and do it. So on the advice of a friend I found myself an estate lawyer, sat down, and made out a revocable trust and will. Now why am I telling you this? Well, the caving community has given me a great deal of pleasure and friendship over the last 40 plus years and with the creation of the Western Cave Conservancy, I thought, "what better place for some of my assets?" So now the WCC is included in my will.

Maybe some of you have already done this too. Think about it. If you have enjoyed cavers and caving as much as I have, what better place to put some bucks. After all, the caves will be there long after we’re gone and new cavers will come to take our places. So let’s leave them something to keep the spirit of caving alive in the future. I realize there might not be many virgin passages in the caves we preserve, but who knows? It’s just about the best that we can do for future and present day cavers.

Of course, if I live long enough, there may not be much left in the trust. But it is the thought that counts. And you can be in on it as well.