Everyone leaves footprints on the sands of time. Our prints are made by the impact of our lives on others. A person is remembered for the weight of his or her character. For marks of accomplishment. For acts of kindness. For length of compassion. For width of personal warmth. For generosity. For values.

When we leave positive impressions behind, we enhance the lives of our friends and loved ones. We give them footprints to follow.

Thoughtful estate planning is one means we have to make a print in the sand, to help others recall our priorities. For example, consider the effect of a plan that not only includes provisions for family members, but resources for charitable organizations like the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo. An estate gift makes a positive statement.

When you include the Buffalo Jewish Federation in the final disposition of your estate, you declare to your family and friends that you believe in and care about the mission of the Federation and our Jewish com-munity. Your parting gift becomes a clear declaration of your values.
An estate gift provides needed funding.

Estate gifts are especially valuable, not only because they tend to be larger than annual gifts, but also because they often come at critical times. They provide that extra boost to the budget that can make the difference between program advancement and program retrenchment.

Estate gifts can fund endowments that perpetually provide an ongoing witness to your friends and loved ones that you believe in the work of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo.

An estate gift encourages imitation.There’s something about a well-planned estate gift that influences others to “go and do likewise.” As friends and family members plan their own estates, they may recall your generosity and thoughtfulness.

To learn more about making an estate gift or setting up an endowment to benefit the Jewish Federation, call Dan or Judy Kantor at 716-886-7750.