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The Holidays: A Perfect Time to Capture Your Family’s Collective Legacy

| 12/7/18 8:47 AM

Looking to create more meaning during the holidays?

With the holidays on the horizon, our Philanthropy Services Team shares ways families develop, nurture, and capture traditions – and help build a legacy.

This is that one time of year where we find grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren – and for some lucky families – great-grandchildren all in one place. In our home, we had the tradition of opening the “Surprise Box” on Christmas Eve...

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Thinking About Philanthropy

| 6/6/18 3:33 PM

"I probably should" is an answer that I hear quite often when I ask "Are you serving on a nonprofit board?"My title, VP Philanthropic Services, opens up the dialogue with strangers on airplanes, and I do feel like an evangelist for the nonprofit sector. My motivation comes from the transformation that I have seen in people who add nonprofit work to their lives.

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Family, Philanthropy, and Thanksgiving

By | 11/21/17 1:51 PM Pamela Rubin Cohen, Ed. M.
| 11/21/17 1:51 PM

What if you could continue the feeling of gratefulness that Thanksgiving inspires in November throughout the year, among friends and family members? Following are ideas for inspiring a spirit of gratitude and giving both during the holidays and throughout the year:

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