Distinguished and Major gifts are more easily gotten if it can be shown that the monies will be spent closer to home.  A case in point is a list of expenditure possibilities in California that elicit consideration for large contributions.   Such lists and the donors to fund them could and should be available in all Divisions.  Here are California’s: Lane ...

Ageism may affect older cancer patients.  So says AARP magazine, Nov./Dec.’ 05. Almost 50% of breast cancer cases involve women 65 and older, yet according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, only 8% of those patients received chemo.  Patients in their 50s were almost 4 times more likely to be offered chemo . The ...

Just back from a 16 day cruise through the Panama Canal.  We dodged hurricanes, tropical storms typhoons and came away all in one piece. Steve Forbes, Editor -in-Chief, of Forbes Magazine, October 17th issue, had a few words about lung cancer that are worth repeating as food for thought. He said that lung cancer annually kills more Americans than liver, ...

On July 10, 2005, I wrote you that The Baby Boomers Were Here and on September 1, 2005, I wrote you of the Gift Annuity Survey.   Many Baby Boomers, you were told, were worth more than they thought because they did not count their pensions in their net worth calculations. Many have IRAs, 401ks, deferred comp, and regular Defined Benefit ...