Endowing the Future of the Bay

The Chesapeake Bay and its watershed have been a reservoir of life and its richness for thousands of years. Your membership in The Chesapeake Society of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will help ensure the future of that resource for years to come.

The work that the Alliance does to foster consensus and build partnerships form the foundation of permanent models of cooperation that will continue to improve the Bay for future generations. Your thoughtful estate planning provides you the opportunity to help the Alliance continue its good work.

Membership in the Chesapeake Society is available to anyone who has included the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay in his/her Will or has made a planned gift to the Alliance's endowment. Informing us of your plans to include a bequest to the Alliance in your will is important to our long range planning and allows us to recognize you and perhaps inspire others to help also.

Please contact us today if you have included us in your Will or would like more information about estate planning that could benefit you and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

TIPS FOR ESTATE PLANNING
Here is sample wording for you and your attorney to consider when including a bequest to benefit the Alliance in your Will.

Other tips:

• Review your will annually. Marriage, birth of a child, change in financial status for you or your beneficiaries, divorce , death of a spouse, named beneficiary, executor, or trustee are all reasons to have your Will updated.
• Have your attorney review your Will every two to three years. Changes in tax law could effect your estate and may call for an update in your Will.
• Be sure to use an attorney familiar with estate law when drafting your Will. If you need assistance finding an appropriate lawyer, contact our development office.