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Leaving a Legacy with Dogs for Better Lives

Dogs for Better Lives acknowledges those who have chosen to include us in their will or trust through the Guardian Society. Members receive these special benefits:

  • Important updates through our Quarterly Newsletter
  • Annual Reports
  • Notification of special events
  • Naming opportunities
  • Educational offers with experts in the field of estate planning and tax saving information

Many DBL supporters choose to include a donation in their estate plans as a way to create long-term impact. When you make a gift to in your will or trust, you make the transformative power of bettering others' lives with dogs, part of your legacy. These commitments allow Dogs for Better Lives to acquire, train, and place Assistance Dogs - into the future.

And you will join a very special group of individuals who've demonstrated forethought and generosity to support local families as part of their legacy - the Guardian Society.

Planned gift options include:

  • Bequest in your will benefitting our organization
  • Naming Dogs for Better Lives as a beneficiary of a life insurance policy, IRA or other investment
  • Charitable Remainder Trust, Unitrust, Annuity Trust or a Living Trust

Impactful

It's a great opportunity to pay-it-forward in an impactful way towards supporting Dogs for Better Lives. By placing DBL in your estate plans, you are ensuring that the organization's critical work will continue uninterrupted into the future.

Life Changing

Together with the Guardian Society, you will be further connected, invested, and leaving a legacy, in the lives of those that have or are waiting to receive Assistance Dogs.

Leaving a Legacy

By planning now for the future, you are ensuring that your legacy will create an impactful difference in the future, supporting a nonprofit that you believe in.

Your legacy will create a long-term impact in the lives of dogs and people with disabilities. Planned gifts provide the resources that create extraordinary opportunities for our dogs in training and the clients that receive their life-changing assistance.

  • It costs you nothing today
  • A bequest is free of federal and estate tax
  • Your bequest through a revocable will or trust can be changed at any time
  • You can still benefit your heirs with percentages or specific gifts
  • You can leave a legacy and change lives through a bequest

Contact us now, for more information on how you can make a difference by joining our Guardian Society.

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