| Recently traveling thru West Virginia on my way out | | | | lady who donated her families hotel to a Church in |
| West to the Plains of Texas and the Hot New Mexico | | | | Charleston WV. The way it was done was very |
| Desert, I met with a financial planner at a coffee shop | | | | smart. The Church took out an annuity life insurance |
| and we discussed many new strategies of giving | | | | policy for the lady and she gave them the |
| away money. Perhaps you are not aware but giving | | | | building.People often donate millions to American |
| away money is one of the hardest things to do | | | | Cancer Society this way and the organization buys |
| correctly.Anyone can donate money, but giving the | | | | them an Annuity. Yet it works even better if you |
| right way is extremely difficult. In fact when Warren | | | | consider this can be done for a Boys and Girls Club or |
| Buffet and Bill Gates merged their Foundation Assets | | | | some other purpose locally in the community such as |
| and Warren came aboard as a Trustee, they | | | | hospice or historical society.It is great to see the |
| mentioned this exact challenge and they were | | | | charitable giving in American and around the world |
| concerned about this.During my coffee shop | | | | from our people both on the massive scale of the Bill |
| conversation we discussed the Charitable giving of | | | | and Melinda Gates Foundation to the small scale giving |
| real estate and the gentleman from West Virginia also | | | | in local communities. Consider all this in 2006. |
| a member of the State Legislature told me of an older | | | | |