American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Future Reflections Convention Issue 2023 AMERICAN ACTION FUND
"Future Reflections helps me realize that, with the proper skills, my blind daughters' future need not be defined by what they cannot see, but rather by all they can do."
We hope this magazine assists you, whether you are a teacher of blind students, the parent of a blind child, or someone interested in blind children. When you benefit from this publication, please remember that the American Action Fund impacts the lives of blind and deafblind people every day.
The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults publishes this magazine in the hope that Future Reflections will provide you with information and inspiration. The work of the Action Fund to encourage independent travel, excellence in education, and Braille literacy nationwide must be done. These vital programs are made possible through your support. If you are in a position to do so, you can make a difference by making a contribution. Please help by giving a tax-deductible gift to the American Action Fund.
You can give online by visiting our homepage, https://actionfund.org. You also can make a donation over the phone by calling 410-659-9315, or you can send a check made out to "American Action Fund," 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.
There is also another way you can help. Often the simplest and most significant way to make a charitable donation is to plan a legacy gift. It is easier than you think. You can plan to give all or part of a bank account, insurance proceeds, investment assets, real estate, or a retirement account. You can even give a required minimum distribution from your IRA directly to charity and avoid taxes on the distribution. After taking care of your loved ones, you can bequeath a specific dollar amount or percentage of your estate to an organization whose mission is important to you. Your bequest carries with it the values and ideals that have mattered to you throughout your lifetime and supports an organization whose mission you hold dear.
In addition, planning for a legacy gift may reduce the total amount of your taxable estate. This reduction can have a positive impact upon any funds you have designated for your heirs. The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Legacy Society recognizes the generosity and the vision of special friends who have chosen to leave a legacy through a will or other planned giving option.
If you wish to give part or all of an account, fill out a P.O.D. (payable on death) or T.O.D. (transfer on death) form. For pensions and insurance assets, you can designate a charity as a beneficiary. If you would like to leave a legacy to the Action Fund in your will, please include the following language:
"I give, devise, and bequeath unto the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, 1800 Johnson Street, Suite 100, Baltimore, Maryland 21230, a Maryland nonprofit corporation, the sum of $______________ (or) '_________ percent of my net estate' or 'the following stocks and bonds: ____________________' to be used for its worthy purposes on behalf of blind persons."
If you have questions or would like more information, please reach out to Patti Chang at 410-659-9315. If you have included the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults in your will, or if you have made some other provision for a future gift to us and would like to tell us about it, please contact Patti so we can recognize you as a member of our Legacy Society.
Legacy gifts provide for generations of blind children and adults. Please consider the American Action Fund in your future plans.