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Text Box: A Will At your death, a will serves as a road map telling your personal representative how to distribute your assets to other people or to a charity. Without a will, you are powerless over how your assets are distributed. Instead, the laws of the state where your residence is, the state in which you spend most of your time, register to vote and hold your driver's license, determine how assets are divided. More... Revocable Living Trust A revocable intervivos or "living" trust is an important part of the estate plan of many people. Intervivos means "during life," which is when the trust is established. Revocable means that the creator, also known as the grantor, of the trust can change the terms of the trust or revoke it completely during his or her lifetime. Assets in trust are not part of your will; they are transferred according to the instructions in the trust document. More... Power of Attorney A general power of attorney permits the holder of the power to act on behalf of another individual, the grantor, and lapses upon the grantor's incompetence. A durable power of attorney survives the incompetence of the grantor and allows the holder of the power to act. This document can be used when a grantor lapses from competence to incompetence for periods of time. More… Living Will or Health Care Proxy By creating a living will, you can articulate your beliefs on life-sustaining measures. With a health care proxy, you can name a trusted individual to make health care decisions if you are unable to do so. The health care proxy is used only for medical purposes. Like a living will, the health care proxy states when life-support equipment should be disconnected and medical efforts should cease. More...

Other LSNF giving programs

You can help provide access to justice for thousands of North Florida residents by making a donation to LSNF through one of the following other giving opportunities. The work performed by our offices saves our counties and State millions of dollars a year - for example, for every dollar spent on homelessness prevention, the government saves $4 in averted shelter costs. For every dollar spent on assisting clients in getting federal disability benefits, the State saves $3 in public assistance costs. And for each child we keep out of foster care, Leon County saves tens of thousands of dollars a year.

· New Life Campaign

LSNF is inviting the community to support its work by bringing in old or broken gold, silver and platinum jewelry, serving pieces, etc. that is later sold with the proceeds going to help LSNF serve the many children and their families, homeless citizens, victims of domestic violence, the elderly, and other special populations. In other words, any of your old cast off silver, gold or platinum pieces become nice gifts for LSNF to serve our community and a nice gift for you in the form of a charitable donation for tax purposes. More...

· Cy Pres Awards

Courts have found legal aid programs to be appropriate recipients of cy pres funds in part because they often represent the next best use of unclaimed funds to indirectly benefit the members of a class under the cy pres doctrine.

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· In-kind Giving

In-kind gifts allow monies to assist and expand services to meet the needs in our community. More…

· Matching Gifts

There is an easy way that you might be able to double your gifts. Please take a look at the matching gift list for companies that allow their employees to direct their charitable giving through matching gifts. More…

· Online Shopping Mall

For every online purchase you make through the top stores in country, LSNF benefits financially. More…

· Partners in Service Program

An opportunity for Florida attorneys to fulfill their annual pro bono commitment through a direct contribution (see Partners in Service contributor’s list). Our largest single contributor shames all the rest, we won't say how many thousands it was over $1,000. Join us during our May mail out campaign. More…

· Vehicle Giving Program

Donate new or used vehicles of all types that run or not. If you have the title, we can take it off your hands and you can take it off your taxes. Whether you live in Tallahassee or San Diego, California our bonded agents help make the whole transaction simple. Remember vehicles of all types include boats, campers, trailers, planes, motorcycles, etc. Help those that cannot help themselves and yourself at the same time. More…

· Airline Mileage

Donate your airline Delta or Northwest Airlines mileage today. Your support will help defray the cost of travel required by LSNF professional staff. To donate your Delta SkyMiles call 1-800-323-2323 (with a minimum 5,000-mile donation). To donate your Northwest WorldPerks miles call Northwest AirCares at 1-800-327-2881. The minimum donation is 5,000 miles and additional donations can be made in 1,000-mile increments. Your generous airline mileage donations keep expenses down and ensure that the majority of every dollar raised by LSNF goes to support the provision of legal services for those unable to afford it.

· Tribute Giving Program

When a birthday, anniversary, marriage, retirement, new job, promotion, religious celebration, honoring a parent, or other special event calls for a unique recognition, you can make a contribution to LSNF in tribute, honor or memory of the occasion. Gifts in any amount are gratefully accepted and even can be part of endowment campaign effort. More...