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Giving to Legal Aid of the Bluegrass is an investment in your community

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Making decisions about giving is hard.

If you donate to other organizations, you likely know what your gift will do. A $100 gift will pay for 4 meals for an elderly person, a $50 donation to  will pay for medicine for an animal, or a $25 donation can buy a pair of shoes for a student. 

Legal Aid is not like that. 

Your gift to Legal Aid is an investment in your community. It bolsters our ability to ensure fairness, protect families, and change lives. 

By becoming a Legal Aid of the Bluegrass donor today with just $10, $25, or $50 a month is critical to saving these families from potential homelessness, loss of employment, health benefits, or even potentially save a life from domestic violence.

Your gift allows us to: 

  • Extend our hours 
  • Increase funding by offering federal match dollars 
  • Grow our staff
  • Meet emerging legal needs

Your membership will not only change the lives of our friends and neighbors but will insure that we will be here into the future, saving many lives.

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Many families face extenuating circumstances that require legal help today. Your commitment to providing accessible and free legal services could make all the difference for those in need.

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE

TRANSFER APPRECIATED ASSETS

Many donors prefer to make gifts of appreciated stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or exchange-traded funds because it can have a large impact on our mission, while maximizing potential tax benefits by avoiding paying tax on capital gains.

You can also make a gift from your IRA or Donor Advised Fund (DAF). 

Please reach out to LABG's Business Director, Brenda Combs, at bcombs@lablaw.org for more information.

LEGACY GIFTS

Ways to Include Legal Aid of the Bluegrass in your will or other estate plans.

Legacy gifts are important to our future planning. You can memorialize a lifetime of service and guarantee that your voice will carry on by naming Legal Aid of the Bluegrass as a beneficiary of the following:

Bequest through your will or trust to Legal Aid of the Bluegrass

  • Specific Dollar Amount
  • Specific percentage of your estate
  • Specific percentage of your residuary estate (the amount or percentage that is left after all other bequests and expenses have been fulfilled)

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass is a beneficiary of all or a portion of:

  • A life insurance policy
  • A financial intuition (bank checking/savings, CD, brokerage) account
  • A retirement account

INCLUDE US IN YOUR WILL

Your attorney may wish to use the following language when making a bequest to Legal Aid of the Bluegrass:

“I give, devise, and bequeath Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, a nonprofit organization with the federal tax id #61-0668572, located at 300 East Main Street, Suite 110, Lexington, KY 40507, the sum of $_______ (or describe the real or personal property or portion of the estate) to be used for general purposes.”

When filling out documents with your legal authority or attorney please the following information:

  • Our legal name is Legal Aid of The Bluegrass
  • Mailing address is: Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, Development Office – Planned Gifts, 300 East Main Street, Suite 110, Lexington, KY 40507
  • Legal Aid of the Bluegrass is a 501(c)(3) corporation.
  • Our tax ID is # 61-0668572
  • Please list “charity” as your relationship to the beneficiary

As with any decision involving your assets, we recommend that you seek the advice of your attorney when considering a planned gift.

KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS

LABG benefits when you shop at Kroger, here's how: 

  1. Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
  2. New customers ENROLL by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering e-mail address, creating password and agreeing to the terms and conditions.
  3. Once logged in, visit the My Account page and edit your Kroger Community Rewards information.
  4. Search for us using our NPO (47238) or by our name Legal Aid of the Bluegrass.
  5. Select, confirm and start shopping! 
  6. You will be asked to re-designate your organization every year in April.

Need Legal Help

Legal aid protects the rights of people living at or near poverty with legal problems such as:  housing, consumer, family and public benefits. We ensure access to justice for all people, including veterans, the elderly, those who are disabled and victims of domestic violence. You can call us to apply for assistance Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. or Friday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Calls are answered in the order they are received. You may also apply online by clicking "Apply For Help" below. 

 

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