by Mark Greenberg
Before you miss it, August is Make-A-Will Month. You may have received a similar notice if you’re a supporter of any nonprofit organization and we join them all in encouraging you to create or update your financial and healthcare planning this month.
It is recommended that you review your will, advance directives, and related documents every three to five years.
Our website has multiple resources to help you along, from information and templates for Advance Directives and Living Wills to conversation starters to have with family and physicians about your end-of-life decision.
As a supporter of EOLCCA, please consider including End of Life Choices California in your estate plans. Now completing our first five years of operation, we’re planning for our next five, ten, twenty years and beyond. Your support makes our continuing strength a certainty.
Our legacy group – the Dragonfly Society – recognizes supporters who have included End of Life Choices California in their estate planning. This can include a bequest in your will, naming EOLCCA as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy or retirement account, among other options.
Our growth these last two years in particular has been exponential – we are now answering hundreds of inquiries annually, attending dozens of Medical Aid in Dying deaths, and raising awareness to thousands more through our media outreach and Speaker Program. We do this with a bare-bones staff and a dedicated cadre of volunteers who donated over 3,500 hours of time in 2023!
If you have already made provisions to include EOLCCA in your estate plan, please let us know! We’d like to say thank you, and send a small token of our appreciation for your commitment to sustaining our work.
If you would like to become a Dragonfly Society member and help ensure the future of our critical work, please contact Mark Greenberg with any questions.
Mark Greenberg is the Executive Director of End of Life Choices California. He is a seasoned non-profit professional having spent his entire professional life in the non-profit sector, including Estate Planning and Planned Giving. He joined EOLCCA in the summer of 2023 as Development Strategist and was named Executive Director in April 2024, following the retirement of EOLCCA’s founding director Judy Neall Epstein.
EOLCCA supports a strong team of experienced volunteers throughout the state, ready to help anyone, anywhere in California with information and support regarding all end-of-life planning and choices, including aid in dying through the California End of Life Option Act. You can find comprehensive information on our user-friendly website. EOLCCA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and we rely on donations from individuals and foundations to enable us to offer these services at no charge to our clients. To support our work, find volunteer opportunities, or request an educational presentation for your group, please visit ways to help. Thank you!