Planning Your Legacy
Your desire to make a difference and leave a lasting legacy helps strengthen Lawrence's mission. Consider making an impact for students and faculty through a planned gift. These types of charitable arrangements may provide tax and other benefits to you while supporting Lawrence.
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Stacy is pictured (center) at Reunion
Stacy Shelly '00To me, Lawrence University has always felt like home. I felt it the first time I spent the night there as a prospective student, and I still feel it now when I visit. I meant to put an estate plan together long before now, and from the beginning, I knew that Lawrence would be included as a beneficiary. Lawrence introduced me to four of my best friends, allowed me to indulge my love of history with professors who loved it just as much as I did, and gave me the opportunity to travel the world when I was nothing but a small town, Midwestern girl who had never been anywhere. Most importantly, it prepared me to not only attend law school, but to succeed as an attorney, using the same skills I first developed through my liberal arts education.
I owe so much of what I have been able to achieve to the foundation I built at Lawrence, and that would not have been possible without the scholarship help I received from Lawrence. I consider it both my duty and honor to do what I can to help future generations of Lawrentians reach for their dreams, just as others did for me. I'm proud to be able to include Lawrence University in my estate plan.
Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle
The Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle recognizes alumni, parents and friends who remember Lawrence through a planned gift. We are grateful to the more than 1,090 members of Legacy Circle.