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Fall 2005 Penland Line CT THE CIRCLE OF HANDS Be a Part of Penland's Future Have you ever suggested that a friend or family member take a class at Penland? If so, you have helped promote Penland through word of mouth. About two-thirds of our students indicate that they heard about the school this way. Why do people want those they care about to have the Penland experience? It is simply because time spent at Penland changes lives. Planned giving is a way that you can use the word of your will to reinforce the word of your mouth. We believe that working with our hands, making things with age-old or modern materials and techniques, is going to be just as satisfying fifty years from now as it is today. As technology advances, the need to experience the expression of the human spirit through our hands can only grow. To assure that future generations will have Penland to turn to as they search for meaning in their lives or as they search for ways to live as artists, funds will be needed to repair buildings, to support creative staff and instructors, and to offer scholarships. You can make a decision to lend your hand today and contribute to those needs after you are no longer around to sign a check or recommend Penland. The simplest way to be a part of Penland’s future is through a bequest. But planned giving can also be a plan for living, if you consider a gift that will provide a stream of income for the rest of your life. Whichever kind of planned giving suits your needs best, Penland can respond to your specific requests for future gifts by discussing them with you now. Types of Planned Gifts • A bequest can designate a fixed dollar amount, real property, a percent of your estate, or a gift of the balance of your estate after you have remembered loved ones and other institutions. • Naming Penland as the beneficiary of all or a portion of the remainder of retirement plan accounts can help maximize tax savings. Establishing a gift annuity allows you to receive payments for the remain der of your life, receive a charitable income tax deduction at the time of the original gift, and provide sup port for Penland in the future. A gift may be made at any time now or directed through a will or trust directive for a specific time in the future. Gifts may be made in your name or may be made as an honorarium or memorial for someone you want to recognize. Gifts made today can help with current needs, as well as needs that arise in the future. Penland has a number of existing endowment fimds for scholarships, instruc tors, and resident artists. You may designate one of these endowments or one of the pro grams of the school for your gift. Whatever you choose, you can be assured that your gift will help Penland continue to provide personal and artistic growth through craft. If you are considering an estate gift to Penland or have already made plans to include Penland in your will, please let us know. Individuals who have established a planned gift for Penland are part of he iRCLE OF V2ANDS and are recognized in our annual report. For more information, and to answer any questions you may have, please contact the Penland development office, 828.765^.2359, ext. 14. —Barbara Beniscb RE-GIFTING WITHOUT GUILT: Craft Sale for CERF Saturday - Sunday, December 3-4 10 AM - 5 PM The Penland Gallery is sponsoring a sale to benefit the Craft Emergency Relief Fund. CERF is a national nonprofit that provides aid to craftspeople through direct financial and educational assistance, including emer gency relief assistance, business develop ment support, and other resources, cerf has been especially busy since Hurricane Katrina. You can read about what they’ve been doing at www.craftemergency.org. Do you have a mug, a scarf, a framed print, or a blown glass vase that is just tak ing up space in your closet because you don’t have room for another thing in your house or it wasn’t your favorite color? Here is an opportunity to do something useful with it. Re-gifting means taking a gift some one has received and passing it on to some one else. In this case the gift is a handmade craft item and the recipient is cerf. Our first regifting sale raised $1300. The Penland Gallery is accepting dona-* tions of like-new handcrafted items, which will in turn be sold December 3-4, dur ing the local studio tour. All proceeds will go directly to cerf. For information, or to make a donation please contact Kathryn Gremley at the Penland Gallery, 828-765- 6211 or gallery@penland.org. If you are recycling a gift from a close friend, don’t worry, your identity will not be revealed. USEFUL WEBSITES Penland students Chris Gardner and Chris Taylor have built a new website, which is penlandforum.org. This is an unof ficial Penland site with a forum for com ments and information and a place to post ride share information. It’s beautifully designed and well-decorated with excellent Penland photographs. And don’t forget that the site put together by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design during our 75th anniversary is still up, with an extensive section on Penland history and photographs of all the work from our museum exhibition. You can find it through the Penland site, wvsrw.penland.org. PENLANDANNUAL FUND — Fiscal year begins May 1 and ends April 30 — Your generous gift to the Penland Annual Fund helps support studios, scholarships, resident artists, core students, and all of Penland’s pro grams. Gifts are recognized in the annual report for the fiscal year (May i — April 30) in which they were received. Miss Lucy’s Legacy recognizes donors who make an annual gift of $1000 or more to sustain the innovations Lucy Morgan began in craft education more than seventy-five years ago. Miss Lucy’s Legacy donors receive a ten percent discount in the Penland Gallery. Penland School is a non-prcfit, 301(c)(3) organization. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. All contributors receive the Penland Line newsletter and course catalogues. Name Address City State Zip. Home phone Email address Business/cell phone Business name I would like to support the Penland Annual Fund at the following level: Q $5o-$99 UI$ioo-$249 Q $250-3499 Q $500-3999 Ql $ i ,000-32,499 Q $2,500-34,999 Q $5,ooo-$9,999 Q $ 10,000 or more Q Other $ I would like to make a pledge of $ , per year for. .years. My first payment is enclosed. Please charge my □ Visa □ Mastercard. Amount $ Account # Expiration date □ My employer matches my gift. I have enclosed my employer’s matching gift form. □ I would like to be contacted about making a gift of stock or a planned gift. \ \ \. V s \ V N V \ \ ^ S S V s. ■ % N- S .'XV-. Sx- \' \-. \ >V -. VVV -'X. \-x%S*’. \ \\ V\ »\ X\ \\ VSN\V V- ^ S s X \ V \ \ X X V _> V J ^ f * t •» * t
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