Charitable gift annuities are a win-win for Betty Brown Calkins ’50, ’57G
Betty Brown Calkins and her late husband Jay recognized that a charitable gift annuity could be a “win-win” for their financial planning and for the students they someday hoped to help. “With a charitable gift annuity, you are really helping the University, even...
William and Harriet Currie: Providing for UMaine’s Future
William D. Currie, fondly known as Bill, was always full of hope for the future. Bill also planned for the future of a place that was near and dear to his heart: Buchanan Alumni House. In 2013 in his role as Co-President of the Class of 1952 Bill facilitated the...
Loyal Benefactors, Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill, Announce $6.5 Million Bequest Expectancy at University of Maine Foundation Event
At a recent University of Maine Foundation virtual Homecoming event, University of Maine benefactors Dan ’63 and Betty Churchill shared their intentions to make estate gifts estimated at up to $6.5 million to benefit the University of Maine. Their gifts will endow...
Helping Students to Afford to Attend UMaine
Why would a couple from Berkley, California who did not attend the University of Maine create a $3.4 million scholarship for Maine's neediest students?Durant Sheffield and his eight sisters all attended school in Thomaston, Maine. Their mother, Wilma T. Sheffield, was...
University of Maine Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Charles F. Allen Legacy Society
University of Maine Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Charles F. Allen Legacy SocietyEven during this uncertain time, milestones are important to mark. On May 20, the University of Maine Foundation hosted a virtual event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the...
Creating Planning Documents in a Pandemic
Creating Planning Documents in a PandemicWe face uncertain and chaotic times. Perhaps, we also have more time on our hands given our efforts to observe social-distancing guidelines or shelter-in-place-orders. Whatever the exact reason, Google has reported that more...
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