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Garvey Sisters Speaking At Key Leave a Legacy® Event

Ann E. Garvey and Julie R.G. Sheppard grew up in an atmosphere of giving.

As the children of Jean and Willard Garvey, the sisters learned the importance of hard work and the necessity of giving back to the community with time and money.

The sisters will bring this knowledge to their presentation, "Carrying on a Family Tradition" at the keynote luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 14, sponsored by Leave a Legacy®.

This event will be at the Prairie View Recreation Center, 1901 E. First St., Newton. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., and the program will begin at noon.

The program will include a Readers Theater performance of "Sir Leavalot and the Dragon's Treasure."

Reservations for tables of six are available at $10 per person. Individual reservations are $12 per person. For reservations, contact Ruby Stucky at 316-804-6007 or e-mail to leavealegacy@nchf.net, before October 7. Or mail to Leave a Legacy, P.O. Box 548, Newton, KS 67114. Prepayment is preferred.

Mike Miller of the Mennonite Foundation and chairman of the 2003 Leave a Legacy steering committee expressed gratitude at having the Garvey sisters speak.

"Our goal, with this Leave a Legacy event, is to raise awareness that financial support through estate planning is critical if our local charities are to flourish and grow," he said.

Leave a Legacy is a community-based program to help people learn about charitable giving through a will or estate. Leave a Legacy does NOT solicit gifts for any particular organization. Instead, the program is a cooperative effort of all types of nonprofit groups, including social service and arts organizations, churches, hospitals, educational institutions and other philanthropic groups.

Besides Miller, members of the Leave a Legacy steering committee are Noelle Dickinson of Presbyterian Manor; Loren Friesen of Newton Community & Healthcare Foundation; Mel Schadler of First Bank of Newton; Bob Sjogren of Knudsen, Monroe & Company; John Torline of Central Kansas Community Foundation; and Brian Woods of Woods Law Office.