In addition to any samples you receive directly (or to the list) from colleagues, you might check out resources through the web site for the National Committee on Planned Giving: http://www.ncpg.org/ Also, there is a listserv dedicated to Planned Giving Officers where many ideas and samples are exchanged which is hosted through the Indiana and Purdue Universities consortium at: https://listserv.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iupui.exe?A0=GIFT-PL And you will find various sample letters and articles pertaining to fundraising (including planned giving) at SupportingAdvancement.com: http://www.supportingadvancement.com/revenue/samples/samples.htm Good luck and best regards, Amy Amy J. Phillips Gift Registrar Smithsonian Institution -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joy Summar-Smith Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Planned Giving Letter The Dr Pepper Museum is interested in starting a planned giving program. We want to put together a letter to our membership and other donors asking them to think about us in the their planned giving. Does anyone have a letter like this already? Just a generic letter maybe listing the ways to give and appropriate wording to get them thinking with their financial people. Please respond to me at [log in to unmask] Thanks! Joy Summar-Smith Dir. of Interpretation Dr Pepper Museum 300 S. 5th St Waco, TX 76701 254-757-1025 www.drpeppermuseum.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).