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Planned Giving Made Simple

ACRES protects local land for the benefit of all – today and forever. Planned giving helps ensure that the places you cared about and worked for in your lifetime are preserved long after you are gone. In this article, Jeri Kornegay and Lyn Winchell share their reasons for including ACRES in their estate plans. “We trust ...

  • 01/31/2022
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Anna Brand Hammer Reserve

Art Hammer’s Lasting Legacy

By Chris Fairfield “A living memorial such as this is better than a tombstone.” These words were spoken by Arthur W. Hammer at the dedication of the Anna Brand Hammer Nature Preserve in Wells County. Art (as he was known) purchased the 40 acres in 1951, gifted a primary part of it to ACRES in ...

  • 07/19/2021
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A Mighty Oak Emerges: A Planned Gift by David and Tracy Fox Establishes the “Acorn Society”

When David and Tracy Fox, the first members of the Acorn Society, talk about being forward-thinking people, they really mean forward. They’re thinking a good century out. So it’s no surprise they became life members of ACRES in 2014, and no surprise they decided they wanted to do more. “We have seen so much growth ...

  • 02/21/2018
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