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FPA of Georgia has provided
several pro bono speakers for
Town Hall meetings in Albany and
LaGrange. These meetings are
part of the Own Your Future
campaign to publicize the
importance of planning for your
own long term care. Jim Nelson
spoke at the first meeting in
Albany and then in LaGrange as a
substitute speaker for our
chapter. The LaGrange meeting
had 300 attendees and people
lined the walls to hear
representatives from planning
related fields including elder
law, geriatric care and a
reverse mortgages as well as our
FPA of Georgia representative
speak about the importance of
planning and various planning
alternatives. The Lifelong
Planning specialist for Lagrange
has planned several more events
for later in the year. If you
would like to volunteer to
represent FPA at one of these
events, please let me know.
Earlier this month, the Lifelong
Planning group led a session to
highlight their “Collaborative
Partnerships with FPA of
Georgia” in Chicago at the joint
annual conference of the
American Society of Aging and
National Council on Aging.
This conference brought together
over 4000 of our nation’s top
aging experts. Abby Griffis,
the Lifelong Planning
coordinator, Tom Hebrank from
FPA of Georgia and Tina
Strassenberg, a Lifelong
Planning specialist presented
this session. Nick Nicolette,
the president of FPA, attended
and met afterwards to further
discuss the details of this
program.
We want to continue to build our
list of volunteers for our Pro
Bono efforts. People have
stepped forward to help with our
Pro Bono efforts for our
military and for Habitat for
Humanity. Though these have been
relatively small efforts, we
want to be prepared to help out
in a larger capacity when the
need arises. Pro Bono efforts
are not likely to take a large
amount of your time, but can
make a great difference in the
lives of those we touch. Email
Tom Hebrank, CFP® to express
interest in future Pro Bono
opportunities.
Thank you.
Lee Pence, CFP®, CSA, AAMS
Pro Bono Director
(P) 678-354-9353
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