Leave Your Legacy on the Land

Estate gifts protect undeveloped land in perpetuity and demonstrate a deep-rooted commitment to conservation. This means that our children, our grandchildren, and all future generations will be blessed with the same clean mountain air, fresh drinking water, and healthy local foods that we enjoy today. It means they will have even greater opportunities to explore the natural world. And it means the inherent spirit of this region, the natural and cultural heritage that makes our mountains such a special place to call home, will endure. What better way to make your own contribution to this legacy than to include a gift to BRC in your will?

There are many ways to make an estate gift to Blue Ridge Conservancy:

Bequests: A bequest is one of the easiest and most flexible ways to leave a gift to BRC through your estate. Gifts of cash, securities, or other property can be included in your will or living trust.

Retirement Accounts: You may designate BRC as a beneficiary of your IRA, 401k, or other retirement savings plan.

Life Insurance. You may name BRC as a beneficiary of your life insurance policy.

Real Property: BRC can accept gifts of real estate, with or without high conservation value. Properties with high conservation value will be preserved. Properties without high conservation value will be sold, and the income used to support BRC’s mission.

Life Income Gifts: Life income gifts allow you to make a gift to BRC while guaranteeing income for yourself or your family in the future. Gift options include Charitable Gift Annuities, Charitable Remainder Unitrusts, and Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts.

know BRC, the type of people they hire, and the work they do. Our gift is unrestricted and we have all the confidence that it will be well used.”

Don and Audrey Bentley Legacy Giving Society

Thank you to the following donors for including BRC in their estate planning, assuring the important work of the conservancy will endure.

Mike and Catherine Aiken

Anonymous

Bill Barrier

Judith Beale

Don and Audrey Bentley

Greg Bradley and Lee Carter

Kathryn Charles

Roger Clark

Kristan Cockerill

Henry E. Dillon Jr.

Jennifer Dotson

Bob and Susan Hambright

Jeff Tiller and Ingrid Kraus

Bill Pelto and Linda Larson

Mazie Levenson

Bonnie Weyher McLamb

Todd and Wendy Patoprsty

Cynthia Payne

Harold (“HP”) and Susan Phipps

Caroline Poteat

Elizabeth Redding

Wade and Kathy Reece

Marilyn Reid

Mark File and David Soyars

Pauline Thompson

Ben Henderson and Mary

Underwood

Dewey Wells

Steve Duprey and Steve Wylie

James and Katherine Zisek

If you have included BRC in your estate plan, we would appreciate the opportunity to thank you for your support. To notify us of an estate gift or to learn more about planned giving opportunities, please contact BRC’s Development Director at 828-264-2511.

Blue Ridge Conservancy depends on the help of our volunteers

Whether it’s picking up trash on BRC’s “Adopt A Highway,” doing trail maintenance, giving expertise in the office, or helping weed out invasive plants on our properties, we get by with a little help from our friends. If you haven’t already, sign up for our volunteer list today!

“We support the Blue Ridge Conservancy because we like the combination of conserving land and maintaining controlled access to the land. We also know that the staff at BRC are incredibly dedicated to the mission of conservation and double as educators to Blue Ridge communities. Many of the projects we support will long outlive us. We are investing in the next generation so that they can enjoy the outdoors as much as we do.”