SUPPORT OBERLIN WITH A CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY
A great equalizer. When Laura Galatha Ware ’52 thinks of Oberlin, she has two reactions: “Great respect and great devotion. I have an incredible feeling of gratitude for what the college provided. At Oberlin, you didn’t really feel class distinctions. It was a highly charged intellectual atmosphere, and that was a great equalizer.” The Oberlin botany major and former staffer of the HI-O-HI has made a regular habit of giving back to the college she credits for “essentially opening the door to the rest of my life.” She knows that Oberlin has stayed true to its mission of providing a rigorous liberal arts education. “The college offers the world the products of that education: people who really do make a difference and use their talents and skills in ways that benefit humankind—often in fields where they’re not rewarded greatly financially.” Giving what she can regularly, Laura now finds that a Charitable Gift Annuity suits her goals. “Clearly it provides help to an institution I’m deeply fond of, but there are also the benefits to me in terms of tax issues and a guaranteed income. I’d give to the school no matter what, but gift annuities have dual benefits.” When you make a gift of a Charitable Gift Annuity contribution to Oberlin, your money continues to provide you a generous rate of return for life, and you know you’re supporting students, professors, and the learning and memories created here—in and out of the classroom.
Laura Galatha from the pages of the 1952 HI-O-HI.
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