As we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of Parent Education, we are undertaking a visioning project, seeking to understand where the Lord is leading us in this next season of service to families in our community. We are so grateful for you and proud of all we have accomplished together, and we remain optimistic about the future as the vital need for educating parents (and grandparents) continues to be integral to building thriving families.
As we develop our vision for our next season of growth, we recognize it will require more financial resources to achieve, as we strive to maintain the high quality of our classes and programs while offering them for reasonable tuition fees.
To help achieve both these aims, we're pleased to announce we have established two new investment funds within the Endowment & Special Gift Committee of LCPC. LCPC’s endowment was established in 1992 and now has over $3.5 million professionally managed by the Presbyterian Foundation for the benefit of various LCPC ministries. We have established both an Endowed fund and a Special Gift fund to benefit Parent Ed. The Endowed fund will pay out between 4– 5% of its average balance in support of our annual budget ––in perpetuity! The Special Gift fund will allow the entire amount of any donation, plus investment gains, to be used for Parent Ed purposes as needs be, subject to board approval.
We ask that you begin considering and praying about what Parent Ed has meant to you and your family, and if you would like to join LCPC’s Legacy Circle by pledging to leave a legacy gift (to either our PE Endowment or Special Gift fund) within your estate plans. This is a powerful and straightforward way to help new, and possibly underprivileged, parents enjoy the benefits that you’ve received from Parent Ed, for generations yet to come. Of course, if you would prefer to leave your legacy gift while living, we would be thrilled to accept your donation sooner.
Should you like to learn more about LCPC’s endowment, I can connect you with their leadership for a confidential discussion. Inquiries can be sent to endowment@lacanadapc.org.
We are so thankful to have had a positive impact for thousands of families during the past 45 years, and we look forward with grateful enthusiasm to doing even more for families––for many years to come!
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