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Dear Friend,
As I write this email, I am getting ready to pick up my wife and head out to the Dining Hall on the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch campus west of Billings, MT.  We are volunteering for YBGR’s Spring Formal where we will be waiting on the kids hand and foot as we help serve them a special meal with salmon, steak or pasta.  The girls have been buying makeup and picking out dresses and the boys are busy trying to figure out how to tie a tie.  

Most of the kids in residential treatment at YBGR have never been to a prom or a formal dinner with a salad fork and a dinner fork!  The kids will remember this fun break in their normal routine, and we will remember playing a small role in making them feel special.

It is only because we have donors like you who have a heart for hurting kids that we can provide these types of experiences for the boys and girls.  Yellowstone Foundation provides funding for the Spring Formal, for outdoor recreational trips, swimming, bowling, Young Life camps and much more.  When school resumes, kids will engage in arts and crafts, welding, woodworking, gardening, riding horses and more – all thanks to the generosity of donors like you.  

Thank you
,

Bill Hritsco, President
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation



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Preparing for retirement can be difficult; you may feel like there are too many “unknowns” or “what-if’s” to worry about.  

Retirement plans like 401(k)s and 403(b)s are likely invested in the stock market and are exposed to volatility that can create added stress. A Yellowstone Flexible Gift Annuity (FGA) is a tool that can offer a reliable future income as well as tax benefits for donors, creating a smart way to create a legacy and protect your future.

Forming a Flexible Gift Annuity is a simple process. The donor makes an irrevocable gift to the charity in exchange for an annuity and the donor receives an immediate tax deduction. Each year, Yellowstone Foundation will give the donor a list of annuity rates based on a future annuity start date. The longer a donor waits to start receiving their annuity payments the higher the rate they will receive. Once a donor starts receiving payments a portion of the income will be considered tax-free. The FGA gives the donor the ability to maximize payments in the future but also access the income in the event the money is needed earlier than expected.  


For more information or to receive an annuity illustration, please feel free to contact me at:
Phone | 406.656.8772
Email | [email protected]

Yellowstone Foundation services are always free of charge.

Kindly,

Sara Hofer, J.D., Exec. Vice President of Planned Giving
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation

    
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