Here are
links to other
web sites that may be of interest to ethicalwill.com visitors.
alegacytoremember.com
This site offers
an album
for recording and storing legacy related documents.
allaboutaging.com
This site offers
information
on spiritual aging and the Spiritual Eldering Institute.
angelinyourinkwell.com
Carol Newman has recently completed Ethical Wills Workshop Facilitator
Training. Her web sit offers Writing Tips, Writing Prompts, and
Fun Stuff for Writers. Also offering classes, coaching, and
workshops. Updated monthly.
BoomersPlusCom.com
Producers of video production of ethical wills and personal stories.
byphyllis.com
Contains a number of legacy related topics and resources including
several books authored by Phyllis Dorslager related to ethical wills.
cancersupportivecare.com
and cancerlinks.net.
The first
site has
a number of different programs and lots of resources for cancer
supportive
care. Program #12 mentions the use of ethical wills in planning for end
of life care. The second site provides links to other cancer support
web
sites.
chaptersoflife.com Chapters of Life helps people capture their life stories on audiotape and within the pages of beautiful bound books.
finalthoughts.com
An
excellent new site
that contains a comprehensive array of information and innovative ideas
oriented toward end of life issues.
familylegacyvideo.com.
Family Legacy Video provides products and services that help families
preserve their stories on video.
finalplanner.com
This site offers
a 300 page
fill in the blanks workbook designed to help you prepare for your final
exit.
Jacob's Blessings
Legacy videos and video ethical wills and programs are offered through
this web site.
Legacy Guide
The Legacy Guide: Capturing the Facts, Memories, and Meaning of Your
Life
The perfect companion for anyone who wants to record the story of his
or her life. Use it yourself or give it to a loved one.
lifestorywriter.com
Interviewing
people and writing their lifestories. Published in whatever format a
client
chooses.
livinglegacies.co.nz/
Living Legacies
is an environmental
funeral company based in New Zealand which
has an
innovative, sustainable
and celebratory approach to life, death and funerals.
memoirist
Gail, The Memoirist is dedicating to preserving memories.
memoirs.ca
Memoirs
Productions produces video biographies, ethical wills and
spiritual-ethical
wills on video and DVD as heirlooms for future generations.
memoirsinc.com
Mary
O'Brien Tyrrell
is a former gerontology nurse who interviews, writes, and publishes
memoirs
for the elderly and terminally ill. Consider this an ethical will on a
grander scale.
motherslivingstories.org Mothers'
Living
Stories is a California (Bay Area) pilot project that brings
attention,
compassion, support in parenting, and dignity to mothers with breast
cancer
by helping them record their life stories and personal legacies.
myhealthdirective.com.
This site serves
as a repository
for advance healthcare directives, so they will be
available when
needed. Ethical
wills can also be stored here.
obituarywriters.com
Putting more life into obituaries. This site provides professional
writing for obituaries. How will you be remembered?
pointsofviewinc.com
Dedicated
to bringing
together the five living generations with respect, caring, and
cooperation.
They provide training, consultation, products, and motivational
speaking
on issues affecting all generations living in an aging society.
Remembered Forever
Allows grieving users to build personalized memorials, dedicated to
their loved ones.
recollections.info
"A portrait of a
life." Recollections
creator Patsy Kuentz conducts and records interviews to capture your
personal
stories and transform the information into a professional, hardbound
heirloom
book for the client and family.
Speak Memories
Publishing
Robin
Fowler produces elaborate life histories for individuals,
families, and companies.
StoryArtsInc.org A Nonprofit Consortium of Artists Celebrating Life's Stories
Story Mountain Productions is a videography business- photo montage to dvd, multimedia storyboards, employee orientation videos, sports team photography, wedding videography business in Portland serving Oregon, Idaho, Washington.
talestoldagain.com Tales Told Again specializes in preserving histories on video.
timescape.us Timescape produces DVDs about your parents' life.
The
Legacy Center
An organization
dedicated
to preserving stories, values, and meaning for individuals, communities
and organizations.
www.videoethicalwill.com
A video ethical will is an ethical will that allows you to deliver both
a spoken and visual message.
womenslegacies.com
Developed by a
close friend,
Rachael Freed, 'Women's Lives-Women's Legacies focuses on aspects of
legacy
creation from a woman's perspective.
PBS'
Religion and Ethics Newsweekly program featured a segment on
ethical wills. To see and hear the story click
here.
1/3/02:
Minnesota Public Radio's
Mid Morning Program with Katherine Lanfer had an hour long interview
and
call in show on ethical wills with guest author Barry Baines (me!). Click
here to hear the program.
12/21/01:
National Public
Radio's Morning Edition Program broadcast of a story on ethical wills.
You can hear the original story through NPR.org
link. Sroll down the page to the article on Ethical Wills by
reporter
Tovia Smith. Back
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Newspaper/Magazine
Articles
Family
Giving News April,2004 Volume 4, Issue 4 article on Ethical Wills
and Donor Legacy. Click
here for article.
Minnesota
Medical Association Magazine, Jan 2004 article on Ethical Wills. Northeast
Mississippi Daily
Journal, Aug 17th,2003 article on Ethical Wills by Ginna
Parsons,
titled: Leaving Something Behind Love Letter to Family
Time magazine
July 7th, 2003 article on ethical wills , pg. 91
(with Ben
Franklin on the cover). http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030707-461849,00.html
Wichita Eagle, July 5th,2003.
Columnist Tom Schaeffer writes on ethical wills in a column titled,
"Does
anybody really know what time it is?" Healthmagazine, June
2003 issue. A new way to write your will, by
Jennifer
Matlack. The Robb
Report,May 2003 article on
ethical wills written by Larry Haney More Than
Moneymagazine, May 2003
by Susan
Turnbull Get up & Go Magazine.Spring issue, article on
ethical wills written by Joy Elbaum. St.
Petersburg Times, April
20th, 2003. Estate Values, by Helen Huntley.
Oregon State
Bar Newsletter,
April 2003, Ethical Wills and Legacy Planning Arkansa
Democrat Gazette,
Feb 5th, 2003. Deseret News,
Dec. 26th,
2002, Get Creative in Leaving Your Legacy.. Minnesota
Senior
Federation Newsletter, November, 2002 edition. Daytona
Beach, FL
News-Journal, Oct. 19th, 2002. "Ethical wills help guide family
memories"
by Tom Brown Newark
Star-Ledger,
Oct. 7th, 2002. Click
here to read "Legacies of life and love for those left behind by
Kate
Coscarelli South Bend,
IN Tribune,
Sept. 12, 2002 "Ethical will records one's love, beliefs, advice"
by
Laureen Fagan Florida
Sun Sentinel,
Aug 18th, 2002. Los
Angeles Times,
July 9th, 2002 in the Living Section, by Elizabeth Mehren, Article
can be found at www.latimes.com
in the archives section. Metapsychology
Book
Review, July 9th, 2002. Click
here Financial
Times, June
8th, 2002 Section II, page XXII Reader's
Digest June,
2002 issue Page 198. Titled Leave a message.
Business
Week, April
8th, 2002 issues, The Values and Virtues of an Ethical Will
Catholic
Spirit Newspaper,
3/21/02 article by Mary Rose Remington St. Paul
Pioneer Press,
3/16/02 article by Kay Harvey San Diego
Union Tribune,
2/15/02 article by Sandi Dolbee Real
Simple magazine:
Feb 2002 issue: Estate Planning: Will Power Kiplinger
Retirement
Report, January 2002 issue
The Rocky
Mountain News 12/31/01 article on 'Lessons
From Our Elders.' The Capital
Times, Madison, WI,12/4/01 Leaving
a Legacy Means More Than Money. Minneapolis
Star Tribune11/22/01 article
on leaving your legacy. 4/16/00:
Article on
ethical wills written by personal historian Lolly Gold has been
published
on the Association
of Personal Historians web site. 3/23/00:
a trio of ethical
will articles written by columnist Mary Amoroso and published March 5th
for the Bergen Record.
Mary has also given permission to publish her ethical will directly on
this site. 2/17/00: Test
of Wills- this article is in the March issue of Money magazine. It
discusses/compares family incentive trusts and ethical wills. The use
of
ethical wills in estate planning is gaining popularity! 1/16/2000: Where
There's an (Ethical) Will, There's a Way to Pass on Your Beliefs (Type
ethical will in the search box) newspaper articles about a 79 year old
widower from St. Joseph, MO who wrote an ethical will for his family.
One
article is Bill's ethical will and the other article contains
information
about ethical wills collected from several interviewees, including
yours
truly. 10/26/99: Your
Legacy of Values- newspaper article is about a woman who wrote an
ethical
will during her pregnancy. It adds the dimension of writing an
ethical
will during the course of life-changing events. 1/12/99: Ethical
Wills: Passing down your values- This is a newspaper article that
raises
the issue of the importance of bequeathing your beliefs.
Fall/Winter
1998, Ethical
Wills: Passing on Treasures of the Heart- This journal article
provides
a solid background on the history and use of ethical wills. Two
examples
of ethical wills are included.
The
Ethical Will - an essay by Mike Moldeven
This
essay presents
a general template format for writing an ethical will. The essay is
based
on the writer's review of a book on ethical wills (presumably "So That
Your Values Live On," by Riemer and Stampfer). Back
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Miscellaneous
1/2000 Daughters
of Destiny This posting is a book excerpt. At the end
of
the story, there is an ethical will written by the subject of the
essay,
a 52 year old Polish woman.