Five Ways to Promote Bequest Gifts at (Almost) No Cost

5. In addition to the request for bequest help that will be everywhere, prepare a simple statement containing language to use that a donor can give to the person preparing his or her will.

Here's a bonus idea that you might want to consider implementing after a year of putting suggestions one through five in place. Do it now if you can, but many of us are initially so overwhelmed with other programs and activities that this kind of thing seems beyond what's possible.