Cast a Vote and Change a Life
Everywhere you turn there are advertisements for back-to-school sales, and the parents I know with school-aged kids are lamenting a summer gone too quickly as well as looking forward to getting back into the school routine. And the truth is, even though my own school years are well past me, I do miss the smell of sharpened pencils around this time.
But all this talk and focus on school brings a pang as well. Working with the LIFE Foundation has great rewards, but it also brings some sadness as well. Each year we go through well over a thousand applications to the LIFE Lessons Scholarship Program, and read heart-breaking stories of young men and women whose college dreams have been put on hold because of the death of a parent or caregiver who had inadequate or no life insurance. Many of these students end up quitting school or going part time so they can work to support siblings or pay for their families daily necessities. The silver lining, however, is that LIFE Foundation awards 59 scholarships totaling over $100,000, which have been funded in part by generous contributions from the NAILBA Charitable Foundation and the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation.
You also have a chance to help change a life today. There are three more days to vote for who you feel is most deserving of the LIFE Foundations top video scholarship. You can learn more about the three finalist here, and while you are there, be sure to cast your vote for who you think should receive an additional $2,500. And I would also like to leave you with one thought. If you have people who depend on you financially, its your duty to make sure you have adequate amounts of life insurance in case the worst were to happen. Find out if you have enough here.
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