A Present From A Park Enthusiast (NAPSA)—Many people are able to receive extra income and all Americans may be better able to enjoy the splendors of our national parks thanks to a giving program and the goodwill of people like Skip Warren, a retired insurance agent and farmer. The Man Skip Warren has loved to visit national parks since he was a boy on his family farm near Boston. “We went to several national parks in the East when I was a boy,” he recalled, “but I really yearned to see the big western parks.” Working on the farm and later in the family-owned insurance firm, Warren didn’t have much time for travel. He’s still on the farm, the sixth generation to live there since 1782, where he raises sheep and lambs. These days, however, he also gets to visit at least two parks a year, preferring to go in winter, when other visitors are few. His list so far includes 20 national monuments and wildlife refuges and 30 parks. “Yellowstone is my favorite park because of its unique loca- tion in the Rockies, the diversity of its geological features and its wildlife,” he says. Warren’s involvement with the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) began in the mid-1980s. His greatest concern is with environmental damage from road building and drilling for gas andoil. In The Plan 1997, Warren had the Skip Warren, tending lambs on his family farm, donated corpo- rate stock to benefit America’s national parks and improve his livelihood. opportunity to address those issues personally. “I had some stocks that had appreciated in value,” he said. “By using the stock to fund a charitable gift annuity with NPCA, I was able to make a larger gift than I could have made through mywill. I also now have additional income and I avoided muchof the capital gains tax that would have resulted had I sold the stock myself. It was an excellent decision.” By supporting NPCA with such a gift, Warren is helping to ensure that the national parks he so cher- ishes will be preserved for future generations to enjoy. Learn More Anyoneinterested in benefiting his or herself and the national parks the way Warren did can learn how from the NPCA gift- planning team. They can be reached at 1-877-468-5775 or by email at giftplanning@npca.org.
