August is National Make a Will Month

Week 34 of 2025

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August 21st, 2025

By Some Estimates 2 out of 3 Americans don’t have a valid will. Take time before Labor Day to review and update your documents - including your Next of Kin (NOK) File. Here we give you some links to get you started on what to consider if you don’t have a trusted attorney. Those you leave behind will thank you.

Make a Will

The American Red Cross has partnered with FreeWill.com so that you can create your will online, entirely for free. Get started creating your will today.

www.redcross.org/donations/ways-to-donate/planned-giving/make-a-will.html

2025 Wills and Estate Planning Study - Caring.com

The 2025 Caring Wills Study found a dwindling number of Americans have estate planning documents. COVID-19 is still affecting wills five years later.

www.caring.com/resources/wills-survey

Nokbox Lite: Estate and Personal File Organization Kit with Instruction Worksheets for Complete Filing.

Created by a brother/sister team after the death of their own parents to make planning easier for other families. Same Day Delivery in most areas.

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The Nokbox

You can also visit the Nokbox Website for more Estate Planning & Home Organization ideas

www.thenokbox.com

End of Life Planner - I'm Dead -Now What ?Planner for Seniors & Family Legacy, Estate Planning Organizer with Tabs - Final Wishes, Passwords & Funeral Planning,

Spiral Bound, Large Print - this is the one we have used - with erasable pen - so it’s easy to keep updated

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Everyone can make a difference

TLEEM | Texas's Largest K-12 Networking Nonprofit

Founded by Arjun Sharda, a 7th grader from Leander, Texas who is passionate about technology, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Arjun wanted to join a club with like-minded people but couldn't find any club at his school that had people interested in the same things as him. So he decided to make his own non-profit organization with the hopes of helping people in his school just like him. In under two years TLEEM has grown to 37 chapters in 11 countries and helped 4,000 students network.

tleem.org/about

This Week in History

Hawaii becomes 50th state | August 21, 1959

Eisenhower signs a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union.

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-21/hawaii-becomes-50th-state

Word of the Week

Ostentatious

Someone or something that displays wealth in a way that is meant to attract attention. Overly elaborate and conspicuous. - From the Latin ostenare “to display”

www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day

What We are Reading

Lightning in a Mason Jar: A Novel: by Catherine Mann

Winnie Ballard’s story reaches back fifty years―one of a Southern debutante’s harrowing marriage, of her escape and reinvention, and the galvanizing friendship of three resilient women who overcame their traumas, created a shelter, and found purpose. In Paperback on on Kindle unlimited

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What We are Watching

Untamed (TV Mini Series 2025– ) ⭐ 7.2 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

50m | TV-MA Set in Yosemite National park, this six part mini series features, Eric Bana, Sam Neil and Rosemary Dewitt with a plot that involves multiple mysteries, murders, and missing persons.

www.imdb.com/title/tt31710822/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

What We are Listening to - The Art Newspaper Podcast

The Week in Art

Visual Arts Podcast · Updated Weekly · From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world's big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winn…

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