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A Simple Act of Care for 2025

As we pause and reflect after the holidays and a busy winter season, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina invites you to show a simple act of care to yourself, your loved ones, and even helping solve food insecurity: creating your will.  In thanks for your support, we partner with FreeWill so you can make a will and find peace of mind for the year ahead. It’s completely free to use and takes as little as 20 minutes.

Leave a Lasting Legacy ... Create Your Free Will Today

We hope this finds you in good health and high spirits.  We encourage you to prioritize your  estate planning by creating or updating their wills. This is an opportunity to ensure that your wishes are respected, protect your loved ones, and support causes that are close to your heart. How can you leave a legacy to help feed our neighbors in need? See below.

Create a Legacy by Feeding Communities and Feeding Futures.

You can help future generations grow up healthy—not hungry—by making a planned gift to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.

Your gift will assure that people in our community continue to have access to healthy food when they need it and will support our work building solutions to hunger and its root causes.

To help you get started on your plans and legacy, you can use FreeWill, an online tool that guides you through the process of creating a legally valid will or trust. It’s easy to use, accessible online, can be completed in 20 minutes, and it’s our gift to you.

Did You Know?

• A legacy of provision. Nearly 70 percent of Americans do not have an up-to-date will. That means the majority of people you know have yet to get their estates in order. But an up-to-date estate plan not only prepares for good use of your resources – it also establishes a plan to ensure that your loved ones are provided for and that any minor children will be raised by the guardian of your choosing. Your legacy can provide protection, provision, and peace.

• A legacy of love. Many people are incorporating the idea of an “ethical will” into their estate planning. An ethical will passes along the riches of the heart. Personal letters, special family stories, affirmations of love, and your own life stories make an ethical will a rich and enduring gift.

• A legacy of generosity. What causes and organizations have you felt connected to throughout your life? Would you consider leaving them a gift in your will? Planning a legacy gift to causes you support is a powerful way to communicate what matters to you and inspire loved ones to think about how they may practice generosity in their lives too.

Click here to get started on creating your free will.