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Seen and Be Seen - Upcoming Conferences

Make your reservations now and chase away the winter blues by attending these conferences:

40th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning
January 9-13
Fountainbleu Hilton Resort
Miami Beach, FL
Sponsored by the University of Miami Law School
(305) 284-4762

2006 Mid-Winter Tax & Estate Planning Conference
January 15-22
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands;
Sponsored by the National Law Foundation
(302) 656-4757

2006 Family Office Management Conference
January 30 - February 1
The Biltmore Hotel
Coral Gables, FL

How You Can Help The Victims of Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis

The following organizations have the proven expertise to mitigate the damage from this disaster in both the near and long term. All have a long-term presence in the region, and currently have emergency teams on the ground to provide needed relief assistance to victims:

Save the ChildrenAsia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 728-3843

Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
(800) 852-2100

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
(888) 392-0392

Oxfam America
Attn: Donor Services Dept.: Asian Earthquake Fund
26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111-1206
(800) 77-OXFAM

The Asia Foundation
Give2Asia
465 California Street, 9th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104-1832
(415) 743-3336

Helping the Victims of the South Asia Earthquake and Tsunamis

According to the Wall Street Journal a multibillion-dollar disaster-recovery package is going to be needed for the countries worst affected by a tsunami that hit southern Asia from India to Thailand, killing thousands of people. While the World Bank, United Nations, and others will provide aid, Americans looking to make a charitable donation to help should contact the American Red Cross International Response Fund or the Asia Foundation. If we identify other names we will post them here.

Generosity Index Ranks Giving By State

The Catalog for Philanthropy has released its 2004 Generosity Index (GI), a state-by-state analysis of individual tax returns and charitable giving patterns. The 2004 index (based on 2002 tax returns) ranks Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma as the most generous, and Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire as the least.

The GI is based on the philosophy that philanthropic generosity is not just how much one gives, but how much one gives in relation to how much one has. So Mississippi, despite having the lowest per capita income, ranks first because its citizens give disproportionately more of their income than their wealthier counterparts such as California and Connecticut. The underlying research methodology can be found at the site.