Building a Legacy of Impact: John and Debra Trainor’s Planned Gift for Parkinson’s Research
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
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I was diagnosed with'}, {'start': '32.800', 'end': '38.320', 'text': "Parkinson's in 2016 by a neurologist and"}, {'start': '36.079', 'end': '40.160', 'text': 'went from there as far as the care. You'}, {'start': '38.320', 'end': '43.840', 'text': "know, I wouldn't wish this on anybody."}, {'start': '40.160', 'end': '45.360', 'text': 'It just changes your obviously your'}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '47.920', 'text': 'life.'}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'A few years ago, we decided that we'}, {'start': '47.920', 'end': '51.360', 'text': 'needed to like figure out what we were'}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '53.520', 'text': 'going to do with the estate planning'}, {'start': '51.360', 'end': '55.680', 'text': 'piece of life. So, we sat down with a'}, {'start': '53.520', 'end': '58.399', 'text': 'lawyer and worked through what we wanted'}, {'start': '55.680', 'end': '60.640', 'text': 'to do. And Michael J. Fox is honestly'}, {'start': '58.399', 'end': '62.719', 'text': "really the only charity that's going to"}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '64.640', 'text': 'be included in the estate plan because'}, {'start': '62.719', 'end': '66.799', 'text': "we feel like they're making progress in"}, {'start': '64.640', 'end': '69.360', 'text': "the right direction. It's a good feeling"}, {'start': '66.799', 'end': '71.600', 'text': "to uh know that you're helping with the"}, {'start': '69.360', 'end': '73.680', 'text': "mission to get rid of Parkinson's. I"}, {'start': '71.600', 'end': '76.400', 'text': 'like to think that the money that we are'}, {'start': '73.680', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'giving to the Michael J. Fox Foundation'}, {'start': '76.400', 'end': '81.360', 'text': 'is really going into the hands of'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '84.159', 'text': 'scientists that are helping to find the'}, {'start': '81.360', 'end': '86.240', 'text': "cure. I'm putting scientists to work."}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '88.439', 'text': "I'm putting people in a research lab to"}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '93.200', 'text': 'work. And because the'}, {'start': '88.439', 'end': '95.040', 'text': 'foundation got the big picture view of'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '96.799', 'text': "what's happening in the scientific"}, {'start': '95.040', 'end': '99.680', 'text': 'community, I know that the money is'}, {'start': '96.799', 'end': '101.680', 'text': 'going to the best scientists and the the'}, {'start': '99.680', 'end': '105.159', 'text': 'ones that have the best ideas that are'}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'pushing the process, the cure forward.'}, {'start': '105.159', 'end': '110.240', 'text': "And that's a good feeling to know that"}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '110.240', 'text': "it's being well"}, {'start': '110.759', 'end': '115.680', 'text': 'used. What plan giving means to me is'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '118.640', 'text': 'that Debbie and I both have a plan for'}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '121.360', 'text': "the end of the estate. And so it's very"}, {'start': '118.640', 'end': '122.200', 'text': 'comforting to know that your wishes will'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '124.560', 'text': 'be'}, {'start': '122.200', 'end': '126.560', 'text': "fulfilled. There's always that hesitancy"}, {'start': '124.560', 'end': '128.879', 'text': 'to just take a big pile and give it to'}, {'start': '126.560', 'end': '132.239', 'text': 'the Michael G. Fox Foundation. you know'}, {'start': '128.879', 'end': '134.000', 'text': "that you'd like to give now, but if"}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '136.800', 'text': 'something happens to me, I have to think'}, {'start': '134.000', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'about how Debbie gets taken care of. So,'}, {'start': '136.800', 'end': '141.599', 'text': 'we found out about this charitable gift'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '145.680', 'text': 'annuity. And basically, a charitable'}, {'start': '141.599', 'end': '147.680', 'text': 'gift annuity is an investment. You can'}, {'start': '145.680', 'end': '149.319', 'text': 'take it from your IRA, which is probably'}, {'start': '147.680', 'end': '153.200', 'text': 'the smart way to take it out of your'}, {'start': '149.319', 'end': '156.160', 'text': "IRA. It's a tax-free event, and then you"}, {'start': '153.200', 'end': '159.280', 'text': 'get a guaranteed fixed annual income'}, {'start': '156.160', 'end': '161.599', 'text': 'from the annuity. And then when you pass'}, {'start': '159.280', 'end': '165.200', 'text': 'on the balance in the annuity goes to'}, {'start': '161.599', 'end': '166.959', 'text': 'the foundation. It makes me feel good'}, {'start': '165.200', 'end': '170.800', 'text': "because we're doing something to help"}, {'start': '166.959', 'end': '172.959', 'text': 'someone else and but and also to keep a'}, {'start': '170.800', 'end': '177.040', 'text': 'little something saved back in the end'}, {'start': '172.959', 'end': '178.879', 'text': 'for me if I need it. So knowing that we'}, {'start': '177.040', 'end': '182.239', 'text': 'would get a fixed rate of return on the'}, {'start': '178.879', 'end': '185.120', 'text': 'charitable gift annuity was um an'}, {'start': '182.239', 'end': '187.519', 'text': 'important factor in deciding that it was'}, {'start': '185.120', 'end': '191.519', 'text': 'something that we wanted to do. your'}, {'start': '187.519', 'end': '194.640', 'text': 'gift, no matter how small or large, if'}, {'start': '191.519', 'end': '197.680', 'text': "it's helping someone in your life that"}, {'start': '194.640', 'end': '199.440', 'text': 'you know would benefit from that gift,'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '202.150', 'text': "that's a powerful reason right there to"}, {'start': '199.440', 'end': '217.449', 'text': 'do it.'}, {'start': '202.150', 'end': '217.449', 'text': '[Music]'}]