Bart and Gail Ingraham have made a gift of more than $1 million to the Leelanau Conservancy through their estate plans. This generous gift will protect more than 880 acres […]
Category Archives: Planned Giving: Heritage Society
A Lasting Legacy
Susan Cady gazes out her window with a smile. Across from her sits husband Chuck, and between the pair, morning light casts a glow on their coffee table. Susan reaches […]
New Heritage Society Members: Meet Lee Jameson and Barbara Nelson-Jameson
“This is Our Place and Our People” Imagine spending your 20s living and working on the 46-mile-long island in Lake Superior known as Isle Royale National Park. Imagine boarding a […]
It’s Ok to be Anonymous
The Leelanau Conservancy receives gifts from many donors who prefer to keep information about their charitable giving private, including people in the Richard O. Ristine Heritage Society* who have included […]
Staying Connected, Now and Forever
Like so many Leelanau Conservancy members who split time between two homes, Bill Pumphrey and his family always long to be in Leelanau. One way that they stay connected from […]
“Leelanau is in my Cellular Matrix”
Cammie Buehler calls herself “a 5th generation Leelanau summer kid,” and her roots in this peninsula run deep. Her great-great grandfather, Leo Cloud, was a widowed mining engineer who worked […]
Nature Nut
“Nature Nut” Bobbie Poor’s love affair with nature started in the shadow of her grandmother, who owned a resort hotel on Bass Lake near Pentwater, MI. Bobbie and her beloved […]
A Glen Arbor Couple’s Favorite Ways to Give
Leelanau Converts Published in Fall 2018 Newsletter–Years ago, Bruce and Betsy Wagner considered themselves to be “die-hard New Yorkers.” They never dreamed they would leave the city, move to Michigan […]
Extraordinary Volunteer Leaves a Legacy
When Michael Kane was a little boy, his mother, Louise, recalls putting away laundry and finding his sock drawer loaded with stones he had collected from the woods near their […]
2017 Heritage Society Gathering
More than 60 members of the Leelanau Conservancy’s Richard O. Ristine Heritage Society gathered at L. Mawby Vineyard for the 2017 event. Heritage Society members have included the Leelanau Conservancy […]
