7 steps in 7 sessions

Please see the following for a new series of workshops to be offered by First In Families, or go to our website and view directly at www.fifnc.org
Join us! Feel free to pass this on to others!
thank you, Betsy

7 Steps In 7 Sessions provides a small group setting in which you will be guided through reading, exercises, and discussion resulting in a personal future plan. The future planning process helps you create a safe and secure future for your family member with a disability. Discussion is based on the book A Good Life by Al Etmanski, co-founder of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN, www.plan.ca ) who believes that: “Planning for the future changes the present.” Gail Dupre, Coordinator of Lifetime Connections, will facilitate the class. Other speakers will also present in some of the sessions.
(Note: Companion workshop for people with disabilities coming soon!)

Topics include:
February 21 Sharing your vision What is a good life for your family member?

March 6 Building relationships Creating a network of relationships, friendships

March 20 Creating a home What is “home" to my family memeber and how do we create it?

April 3 Making a contribution How can gifts be acknowledged, expanded,
contributed?

April 17 Ensuring choices How can choices be respected and safety maintained?

May 1 Developing a will and estate plan What are the tools and steps to make your plan a reality?

May 8 Securing your plan A look to the future- what needs to be done to strengthen your plan over time?


Where: Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 3011 Academy Rd., Durham
When: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Cost (total for 7 sessions): $50/person, $70/2 family members
Cost includes book, A Good Life by Al Etmanski ($39.95 value)
Free to Lifetime Members of Lifetime Connections; 10% off for Associate members ; partial scholarships also available
For more information, contact Gail Dupre, gdupre@fifnc.org or 919-768-4938
Registration Deadline: February 12, 2008
Mail with check payable to: FIFNC, PO Box 1665, Durham NC 27702 or register and pay online www.fifnc.org

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About Lifetime Connections: Lifetime Connections helps families create safe, secure, quality futures for relatives with any type of disability. Lifetime Connections is a program of First In Families of NC, a not-for-profit organization.
www.fifnc.org
Sponsored in part by The Durham Center and Pilgrim United Church of Christ




Betsy MacMichael
State Director
First In Families of NC
PO Box 1665
Durham, NC
27702-1665
Ph. 919-781-3616 x223