Holliston June 2020

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The Holliston
Scholarship
Foundation Needs
Your Help
In June of 2019 the Holliston
Scholarship Foundation
awarded $70,000
to Holliston High School
Seniors to help them meet
their college expenses for the
2019-2020 academic year.
The Foundation also gave
$10,000 to Holliston students
enrolled as sophomores, juniors
and seniors in colleges
and universities.
In this most difficult time.
The members of the class of
2020 have lost much of the
experience of their senior
year and are applying to and
choosing a college in most
difficult circumstances. They
are facing the financial demands
of college tuition and
room and board in a damaged
economy.
The Holliston Scholarship
Foundation has always
existed through the effort
and generosity of the Holliston
Community. Please
contribute to the Holliston
Scholarship Foundation, if
you can, so that together we
can continue to help Holliston
students begin or continue
their college education.
Your contribution may be
tax deductible and 100% of
your donation will be used
to fund scholarships. Larger
gifts or donations may be
used to name a scholarship
in Memory of a Loved One.
Please mail donations to
Holliston Scholarship Foundation,
PO Box 6786, Holliston
Ma 01746.
For more information,
contact Robert McGrath,
President H.S.F., PO Box
6786, Holliston MA 01746,
(774) 573-0056, hollistonsf@
gmail.com
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Life, Health & Estate Planning, Peace
of Mind in Uncertain Times
Dennis Sullivan,
Esq CPA LLM
These are challenging times.
We are being called upon as a
community to help one another.
We want to educate people on
steps you can take now that will
protect you and those you love.
Having critical documents in
place should something happen
to you or a loved one is more
important than ever. It can feel
intimidating, overwhelming or
even scary to plan for the possibility
that you may not be able
to make your own decisions, but
please keep in mind that planning
for these scenarios does not make
them more likely to happen. Taking
this time to plan ahead gives
you control and reduces the stress
that comes with health concerns.
Let’s review what you can do
to achieve peace of mind while
at home.
• Review any current health,
financial, estate and asset protection
documents. You must
make sure they are up to date.
You’ll be surprised to read that
a great percentage of such
documents are obsolete (studies
show some 86% fall into
this category due to changes in
personal circumstances, laws,
and events).
Might your documents be
outdated? Are your goals and
objectives you had back then?
Have any beneficiaries or designations
changed? Are the
trustees named still who you
want? If you’ve designated
a power-of-attorney (health
and/or proxy), is this still a viable
selection? If you’ve stated a
guardian or guardians for your
children, is the person or persons
still desired? Has anyone’s
health deteriorated so that he
or she is now unable to act on
your behalf as you originally
intended?
• If you haven’t taken steps to
put a will, trust documents,
a power-of-attorney, or such
documents in place. Now is
the time to get them done
• It’s also important that you
keep a list handy in case you
are unable to act on your own
behalf, and let designated
individuals know where it is
located. Things to include:
Estate planning attorney and
financial professionals you
rely on, bank account/safety
deposit box information, titles
to vehicles, home mortgage
or title details, credit card information,
passwords to any
digital/on-line accounts, passports,
birth certificate, Social
Security card, etc. This will
prevent the state, a court,
medical institution or a funeral
home to step in and take
charge.
• According to the American
Medical Association, 67% of
people do not have access to
their healthcare agents when
admitted to a hospital or emergency
room. Basic life, health,
and emergency plans need to
be accessible to you and your
family prior to an emergency.
For example, we provide clients
with a wallet card with all
of this information for anyone
18 and over.
You can get these documents
prepared by contacting an estate
planning attorney. Many attorneys,
including Dennis Sullivan
& Associates are using teleconferencing
to meet with clients.
Massachusetts has also recently
passed an emergency bill to
allow remote signings, including
witnessing and notarizing documents.
This allows people to put
protections in place now while
social distancing. Stay healthy,
stay safe, and be prepared.
Holliston Community
Action Fund Helps Out
in Emergencies
The Holliston Community Action Fund (HCAF) provides short-term emergency
assistance grants to people who are in financial hardship.
Grants are designed to solve a specific problem (energy bill, car repair, medical
cost) that people are having trouble paying due to unfortunate circumstances.
All grant applications go through the Department of Youth and Family Services
(DYFS) - (Jackie Winer director (508) 429-0620; winerj@holliston.k12.
us.ma). All applications for grants are strictly confidential.
Please pass this along to everyone you can to remind them about this fund
as it could make a tremendous difference in people’s lives during these challenging
times.
For more information, visit HollistonCommunityAction.org