If we could use sand dollars to fund our research, we'd be out scouring the beaches of the world from dawn to dusk. But since we can't, we look to you.

In these difficult economic times, many cannot support their favorite charities as they once did. One alternative is to remember Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in your estate planning program. By doing so, you help make a difference today by protecting our future tomorrow.

Including Mote in your estate planning provides an important legacy that helps us continue in our mission for our children and our children's children. It also helps you reduce your tax burden by providing a charitable deduction equal to the value of the bequest at the time of your death and ensures that your assets are distributed in accordance with your wishes.

Click here for more information about Planned Giving♦ or call Ann Hayes, director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, at 941.388.4441, ext. 261. E-mail Ann at anna@mote.org.

Dwight Davis

A Letter to Mote
What does it take to make a Mote donor? It must be different for different people. For me, it was a love of the sea from earliest childhood. When I retired from advertising and moved to Sarasota in 1986, I naturally gravitated to Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. That’s where the fish were, and I felt very much at home as a volunteer Aquarium guide. The more I did, the more it satisfied me to contribute to Mote. It wasn’t just about giving my time, but about supporting the Lab financially as well. When my wife Tessie and I created a Charitable Remainder Unitrust, it was natural that Mote be named a beneficiary. Read more of Dwight Davis' letter.