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Join Us: Leave a Legacy

As we navigate life, we often reflect on the legacies we want to leave behind. Beyond the traditions we share with family and friends, our truest legacy is the values we live by: kindness, respect, and a willingness to listen to others. Becoming a part of the Touchstones Legacy Circle changes lives forever. Your planned gift helps sustain programs that:
  • Cultivate empathy and critical thinking
  • Foster civil discourse
  • Build inclusive community
  • Train educators and leaders in collaborative discussion
  • Develop lifelong learners
  • Engage more and more people every year

To join the Legacy Circle, you can easily include Touchstones in your estate planning through a will, retirement account, or life insurance policy. We invite you to be inspired by our current Legacy Circle members and to consider building your own legacy with Touchstones today.


Why Join Our Legacy Circle?

“I decided to make a legacy gift because the world needs the skills that Touchstones develops, now and in the future. I also know that people may either forget or overlook the fact that it takes considerable and sustained financial resources to grow the organization’s reach and impact. I’m excited to be a part of group that helps ensure Touchstones’ future influence and to know that long after I am gone, people will still be learning to listen carefully, speak thoughtfully, collaborate meaningfully and share leadership!”

Kimberley Riley

Vice-Chair, Touchstones Board

“I have used Touchstones for around 6 years now, with hundreds of students. Touchstones fundamentally changed my classroom dynamic… Recently I have come to value more how Touchstones gives an opportunity to practice conversation in a more “real-world” environment—because honestly, who raises their hand to be called on in a business meeting, or for that matter, anywhere except in a traditional classroom?”

C. Shryock

Teacher, Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, MD