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St. John’s Totally Healthy Woman Retreat REMINDER
Financial planning expert to encourage Woman's Retreat attendees to 'get their
house in order'
Nov. 7, 2005
Organizing
your final thoughts, wishes and assets – “getting your house in order” – in
anticipation of death or illness is one of the greatest gifts you can give your
family, according to Donna Pagano, a certified financial planner and the keynote
speaker for St. John’s Totally Healthy Woman Retreat Nov. 11-13 at Chateau on
the Lake in Branson.
Pagano will speak about “Love Letters to Your Family,” a system that helps
families “get their house in order” – financially and emotionally before they
die or become incapacitated.
“A family doesn’t have the time to grieve the way they need to if they’re too
busy gathering paper work, tracking down assets and trying to figure out their
loved one’s wishes for their estate,” Pagano says. That’s why Pagano and her
husband of 34 years “got their house in order” in 1990 and began writing what
she calls “love letters” to their three now-grown children.
The letters, which eventually grew into journals, chronicle important events in
their children’s lives and record the couple’s thoughts and feelings. The
journals will be given to the Pagano children after their parents’ deaths.
Two years ago, the family had an “estate dinner” to discuss the Paganos’ wishes
for how their estate will be handled
“We didn’t discuss the particulars of our will at that dinner, but we wanted to
get certain family issues out in the open,” Pagano says.
The system has worked so well for Pagano’s family that she began using it with
her clients.
The three-day retreat also includes activities such as hot stone massages,
reflexology, Yoga, Tai Chi, Chih and educational break-out sessions on laughter
and stress, communication, heart health, alternative medicine, financial
planning and relationship building. Cost is $85 for general registration and
includes all lectures and break-out sessions, breaks each day, food samplings at
the pajama party Friday night, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and
breakfast on Sunday. Personal health consults on a variety of topics and health
screenings are available for an additional charge.
Those wishing to register for the annual retreat, may call 417-820-2322 or
877-968-2877. Visit the retreat online at www.stjohns.com/healthywoman/default.aspx.
For media information, contact St. John’s Media Relations at 417-820-2426 or
cscott@sprg.mercy.net.
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