PALS - Planning Ahead for LGBTQ Seniors

Planning Ahead for LGTBTQ+ Seniors can only continue doing all that it does each year (and more), because of the generous support of PALS just like you! That's why we're continuing this GoFundMe Campaign, so we can raise another $2,500 or more to cover PALS "behind the scenes" operating expenses for 2024-25. These expenses include website hosting, ZOOM, MailChimp and Add Event platforms, hiring ASL interpreters when requested, social event costs, and PALS print materials, hybrid technology equipment & nominal office supplies.

So please be a PAL and contribute* whatever you can, knowing that each and every dollar donated will help PALS achieve its mission and vision to:

 (*Note: contributions are not tax-deductible because PALS is currently classified by the IRS as an "Unincorporated Association." PALS will report all expenditures on an annual basis and/or by request.)

For a closer look at what PALS is all about, please read on:

Planning Ahead for LGBTQ+ Seniors [PALS] is an all volunteer-led community initiative, based in greater Palm Springs, CA, that was started in 2013 by Richard Bass and others to help LGBTQ+ adults and allies know how plan ahead before a health or other life-altering situation arises.

By providing a wide array of no-cost seminars, workshops, special events and social activities every year, PALS has become so much more than presenting useful information about financial, health, legal and end-of-life planning — PALS is where friendships blossom and difficult conversations about aging, care and loss happen without stigma and judgment.

PALS is also where we gather the community together to address the most difficult aspects of aging for LGBTQ+ seniors (and soon-to-be seniors) — many of whom are estranged from family, have no children, have lost a spouse, or are single and living alone. That is, the isolation and loneliness that became ever more palpable after Covid-19 shut down the entire world as of March 2020.

Yet what PALS does costs money. So please be a PAL and contribute* generously, knowing that all funds raised will be spent on creating a community that looks out for each other.

 

For more information about PALS programs, upcoming calendar and more, please visit http://palsinthedesert.com/.

THANK YOU!