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Jean
Aloe Turns Her Good Fortune Into Good Deeds...
Jean Meyer Aloe
and her daughter
Once upon a time, Jean Meyer Aloe was paid
a surprise visit by the IRS Refund Fairy. "Lest you
think the tax refund was just change in my pocket, it
wasn't. I am 62 and work fulltime," says Jean. Lucky
for Heifer Foundation, Jean had recently learned about
its country endowment program, where a donor can establish
an endowment for the country or initiative of their choice.
Each year, 5 ½ percent of the endowment is made
available to Heifer International programs in that country.
Jean used her tax refund to create an endowment for Kosovo.
Jean adds, "That money could have meant a great vacation
or other things I might have wanted but didn't need. I
am just so grateful that the door was there for me to
walk through (i.e. Heifer endowment). It is so much more
important to do something really worthwhile for others,
something permanent. I thank Heifer for giving me this
gift."
When asked, "Why Kosovo?" Ms.
Aloe replies, "My heart had gone out to the people
of that region as I followed their plight over several
years. I am now reading books on the history of Kosovo
and looking for novelists and poets from that area. (Ms.
Aloe writes poetry in her spare time.) She also checks
the United Nations website on Kosovo (UNMIK) regularly,
so she can keep abreast of what is happening there. She
plans to add to the endowment each year at Christmas and
hopes that her children will contribute when they are
able, as well.
Yes, looks like Jean has sprinkled a little
fairy dust of her own.
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