Donor Stories

The Giving Heart of Grace B.

It was Spring of 1997 when Grace B. made her first donation to Northwest Assistance Ministries. It was a simple gift of $25 dollars but it was going to a good organization that was helping a lot of people. In November of that same year, Grace once again made another $25 donation to NAM. She continued to give the same amount twice a year until her death in 2017.
Grace and her family moved to Houston in 1937. She worked at Peden Iron and Steel where she met her husband. Grace and her husband enjoyed traveling around the US. She felt good about her gifts to NAM. She liked that NAM was serving homebound seniors through the Meals on Wheels program and hoped her gifts helped some of her fellow seniors.
Grace and her husband did not have any children but continued to draw joy from the charities that they supported. They never considered themselves wealthy but lived a comfortable life in the Heights neighborhood. Along with the charitable giving, Grace and her husband were savers. They wanted to be prepared for any emergency and looked forward to a retirement busy with travels and blessing others as they had been blessed.
Grace’s husband preceded her in death but she continued her support for NAM until her passing in 1997. Her generosity has now outlived them both. Prior to her death, Grace worked with an attorney to arrange the settlement of her estate. She wanted dearly to make a sizable gift to NAM and a handful of other charities that were close to her heart. In late September, 2020, NAM received a bequest gift of more than $300,000 from Grace B.’s estate. It is one of the largest estate gifts received by NAM.
Grace’s gifts were heartfelt and over the years certainly made a difference. Her commitment to supporting her fellow seniors and the work of NAM even after her passing is a testimony to her generosity and love, and is such a blessing to clients of Northwest Assistance Ministries.
Many think that their donation doesn’t make much difference but take it from Grace; every gift helps. Please consider following Grace’s heart and include Northwest Assistance Ministries or the NAM Endowment Fund in your estate plans. You too can make quite an impact.
So, in closing, thank you Grace B. Thank you from all of us at NAM.

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