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        <p class="vggiftpages_intro">Did you know there are ways to support the Virginia Living Museum that don't affect your current lifestyle or your family's security? </p>
    <p>You can support the Virginia Living Museum with gifts that don't impact the way you live either by designating the Virginia Living Museum to receive estate assets in the future or by making immediate gifts to us of assets that are "out of sight and out of mind."</p>
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                        <li>You can <a href="/will-or-trust">make a gift that costs you nothing</a> during your lifetime.</li>
                                    <li>You can <a href="/retirement-plan">make a gift&nbsp;that leaves your cash flow</a> and current financial planning unchanged.</li>
                                    <li>You don't have to use cash to make your gift; you can &quot;<em>buy low</em> and <em>give high</em>&quot; by making your gift with <a href="/stock-or-appreciated-securities">appreciated securities</a> instead.</li>
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            <p><a href="/life-insurance" title="Learn More About Life Insurance"><strong>Gifts of Life Insurance</strong></a><br />Make a significant gift to the Virginia Living Museum even without a large estate. Here's how you can leverage your dollars for a larger gift. <a href="/life-insurance" class="pg-learn-more" title="Learn More About Gifts of Life Insurance">Learn more about Gifts of Life Insurance</a>.</p>
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