Meet Inspiring Patient: Torie Mugo Fast Facts Location: Aurora, Colorado Overcoming a limb challenge Please tell us about the limb challenge that you faced. Torie: I am a mother, wife, and avid athlete. I was born and raised in Nairobi-Kenya and traveled to the United States at the age of 19 to pursue further [...]
To say that the total dollar amount in Americans’ retirement accounts is massive would be an understatement. Accounting for 30 percent of all household financial assets, at the end of 2022 total retirement assets in the United States topped more than $33 trillion dollars, including assets in IRAs, defined contribution plans such as 401(k)s [...]
LPF’s Future Steps Society is Committed to Your Charitable Goals The Limb Preservation Foundation’s Future Steps Society is committed to working with you and your family to fulfill your charitable goals, whether those goals relate to making an impact, leaving a legacy, saving money on taxes, expressing gratitude, or a combination of objectives. Many [...]
If you get cross-eyed when you start reading about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), you are not alone! And, given the December 2022 passage of SECURE 2.0 legislation, changes to RMD rules are especially important to understand if you are involved in charitable giving and have reached the age of [...]
Ring in the new year with new charitable giving tax laws If you’ve been tracking federal legislation, you’re likely aware that on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed a $1.65 trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (“CAA”). A component of this legislation, known as “SECURE 2.0,” includes many [...]
Meet Inspiring Patient: Troy Karnes Fast Facts Location: Lakewood, Colorado Overcoming a limb challenge Please tell us about the limb challenge that you faced. Troy: I had Chondrosarcoma in my right shoulder blade and some in the joint. Limb Preservation Foundation (LPF): How are you doing now? What progress are you most proud of? [...]
Model and double amputee, Lexie Bader’s goal is to inspire and show the world people with disabilities can do whatever they put their minds to. Can you briefly talk about how you became a person with a limb difference? I became a double below-knee amputee (BKA) caused by Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) [...]
Dinner Menu Mixed Green Salad (GF) mixed greens, blue cheese crumbles, granny smith apples, and pecans served with maple vinaigrette dressing Pistachio Crusted Salmon Pan-seared Atlantic salmon, pistachio compound butter and warm orzo salad -or- Roasted Vegetable Risotto (GF) Fennel, carrots, parsnip, and cremini mushrooms -or- Chicken Marengo Frenched chicken breast sautéed golden [...]
