How Can Doing Your Will Online Help Cure Breast Cancer?

Benefact has launched the "Will for a
Cure" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness month to raise money for breast
cancer research. This is the first fundraising event of its kind. The
campaign asks everyone who wants to help breast cancer research and who has
not completed their will to go to willforacure to learn how
they can complete their will online and leave a gift in their will to their
favorite breast cancer charity. A percentage of proceeds from the campaign
will be donated for breast cancer research. Says attorney James Harris,
founder of the campaign, "'Will for a Cure' is a great way for people to
put their family's affairs in order and feel good about helping a worthy
cause."



"An estimated 70% of people who need a will don't have one. This
amounts to tens of millions of Americans," says Harris. "At the same time,
there are millions of Americans who want to support breast cancer research,
especially during October, Breast Cancer Awareness month. If we can spread
the word and convince people who need a will to leave even 5% of their
estates for breast cancer research, we can easily raise billions of dollars
so future generations won't suffer." People who want to learn more about
how they can make a gift in their wills to benefit breast cancer research
can go to willforacure.



Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after
lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death. In 2005,
breast cancer caused 502,000 deaths worldwide (7% of cancer deaths; almost
1% of all deaths).



The "Will for a Cure" campaign is part of a broader effort by Benefact
to popularize the idea of leaving gifts to charities in wills, or "legacy
gifts," as they are called. "Currently, only about one in eight wills
mentions a charity. Imagine the problems that could be solved and diseases
that could be cured if it were a normal thing for everyone to do," says
Harris. "Some people think only the super-rich can leave gifts to charities
in their wills, but anyone can do this in just a few minutes online."



"Will for a Cure" (willforacure) uses the most trusted
online legal will writing website where anyone can create a legally valid
will in minutes. "The service was created by attorneys to be simple, fast,
and affordable," says Harris. According to Harris, more and more people are
doing legal documents online to avoid the expense of paying attorneys.



"People procrastinate when it comes to doing their wills. It's not
something they like to think about. 'Will for a Cure' will hopefully help
motivate people to write their wills now and raise money to cure breast
cancer," says Harris. "Please spread the word about 'Will for a Cure.'"



About Benefact



Benefact created the "Will for a Cure" campaign
(willforacure) to enable people to use online legal will
generation as a tool for supporting breast cancer research. Benefact hopes
to popularize the idea of supporting charities through legacy gifts in
wills.


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