Planning for the Future with Origin Park:
When you think about the legacy you’ d like to leave, consider the lasting impact you can have through a planned gift to Origin Park. Planned giving allows you to support the causes you care about while ensuring your loved ones are provided for. By including Origin Park in your estate plans, you are helping protect and restore hundreds of acres of green space along the Ohio River, creating trails, wildlife habitats, and community gathering places that will serve generations to come.
Whether through a bequest in your will, a beneficiary designation on a retirement account, or other planned gift options, your generosity ensures that Origin Park remains a thriving, resilient natural sanctuary well into the future. We invite you to join others who are building this legacy of conservation and community. Together, we can create a park that reflects both your values and your vision for tomorrow. Please talk with your financial planner or contact our office at 812-463-3553 if you have further questions.
Bob Hill Writing Workshop- Another Successful Park Program
On a beautiful Saturday in August, 15 people gathered for a writing workshop with the popular author Bob Hill. They sat on stumps in the Friendship Circle at the Buttonbush Woods picnic grove. Cicada song came in waves, like the cyclists passing by. Bob held the group’ s attention from the get-go with a personal and frankly funny account of his own writerly development and adventures.“ I was always looking to slip into another world,” he said. In his writing, he relies on four key words:“ See, Hear, Feel, Think.”
Lively discussion brought out some memorable Bob-isms, like“ when in doubt, tell the truth.” He advised,“ Don’ t let your expectations get in the way …. Let the story come to you.”
And so they did, each writing a short piece and some brave enough to share. Said one,“ It reminds me of the drum circle, where strangers enter and leave as friends. Today we learned to listen, and that there’ s a story everywhere.”