Those that are familiar with me know that I have worked with Wally Dallenbach Jr. for a number of years in a variety of capacities. Since the start of PCI back in June, Wally, and some of his family, are "official" clients. We've been through a lot together and I value their friendship and respect.
Earlier this year Wally came to me to discuss an idea for a Foundation he had. I must tell you, having limited knowledge of Foundations (but working with a few over the years), I was skeptical. I have lots of thoughts about Foundations in general, or how some are used for non-straight purposes, but I still listened.
His concept, which you can find at www.wallydallenbachjrfoundation.com, was to provide solace to children who lost a parent. I am lucky enough to have both of my parents, but I know from next-to-first-hand experience that the loss of a parent is devastating, especially for a child.
As Wally is an outdoorsman through-and-through, his idea was to take children on an outdoors adventure - hunting, fishing, you name it. It's really geared to those children who's lost parent was a sportsman (amateur) and is designed to give the child a sense of their lost parent, but to also make them feel special after going through what they shouldn't have.
OK, I was impressed. I am an attorney and have never set up a Foundation from scratch, but Wally, through a friend of his, gave me the name of J. William Strickland, out of South Carolina. It took about five minutes of one conversation for me to realize that Bill was the guy to help set it up. His guidance has truly been invaluable and we appreciate everything he's done thus far (and will continue to do).
A bank account at Regions Bank (recommend them too), a solid website and ... IRS 501(c)(3) certification (yes, we have it thanks to Bill) and we're on our way.
Definitely check out the website, drop me a note (dan@passeconsulting.com) and think about if you'd like to help the Wally Dallenbach Jr. Foundation.
We can't wait to hear from you.
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