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A Legacy of Giving<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Celebrating 85 Years of Service to Long Beach<\/p>\n

Assistance League\u00a0of Long Beach Legacy Society<\/h3>\n

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Through your gift to the endowment, you will strengthen Assistance League of Long Beach and enrich the lives of future generations.<\/p>\n

Please consider making an estate provision or a planned or deferred gift to benefit the future of Assistance League of Long Beach.\u00a0 Also, please consider notifying us of your intentions so that we might welcome you to the Legacy Society — our way of acknowledging present and future endowment gifts to Assistance League of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

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Reasons for Joining Our Legacy Society<\/h2>\n

Periodically, we are pleased to acknowledge and highlight some of our Legacy Society members. \u00a0These people have planned to include Assistance League of Long Beach in their estate plans.\u00a0 The stories you will read are from the heart and encompass a wide range of reasons and passion for contributing to the long-term support of this great nonprofit organization.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Legacy Society member
\n<\/strong>Vickie and Jim Sullos
\n<\/em><\/strong>Printable Story (<\/em>PDF<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

by Bonnie Dorrans<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]\u201cThroughout the years, we have seen firsthand how special Assistance League of Long Beach is in serving the community with outstanding results. It is important to us that future generations continue to receive the same dedicated service and, for that reason, we chose to become Legacy Society members.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Married for 49 years, Vickie and Jim Sullos seem perfectly matched.\u00a0 Both are first generation Greek Americans. They met at a Greek Orthodox Church in Long Beach where they were introduced by a mutual friend.\u00a0 They talked for over two hours. Fortunately, Vickie\u2019s parents had asked her to drive them to the event that night.\u00a0 Jim who was just returning from a business trip stopped at the event to say hello to his parents. The rest is history.\u00a0 After seven dates, Jim asked Vickie to marry him.<\/p>\n

Vickie was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, but the family moved to California before her second birthday.\u00a0 Her father bought land in Santa Ana, because it reminded him of the Greek climate and the plants from his homeland.\u00a0 Vickie grew up there, graduated from Santa Ana High School, and went on to earn a BA in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.\u00a0 She worked for a few years as an interior designer but, once they had children, she chose to be a stay-at-home mom.<\/p>\n

Jim was born and raised in Long Beach and attended Long Beach Unified School District schools. He graduated from Poly High School and went on to Occidental College and then Columbia Business School. He has been a CPA for fifty-five years.\u00a0 Though he is retired, Jim still works out of the same accounting firm that he has been with his entire career, Windes.<\/p>\n

Jim also is the president of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Burroughs was the first author to incorporate himself. An adventure writer, he is best known for Tarzan of the Apes<\/em>. The corporation audits over fifty movies and 250 television episodes spawned from the book and monitors merchandising and licensing agreements.<\/p>\n

Vickie remembers attending a Woman of the Year event with Kathy Wade in 1984. The next year, Vickie joined the Rick Rackers auxiliary and became immediately busy planning the Winter Wonderland Ball and preparing the 335-page Reporter.<\/em> \u201cThe Reporter<\/em> honored our Woman of the Year, showcased service organizations, and was a fundraiser with members selling ads,\u201d she said. In 1992, Vickie served as the chair of Rick Rackers.<\/p>\n

Vickie became very active in the Cancer League for a number of years and served as president. Encouraged by her Assistance League friends to become a Chapter member, she became part of the \u201c007 Bond\u201d class.\u00a0 A natural leader, Vickie chaired a number of committees.\u00a0 Her favorites involved social interaction with the member volunteers.\u00a0 She was 5th<\/sup> Vice President-Membership for two terms, Chair of the Endowment Committee, worked on Membership Enrichment, and served as a \u201cmom\u201d with Kathy Wade.\u00a0 In 2016-17, Vickie became the President of ALLB.\u00a0\u00a0 Because she is such a detailed person, a perfectionist really, her skills were apparent in everything in which she was involved.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Jim encountered Assistance League of Long Beach long before he met Vickie.\u00a0 Because his father owned a parking lot near the first ALLB Thrift Shop, Jim met some of the member volunteers and even handled some of their accounting matters; he was greatly impressed by these ladies and how the organization conducted business.<\/p>\n

Jim and Vickie have two grown children.\u00a0 Their daughter, Gina, is a veterinarian who owns a business in Santa Barbara called Cat Doctors.\u00a0 Jimmy, their son, lives in Venice and is the co-founder and creative director of PTTOW!, a private community of C-Suite executives from Fortune 500 companies.<\/p>\n

Vickie and Jim are proud to be Legacy Society members.\u00a0 They know Assistance League of Long Beach will continue to make life better for the many people it serves.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]If you are interested in learning more about Assistance League of Long Beach\u2019s Endowment Program or Legacy Society membership, please contact Oscar Reyes, Director of Donor Relations and Development, or Colleen Bragalone, Executive Director, at <\/em>(562) 627-5650.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=””][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/12″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Planned Giving<\/h2>\n

Welcome to your resource for Charitable Planned Giving.<\/span><\/p>\n

We’ve created this section of our website to help you dream, about our future and yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

We think you’ll find th<\/span>e information helpful and easy to understand, something you’ll want to use and share with your family\u00a0and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For related details, check out the following resources.<\/p>\n

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