Make a Gesture That Lasts
Some gifts change a life. A legacy gift changes a community - for generations to come.
When you include A Simple Gesture in your estate plans, you become part of something that will outlast all of us: a Guilford County where no neighbor goes hungry. Your gift ensures that green bags keep getting filled, that surplus food keeps finding its way to families who need it, and that children in our schools can share a meal with a classmate.
Legacy giving isn't just for the wealthy. It's for anyone who believes in the community and wants to leave it a little better than they found it.
Jonathan & Karen Trivers
Jonathan and Karen believe that every community already has enough food to feed its neighbors — it just needs an easy way to get it where it's needed most. A retired marketing professional, Jonathan and his wife Karen founded A Simple Gesture in Paradise, California, proving that a grassroots idea, done consistently, could change lives. His vision inspired chapters across the country, including our own here in Greensboro, and we are proud to honor that legacy by naming our legacy giving society after them.
Meet a Few of Our Trivers Legacy Society Members
Richard W. Jennings
Mr. Jennings was a lifelong Greensboro community servant — an Eagle Scout, Sunday school teacher, and quiet, anonymous philanthropist who gave to causes ranging from Youth Focus to projects in Thailand and Brazil. Though A Simple Gesture didn't yet exist when Richard passed in 2009, his nephew honored his uncle's deep love for Greensboro by directing a generous estate gift to our organization — a gift that helped fund our first three years of operation. Richard lived by the belief that "You can love many people, you never share love, you only share time" — and his gift is a testament to just that.
Leslie Loyd
Leslie has spent her life's work feeding people, and found her deepest calling in watching an entire community feed each other — day after day, month after month. As CEO of A Simple Gesture, she has seen firsthand the love that lives inside this mission. By including ASG in her estate plans, Leslie hopes to keep that love alive long after she's gone. "I can't think of a better legacy to leave than continuing to support a community that cares for each other."