2021 Bearing Witness Magazine

Sandy & Richard Jackson

A Family Creates Forever Ties to HMH

Sandy Jackson was chaperoning her daughter’s middle-school field trip to the Jewish Community Center in Houston. It was the 1980s, and they were there to see an Anne Frank exhibit. Absorbed in the words, images—the total moment—Sandy heard the mother of one of her daughter’s friends asked about the Holocaust, “Why do they keep bringing this up over and over again?” Both Sandy and her husband, Richard, lost family in the Holocaust. For the Jacksons, both of whom are in their 70’s, supporting Holocaust Museum Houston ensures the atrocities of that time—and those that continue today in parts of the world—are never forgotten. Family members have supported Holocaust Museum Houston since its opening in 1996. Sandy’s father was a committed donor and her cousin, Isabel, was one of its first docents. “I remember feeling so sad, hurt and angry,” Sandy says.

Throughout the Museum’s 25 years, the Jacksons have donated in countless ways, from annual gifts to capital campaigns and an endowed gift. They first became President Level members in 1997, one year after Holocaust Museum Houston’s opening. The couple also established the Frances and Louis Gordon Endowment Fund, named after Sandy’s parents, to help fund the Museum’s Educator in Motion program. A gift in their estate plan ensures the endowment continues to make a lasting impact. “The Museum does a marvelous job and needs to be sustained,” Richard says. “It allows for the future to be right. It’s important for the world.” Create a Kinder World Like the Jacksons, your future gift helps make a difference for a better world. Discover how you can create a gift that best meets your needs and supports HMH by contacting Stephanie Dugan, CAP® at 713-527-1629 or sdugan@hmh.org .

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