Worcester, MA, February 22, 2021 — Carol F. Barton, Attorney at Estate Preservation Law Offices located in Worcester, MA, has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious National Professional Advisor of the Year for 2020 by the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Each year the American Cancer Society honors one or two exceptional partners of its Planned Giving Team. The National Professional Advisor (NPAN) award recognizes Carol’s high level of dedication to both the ACS’ mission and its Planned Giving Program while promoting charitable estate giving to fellow advisors, clients and constituents. Carol’s association with the American Cancer Society (ACS) began in 2008 as a volunteer at the organization’s Hope Lodge in Worcester, MA. She later moved on to serve in national roles, most recently serving as Chair of the Nationwide Gift Planning Advisor Council of ACS.
According to Attorney Barton, “Combining my desire to volunteer and working with ACS allows me to use my legal skills in a productive way. It permits me to assist individual donors to allocate their assets to fund cancer research, support caregivers and the network of people involved when a loved one receives a cancer diagnosis.”
Carol has been an associate attorney at Estate Preservation Law offices, Worcester, MA since 2013. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, elder law and Medicaid planning, and Special Needs and disability planning.