If something happens to you tomorrow, will your loved ones be able to easily find and manage all your assets, finances and wishes? Be prepared with physical and digital worksheets to organize, preserve, and share your household accounts, passwords, possessions, family history, photos, and heirlooms, as well as health care directives and end-of-life plans. This hands-on class is essential foranyone of any age and will save your next-of-kin time and money. Leave fond memories instead of a mess. A materials list will be provided with registration.

Learn best archival supplies for safely handling and organizing physical family photos, documents, movies, videos and audio tapes. Consider what to save, toss and/or possibly donate. Explore home, local and online scanning options and the safest permanent online cloud storage. Discuss digital uploading, organizing and dating photos and documents to share with family and friends. Consider illustrated printed books to preserve your cherished memories for generations to come. Informative handouts included. Loris Sofia Gregory is a freelance historian, researcher, writer, archivist, and community educator. She worked with a diversity of collections at the Minnesota Historical Society for 18 years.

Closets, basements, attics, garages and storage units can be intimidating spaces to declutter, representing “hidden clutter” accumulated behind closed doors in your home and in expensive storage units. Explore why we cling to a diversity of items we will most likely never wear or use again, diminishing our peace-of-mind and our money. Learn how to fearlessly declutter, organize and empty these spaces to lighten your life and save time, money and energy. Inspiring handouts included.

Paper is necessary in our homes, but left untamed, it multiples on every flat surface and in every room. Discover steps, secrets and systems to minimize paper piles and efficiently deal with mail, receipts, newspapers, magazines, catalogs and books. Learn how to make clear decisions for recycling, shredding and organizing your well-established piles as well as daily actions and simple systems to eliminate paper piles for good. Leave with inspiration to tame your paper piles immediately. Informative checklists included.