Apparently creating a fundraising page to fund funerals or support family members after someone’s death is becoming increasingly popular. The average amount raised on funeral, memorial and tribute pages on fundraising site GoFundMe is $2,200 USD.
“No Life Insurance, Help Spouse” is the headline on a current GoFundMe page set up after a woman’s husband died while ziplining in Costa Rica, the page has currently raised $7,495 USD. Just think how even just $50,000 of life insurance would have made a huge difference to them – and it is typically available for less than a dollar a day.
Click here to read more about the craze of crowdfunding and how although a few thousand dollars can help out surviving family it is well short of the kind of meaningful aid that would have been provided by a life insurance policy.