Health Living
How do you want to be remembered, and what is the legacy you will leave behind?
At Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, we’re so grateful for the generous group of dedicated donors have decided to make a meaningful impact for children and families who rely on Manitoba’s children’s hospital and research institute by committing to a legacy gift.
Donors like the Loeppky family, who created an endowment fund after needing HSC Children’s Hospital themselves. In 1995, then six-week-old Jackson Loeppky started experiencing cold-like symptoms, getting sicker and sicker. Doctors at HSC Children’s diagnosed Jackson with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a lung infection that can cause serious illness and breathing issues and is sometimes fatal in babies. He spent two weeks in hospital recovering and relying on a ventilator and medications from an IV. His family is deeply grateful for the health care team who looked after Jackson.
“We felt comforted with the knowledge everything possible was being done to keep him alive,” says Lindsay, Jackson’s dad. “With this overwhelming sense of gratitude, our family later discussed ways to donate to the Children’s Hospital.”
There are many ways to make a legacy gift, to support kids now and into the future. For instance, Diane Boyle, a long-standing supporter of Children’s Hospital Foundation has also made a commitment in her Will to help transform child health care and research.
“It gives me a feeling that I’m still able to help for years and years to come,” says Diane. “That’s what’s important about a legacy gift – people making those kinds of gifts should be happy that the good work will continue because of their support.”
The power of a planned gift is that your support will last well beyond your lifetime, something donor Cynthia Menard says impacted her decision.
“When I first heard about leaving a legacy, right away in my heart I knew this was the right thing to do,” says Cynthia. “Children are our future, and we have to look after them. We have to love them and help them move forward in a positive way. They may never meet me. They may never know what I look like, but there’s someone out there that’s thinking about them, and I want them to have a future.”
Legacy donors like the Loeppky family, Diane and Cynthia join the dedicated group in the Annie. A. Bond Legacy Circle – named as a tribute to the founder of Children’s Hospital – who have chosen to support the Foundation with a planned gift such as:
- A gift in their Will
- Life insurance
- Gifts of real estate
- Beneficiary designations on pension funds
- RRSPs
- RRIFs
- TFSAs
- Charitable gift annuities
- Reminder trusts
- Endowment funds
To begin the conversation on what planned giving options are right for you, speak with your financial planner and contact the Foundation’s annual giving manager, Courtney Nodrick, at 204-894-9043 or [email protected].
Stefano Grande is the president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba.
