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Examples of Planned Giving
Strategies:
Your Support is AppreciatedThank you for any support you are
able to offerMARS. For more information about us, see ourwebsite
at:
www.wingtips.org
We hope you will become a member and join
us in our work to help wildlife.
Charitable Tax No: 89207 7991 RR0001
Include a charitable gift in your will. A bequest toa charity
can bring tax savings for your estate.
Consider making MARS the beneciary ofyour life insurance policy
or donate the lifeinsurance policy during your lifetime and
receive
a charitable tax receipt for the cash surrendervalue of the
policy.
You might also name MARS as the beneciaryof your RRSP or RRIF.
There is no need tochange your will when renaming a beneciary
to
an insurance policy or RRSP/RRIF.
Set up a living trust, known as a charitableremainder trust of
cash assets and receive acharitable receipt for your donation.
During yourlifetime any interest, income or dividends will be
paid to you as taxable income but, upon yourdeath, the assets in
the trust go to the charityyou have chosen.
It is also possible to make a gift of residentialproperty to a
charity like MARS and retain theright to use the property during
your lifetime orfor a specied period.
Donate stock, mutual funds or securities. Youdo not have to pay
capital gains tax on theseinvestments when they are donated to a
charity.
Leave a Legacy for
Wildlife
How can you help?
You can support wildlife by making a one-time or
monthly donation, or by including MARS in your
estate planning to make a gift that will last beyondyour
lifetime.
If you are thinking about, or have made the decision
to support MARS, you will want to learn more about
the potential tax benets of your contribution. Ask
a professional advisor about options that can lower
your income taxes now and in the future.
A proud member o f:Wildlife Rehabilitators Network of BC
www.wrnbc.org
Mountainaire Avian Rescue
Society (MARS)
MARS is a non-prot, charitable organization
dedicated to helping ill, injured, orphaned and
oiled wildlife recover and eventually be released
back to the wild. We serve a large geographical
area that includes the northern half of Vancouver
Island as well as the northern Gulf Islands and
Sunshine Coast. We also provide education about
wildlife and conservation of habitat by making
presentations at public events, in classroomsand for small
groups, and by publishing a regular
newspaper column.
What will be your
Legacy for the
future?
