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Your Legacy will help transform mental health and addiction care for everyone.

Supporting Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care by leaving a gift in your will provides you an opportunity to support Waypoint’s vision of changing lives by leading the advancement and delivery of compassionate care for mental health.

 

The following is suggested wording for you and your lawyer or estate planner to consider.  Please remember to seek appropriate advice on any legal and financial matter from your family, lawyer, estate planner and financial advisor.

 

For more information, please contact Holly Archer, Senior Development Officer, at harcher@waypointcentre.ca or at 705-427-0541.

 

Unrestricted Gift

To pay to Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (or Waypoint), Penetanguishine ON, the sum of $___________ to be used for such purchases for the benefit of the patients/clients at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care as approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Residual Bequest, Unrestricted Use

To pay or transfer to Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (or Waypoint) the whole of the residue or a percentage of the residue (specify % of residue) of my estate to be used for such purposes for the benefit of the patients/clients at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

Designated or Restricted Gift

In general Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care can best utilize unrestricted gifts to ensure hospital priorities can be met as determined by the staff and board.  In some cases donors may wish to designate a specific program, area or project for the gift to be utilized.  Before designating a gift, we encourage you to consult with Holly Archer (harcher@waypointcentre.ca) about potential use of the gift and to ensure the gift can be appropriately applied,.

 

To pay to Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Waypoint), the sum of $________________ to be used for ___________________________________________

 

Power to Vary Purposes Clause

From time to time, altered conditions make it impossible or impracticable to carry out the original purposes of your gift. The following clause empowers the Board of Directors to alter or vary the purposes for which the gift is used.  It is recommended that this clause be included wherever possible:

 

“If in the opinion of the Board of Directors it should become impossible, inadvisable or impracticable to apply the said gift for the said purposes, the Board shall use the said fund (principal or income) or such part thereof in such manner as in its discretion may seem to the best advantage of the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care for other purposes with the spirit and intention of this gift.”

Thank you to Georgian Bay General Hospital Foundation for providing information that Waypoint was able to adapt for these purposes.

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One-Time Donation

Make a gift personally or on behalf of your company. 

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Estate Planning and Legacy Giving

Arrange to set up a planned gift to continue changing the future of mental health and addiction care. 

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Gift of Securities

Make a gift of publicly traded securities, mutual funds or stocks to help offer support to those living with mental illness.

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Dedicate Your Donation

Donate in honour or in memory of someone special.

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Major Gifts, Endowments and Foundations

Donations over $10,000, endowment funds, and charitable annuities. 

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Donate to a Fundraiser or Event

Show your support for an ongoing fundraiser or event. See our events page for more.

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Workplace Giving

Give through your company and make a big impact.  

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Corporate Partnerships

Partner with a leading-edge mental health and addiction hospital and research centre to meet your corporate responsibility goals.

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Donate Goods or Services

Partner with a leading-edge mental health and addiction hospital and research centre to meet your corporate responsibility goals. 

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