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Planned Giving
Whether it’s through our money or our time, we’re all charitable in some form or another. But planning a charitable gift in a Will can be fraught with difficult questions like “am I going to disinherit my loved ones?”
Lester Hart was a retired bachelor farmer in the Glenside district near Outlook who mainly kept to himself throughout his life.
Marg and Don Ravis are extremely grateful to be able to give back to the community that has given them so much over the years—many friends, memorable careers and life-saving health care.
The idea of leaving a charitable gift in your Will might have you wondering: why would I leave a gift to charity in my Will when I have my family to take care of?
Are you one of the 49% of Canadians that don’t have a Will? Among the top reasons so many of us delay Will writing is the feeling that we’re too young to worry about it, or that we don’t have enough assets to justify making a Will in the first place.
Valid concerns. But there are some real motivations to making a Will you might not be aware of, regardless of where you are in life.
Gratitude. It’s an important step one takes during their recovery journey from substance addiction.
Victor DeFehr knew how essential it was for him to help others and give back to the community because of the hurt he had caused himself and others for many years as a young adult.
Debi Dubé-Dean just knew it was the right thing to do—the sharing of her lunch with classmates who regularly came without food to the west-end school in Saskatoon she attended so many decades ago. Her unselfish acts of generosity in grade school would be followed by many others on her journey to becoming a dedicated philanthropist later in her life.
Walter Koob was born on the family farm in the R.M. of Viscount in 1928. He grew up on the family farm in the Meacham district and went to Lucasville School. In the winters, Walter worked off the farm. He worked in Saskatoon at the Wheat Pool Flour Mill and as a strong young man, he often carried up to 200 lb. bags of flour on his shoulder (loading rail cars) for his entire shift.
