Posts Tagged ‘legacy giving’
Start Building Your Legacy Today
Within the charitable sector, there is an understanding that legacy is all about what you do with your money after you die. However, I think that definition can leave out an important part of the story. Legacy is more than just a gift from your estate – it is built up over a lifetime of…
Read MoreA Legacy of Love
Arthur and Beverly* were in love. It had taken years to understand the depth of their connection, but they had found it and cherished it. Then, tragedy struck. A story like theirs needs to be remembered and honoured. This is how their legacy continues. A Difficult Family Separation Neither Arthur nor Beverley could pinpoint a…
Read MoreA Legacy of Generosity
It can feel like receiving charity is a negative, but in fact, history shows us that it is part of a positive movement in the community; it promotes a legacy of generosity. I love the Old-English definition of the word ‘charity’ – “Christian love of others,” which looks at charity through a lens of relationship…
Read MoreThe Unexpected Comfort of Giving
My mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. We were told her condition was treatable, but not curable. To say the diagnosis hit Mom and the rest of the family hard is an understatement. Statistics[1] hold that most Canadians know all too well the flood of emotions that accompany this news. In addition to new…
Read MoreMaximum Impact
“I felt like I wanted my money to have maximum impact in the world, even when I’m not here anymore,” says Abundance Canada client Christine Kampen. Having lived a life led by her innate compassion for others and deep conviction of generosity, by her early thirties, Christine knew that she wanted to go the extra…
Read MoreA Grandparent’s Gift
While parenting comes with the pressures to raise a child into a productive, happy, well-rounded adult, being a grandparent can be less goal-oriented. There is often more breathing room in the relationship. That generational distance positions grandparents perfectly to help instill the value of charitable giving in the next generation. A New Tradition Charity and…
Read MoreA Different Kind of Legacy
Over the course of their life together, Doug and Heather Leung* raised a happy family and built up a successful business. They worked hard in the shop and instilled in their children the value of hard work, simple living and care for others. Although Doug and Heather had often dreamed about passing the business on…
Read MoreA Will Worth Making
Like more than half of all Canadian adults, Roger[1] did not have a will[2]. As a child, he had been adopted into a wealthy family. Although he loved them deeply, he struggled to form a strong relationship with his siblings. They never became close. In adulthood, their connection faded even more, and they lost touch…
Read MoreA Key Conversation
[May is Legacy Month at Abundance Canada, and throughout the month we are sharing a variety of information about will and estate planning on our website and through social media. We invite you to share, like, and comment.] Reticent to face our own mortality and influenced by countless TV and movie plots where inheritances lead…
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