Your Will

Making a bequest through your Will is the most common, straightforward way to arrange a planned gift. We recommend that you use professional assistance in the preparation of your Will as an improperly written Will may be challenged and your intentions not followed.

You may choose to provide for a specific sum or percentage of your Estate to go to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation upon your death. You may also make a “residual” bequest which, once all other beneficiaries have been taken care of, would leave the balance of your Estate to the Foundation.

Should you wish to leave an unrestricted gift, the suggested wording is:

“I give, devise and Bequeath to Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation the sum of $_______, or _____ percentage of my estate (or the residue) to be used for any purposes approved by the Board of Directors of Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation.”

If you wish to specify how your gift is to be used, the suggested wording is:

“I give, devise and bequeath to Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation the sum of $_____ or ____ percentage of my estate (or the residue) to be used for the following purpose(s):” (set out Purpose).

A written list of several sample clauses is available from the Foundation Office. These may be useful in discussions with your Lawyer in drafting your Will. Please contact the Foundation to have the samples sent to you.