Your gift can make a real difference to future generations
Your bequest will make a big difference and allow us to care for many more families who seek Karuna’s compassionate home based hospice care every year.
Won’t you please take some time now to think about whether you could make a bequest to Karuna by leaving us a proportion of your estate in your Will?
Please help Karuna to help people with a life-threatening illness
A Bequest is a gift of personal or real property made through a Will. After providing for loved ones, many people choose to make a gift to a charity such as Karuna. Having a current Will is the only way to ensure that your financial affairs will be settled exactly as you wish.
The income from bequests enables Karuna to offer our home based hospice care to more people when they need it. Your bequest will be a very practical and meaningful way of showing your care and compassion for your fellow Australians in their time of greatest need.
It is simple to include a gift to Karuna in your Will.
If you have an existing Will, you can add a codicil (a supplement or addition to your will) which allows you to make minor changes without making a completely new Will. If you do not currently have a Will, you can consult a solicitor, the Public Trustee, or use a kit.
The suggested wording for a bequest clause is:
“I bequeath free of all duties and charges… (description of gift) to The Karuna Hospice Service Ltd, PO Box 2020 Windsor 4030 in the State of Queensland, for the general charitable purposes thereof and I declare that the receipt of the Secretary or Honorary Treasurer shall be sufficient discharge to my executors.”
Where it says ‘description of gift’ you could insert instructions such as:
- a proportion of my estate, (eg ‘half of my estate’)
- the residue of my estate, (after you look after family members)
- a specified sum of money,
- specific items (such as investments, real estate, artwork or jewellery)
Of course a Will is a very private matter but if you have remembered Karuna in your will, you may like to let us know so that we can thank you and give you the option of appropriate recognition. Our discussions with you about these matters are always treated in the strictest confidence and discretion.
Karuna’s Bequest Officer, Priscilla Maxwell, will welcome your call on (07) 3632 8307 if you wish to discuss the possibility of making a personal gift. Alternatively, you can email Priscilla for further information about making a bequest to Karuna, at priscilla@karuna.org.au
