Leave a Legacy!

The Leave a Legacy^TM program assists local charities of Greater Toronto to work with their donors and with estate planning professionals to establish gifts that will make a lasting mark on the quality of life in our communities.

LNAK's Education and Culture Foundation works in partnership with Leave a Legacy to provide you with all the information you need to understand why this initiative is so very important.

10 things you can do today to leave a legacy

1. Prepare a will. Without a will you lose control over your property at death.
   
   
2. Leave a gift in your will for the charitable organizations that make a difference in your life. Imagine the positive impact on our community if everyone made a gift from their estate to their favourite charity.
   
   
3. Arrange for a specific dollar amount or a percentage of the assets in your will.
   
   
4. Consider using assets for your charitable gift. These include but are not limited to cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, term deposits, real estate, art, jewellery or insurance. Such gifts may even provide tax savings.
   
   
5. Name a charitable organization as a beneficiary of your RRSP or RRIF.
   
   
6. Name your favourite charitable organization as the beneficiary of an existing or paid-up life insurance policy.
   
   
7. Purchase a new life insurance policy naming your favourite charitable organization as the beneficiary.
   
   
8. Remember your loved ones with memorial gifts.
   
   
9. Encourage family and friends to leave gifts to their favourite charitable organizations in their wills.
   
   
10. Ask your financial or estate planning advisor or to include charitable giving as part of their counsel to clients.