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WILLS AND ESTATES

Help Canadians Affected by Osteoporosis by Leaving a Gift in Your Will

When you leave a gift to Osteoporosis Canada in your Will, you can feel confident that you’ve made a difference in the lives of those affected by osteoporosis. You can ensure that your legacy of giving will go to help educate, empower and support individuals and communities on bone health and in the risk-reduction and treatment of osteoporosis.

Planned Giving 4With over 2 million Canadians affected by osteoporosis and fewer than 20% of fracture patients in Canada currently undergoing diagnosis or adequate treatment for osteoporosis – there is more work to be done and we need ongoing support to continue our work to help make women and men unbreakable. You can make a difference – by leaving a gift to the Osteoporosis Canada in your Will.

With your help, we teach Canadians how to improve their bone health so osteoporosis can never take hold. We support those already diagnosed, and work to improve their quality of life. And we pursue research and treatment breakthroughs that keep more people healthy. Together, we will make Canadians unbreakable.

Planned Giving

People often worry that leaving a legacy gift means that there will be less to give to their loved ones. The truth is, you can make a legacy gift without taking away from the gifts left to your family and friends.

The Canadian government has created valuable tax incentives to encourage Canadians to leave legacy gifts. When you leave a legacy gift, your estate receives a tax credit for the full value of the gift, which adds a tax credit to your final income tax return.

This can help to maximize the value of your residual estate for your beneficiaries.



How To Leave A Gift In Your Will


Willful

WORK WITH YOUR LEGAL ADVISOR

If you choose to work with your legal advisor and/or financial planner to remember us in your will – contact us to learn about the various ways to leave a planned gift.


Willful

CREATE YOUR WILL ONLINE

Willful is a simple to use and secure online tool that will walk you through, step by step in setting up your will. Use the following promo code to receive $20 off when using Willful: OSTEO20

Use the following promo code to receive $20 off when using Willful: OSTEO20

How To Use Willful To Easily Setup Your Legacy Gift

People often expect legacy giving to be a lengthy, complicated process. When you make your will with Willful, leaving a legacy gift to Osteoporosis Canada involves just a few clicks.

Willful makes getting your affairs in order affordable, convenient, and easy. It breaks the estate planning process into simple steps, so you can create your last will and testament and power of attorney documents online from the comfort of home.

About 90% of Canadians have simple estates that can be created with Willful. It takes less than 20 minutes and costs a fraction of the price of visiting a lawyer.

Use the following promo code to receive $20 off when using Willful: OSTEO20

Info & Benefits of Using Willful

Willful makes getting your affairs in order affordable, convenient, and easy. Willful breaks the estate planning process into simple steps, so you can create your last will and testament and power of attorney documents online from the comfort of home. It takes less than 20 minutes and costs a fraction of the price of visiting a lawyer. Willful is currently available in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, British Columbia and Quebec. About 90% of Canadians have simple estates that are able to be supported at Willful.

How you can support Osteoporosis Canada in your will:

Willful surveyed Canadians and found that only 12% plan to leave a legacy gift. People often worry that leaving a legacy gift means that there will be less to give to their loved ones. The truth is you can make a legacy gift without taking away from the gifts left to your family and friends.

The Canadian government has created valuable tax incentives to encourage Canadians to leave legacy gifts. When you leave a legacy gift, your estate receives a tax credit for the full value of the gift, which adds a tax credit to your final income tax return. This can help to maximize the value of your residual estate for your beneficiaries.

People often expect legacy giving to be a lengthy, complicated process. When you make your will with Willful, leaving a legacy gift to Osteoporosis Canada involves just a few clicks. After the Special Gifts section where you assign property and lump sum cash gifts to beneficiaries, you will see our Charitable Giving section that allows you to leave a lump sum to Osteoporosis Canada.

If you prefer to leave a percentage of your residual estate, you can add a charity as a beneficiary in the next section. (Your residual estate is everything left after debts and taxes are paid and specific gifts are distributed.)

Contact Willful With Questions:
Email: support@willful.co
Live chat (via their website)
Book a 15-minute phone call with a member of the Willful team: https://calendly.com/willful/phone-support-sessions

Use the following promo code to receive $20 off when using Willful: OSTEO20

WORK WITH YOUR LEGAL ADVISOR

If you choose to work with your legal advisor and/or financial planner to remember us in your will – contact us to learn about the various ways to leave a planned gift.

CREATE YOUR WILL WITH WILLFUL

Willful is a simple to use and secure online tool that will walk you through, step by step in setting up your will. Use the following promo code to receive $20 off when using Willful: OSTEO20

Making A Will 101

No one likes to think about emergency planning but 57% of Canadian adults don’t have a will, and that number goes up to 89% among millennials. Having a solid estate plan in place is a key part of “adulting” – just like getting insurance or an RRSP. Wills can be confusing though: who needs one, what are they, and what do I need to know to get one in place? In this webinar Willful will guide you through will basics, bust some myths, and up your estate planning knowledge. We’ll also highlight legacy giving basics.

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