Leave a Legacy by Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation

A Legacy Lives On

Your gift of health and healing for future generations

Your legacy

Looking back, looking forward

We all leave a legacy;

From its humble beginnings in 1959 as a small 100-bed community hospital, Surrey Memorial has grown to be the largest health care facility in BC that looks after the whole family. The need for more hospital beds, more medical specialities and more innovative equipment has been met in large part through the generosity of the community—individuals, businesses, large corporations and community service groups.

some in the hearts of family and friends, some in the next generation we’ve raised or touched in some way. A legacy is important because it represents the values that you have stood for during your lifetime. It is a statement about who you are and the things that you hold dear.

When you think about the values that are important in your life, and how you’d like to pass them on in the future, you may find that your values are embodied every day at Surrey Memorial and the Jim Pattison Centre – values like caring, compassion, support, innovation, hope and health.

As we look ahead and imagine what change the next 50 years will bring to our region, we want to ensure that our Hospital and Outpatient Centre will continue to provide leading-edge and innovative medical care. Families in our communities deserve nothing less. You can help make this happen.

Legacies make a difference Irene Bourassa and her family have a long history with Surrey that goes back to the early 1900’s. She was a unique and forward-thinking woman, with a deep love for animals and her community.

After her husband’s death, Irene decided to create a legacy gift which would benefit the two largest hospitals in the region that had provided medical care to her family over the years. Through her Will, Irene established an endowment from the sale of their Cloverdale property. The Irene & Arthur Bourassa Endowment Fund has since generated over $500,000 to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment for Surrey Memorial Hospital.

The Surrey/Cloverdale community has changed and grown remarkably since the days that Irene and Arthur rode their horses around their home.

Through her legacy gift, Irene is still impacting her community in very concrete ways. You too can make a difference for those who will follow, by including a gift in your Will.

We serve thousands of people every day, lending a

helping hand to many in their time of need. Through a gift to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation in your Will, you will become a champion for saving and improving the lives of future generations.

Your legacy

Looking back, looking forward

We all leave a legacy;

From its humble beginnings in 1959 as a small 100-bed community hospital, Surrey Memorial has grown to be the largest health care facility in BC that looks after the whole family. The need for more hospital beds, more medical specialities and more innovative equipment has been met in large part through the generosity of the community—individuals, businesses, large corporations and community service groups.

some in the hearts of family and friends, some in the next generation we’ve raised or touched in some way. A legacy is important because it represents the values that you have stood for during your lifetime. It is a statement about who you are and the things that you hold dear.

When you think about the values that are important in your life, and how you’d like to pass them on in the future, you may find that your values are embodied every day at Surrey Memorial and the Jim Pattison Centre – values like caring, compassion, support, innovation, hope and health.

As we look ahead and imagine what change the next 50 years will bring to our region, we want to ensure that our Hospital and Outpatient Centre will continue to provide leading-edge and innovative medical care. Families in our communities deserve nothing less. You can help make this happen.

Legacies make a difference Irene Bourassa and her family have a long history with Surrey that goes back to the early 1900’s. She was a unique and forward-thinking woman, with a deep love for animals and her community.

After her husband’s death, Irene decided to create a legacy gift which would benefit the two largest hospitals in the region that had provided medical care to her family over the years. Through her Will, Irene established an endowment from the sale of their Cloverdale property. The Irene & Arthur Bourassa Endowment Fund has since generated over $500,000 to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment for Surrey Memorial Hospital.

The Surrey/Cloverdale community has changed and grown remarkably since the days that Irene and Arthur rode their horses around their home.

Through her legacy gift, Irene is still impacting her community in very concrete ways. You too can make a difference for those who will follow, by including a gift in your Will.

We serve thousands of people every day, lending a

helping hand to many in their time of need. Through a gift to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation in your Will, you will become a champion for saving and improving the lives of future generations.

Austin Rose Kivinen Austin Rose spent the first six weeks of her life fighting for each breath in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Born two months premature and with under-developed lungs, her body often “forgot” to breathe, setting off alarms in her life support equipment and sending nurses and doctors rushing into the room to save her.

“Knowing that the nurses and all that equipment were taking care of Austin made it just that little bit easier to leave the hospital every day without our baby girl. This meant more to me than I will ever be able to express.”

— Emily Kivinen

Her mother Emily recalls how emotional it was to go home each day during those six weeks while little Austin stayed behind, fighting to breathe and grow inside a state-of-the-art incubator, surrounded by a myriad of life support equipment and her team of nurses.

Today, Austin Rose is a healthy, active little two-year-old. “She’s come such a long way from those early days,” reminisce Emily and Dan, thanks to the NICUs’ equipment, doctors, nurses—and donors.

To ensure other families can be helped as they were, the Kivinens have become donors to the NICU. They’re appreciative of the many other donors throughout the community who’ve helped Austin Rose and made Surrey Memorial Hospital’s NICU the first-class facility it is.

Janet Hayes and Walt Bruyns Janet Hayes and Walt Bruyns are no strangers to sickness and cancer. Walt’s mother had advanced breast cancer. “She spent weeks in the Palliative Care Unit at Surrey Memorial and our family was so touched by the wonderful compassionate care we received by the staff in the unit,” recalls Walt.

Jan had a similar experience, “My first husband was a patient for three months. It was an extremely difficult time. But the wonderful support I received from our doctor and the staff at Surrey Memorial, still brings tears to my eyes. They cared for me and my well-being as much as they cared for my husband.”

In appreciation for all the great care they and their families have received through the years, they have become generous donors to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation and have made provisions in their estate plans for future gifts to the hospital.

Walt has provided for his children through his Will, as well as the hospital foundation. “My children know that I have included this gift in my Will and are supportive of my decision,” shares Walt.

Jan has also made a gift in her Will and she has purchased a life insurance policy which she gifted a number of years ago.

“I knew I was the beneficiary of other people’s generosity when my husband and I were patients, and it seems so fitting to plan these future gifts as a way to say thank you and ensure that future generations will benefit as much as I have.”

— Janet Hayes

Although Jan and Walt have moved to the BC Interior, they still feel that Surrey Memorial Hospital is their hospital. “We don’t think people in Surrey realize what an amazing world-class hospital and outpatient centre they have right in their own community. Current and future financial support of the hospital is a fabulous investment!” claims Jan.

“The staff in the NICU at Surrey Memorial Hospital saved our daughter’s life.”

Austin Rose Kivinen Austin Rose spent the first six weeks of her life fighting for each breath in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Born two months premature and with under-developed lungs, her body often “forgot” to breathe, setting off alarms in her life support equipment and sending nurses and doctors rushing into the room to save her.

“Knowing that the nurses and all that equipment were taking care of Austin made it just that little bit easier to leave the hospital every day without our baby girl. This meant more to me than I will ever be able to express.”

— Emily Kivinen

Her mother Emily recalls how emotional it was to go home each day during those six weeks while little Austin stayed behind, fighting to breathe and grow inside a state-of-the-art incubator, surrounded by a myriad of life support equipment and her team of nurses.

Today, Austin Rose is a healthy, active little two-year-old. “She’s come such a long way from those early days,” reminisce Emily and Dan, thanks to the NICUs’ equipment, doctors, nurses—and donors.

To ensure other families can be helped as they were, the Kivinens have become donors to the NICU. They’re appreciative of the many other donors throughout the community who’ve helped Austin Rose and made Surrey Memorial Hospital’s NICU the first-class facility it is.

Janet Hayes and Walt Bruyns Janet Hayes and Walt Bruyns are no strangers to sickness and cancer. Walt’s mother had advanced breast cancer. “She spent weeks in the Palliative Care Unit at Surrey Memorial and our family was so touched by the wonderful compassionate care we received by the staff in the unit,” recalls Walt.

Jan had a similar experience, “My first husband was a patient for three months. It was an extremely difficult time. But the wonderful support I received from our doctor and the staff at Surrey Memorial, still brings tears to my eyes. They cared for me and my well-being as much as they cared for my husband.”

In appreciation for all the great care they and their families have received through the years, they have become generous donors to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation and have made provisions in their estate plans for future gifts to the hospital.

Walt has provided for his children through his Will, as well as the hospital foundation. “My children know that I have included this gift in my Will and are supportive of my decision,” shares Walt.

Jan has also made a gift in her Will and she has purchased a life insurance policy which she gifted a number of years ago.

“I knew I was the beneficiary of other people’s generosity when my husband and I were patients, and it seems so fitting to plan these future gifts as a way to say thank you and ensure that future generations will benefit as much as I have.”

— Janet Hayes

Although Jan and Walt have moved to the BC Interior, they still feel that Surrey Memorial Hospital is their hospital. “We don’t think people in Surrey realize what an amazing world-class hospital and outpatient centre they have right in their own community. Current and future financial support of the hospital is a fabulous investment!” claims Jan.

“The staff in the NICU at Surrey Memorial Hospital saved our daughter’s life.”

What your Legacy can do Whether your estate is large or small, you can help us to ensure exceptional care for individuals and families throughout the Fraser Valley region for years to come.

$25,000 can fund equipment like a special

$75,000 can help our tiniest premature

How to include a gift in your Last Will and Testament to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation

‘child-size’ cardiac defibrillator for our Pediatric

newborns have a fighting chance to live by

People from all walks of life —parents, grandparents, couples, single people—have

ER where roughly 35,000 children from around

funding a new high-tech incubator. Each year

honoured Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation with an estate legacy gift. Some did this as a way of

the region come for emergency treatment

over 500 fragile babies from all over the province,

saying ‘thanks’ for medical care they or a family member received at our hospital or outpatient centre. Others

each year. For children with congenital heart

some arriving by helicopter, receive care at Surrey

simply recognized the important role they could play in ensuring top-notch health care for their community.

conditions, every second counts in an emergency.

Memorial in BC’s largest single-room Neonatal

$50,000 can support patients of all ages who require specialized physiotherapy to help them walk again. Whether for young children who have lost the ability to walk because of chemotherapy, or for adult patients who have had a brain injury or stroke, this therapy literally helps up to 1,000 people get back on their feet again each year.

Intensive Care Unit with 48 beds.

$100,000 can help provide quick answers and

We are asking you to join them and include a gift in your Last Will and Testament to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation. Your legacy will save and improve lives.

Writing or changing your Last Will and Testament is easy and straightforward. Whether you are writing a Will

peace of mind to approximately 600 women per

for the first time or updating your Will, it is a good idea that you use the services of a lawyer or notary.

month at BC’s busiest Breast Health Clinic, in the

This is a perfect opportunity to include your estate gift to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation. For

Jim Pattison Centre, by funding equipment like a portable ultrasound for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. The majority of patients receive diagnosis in one week, and with rapid results, people can move forward with their lives.

After you have remembered $1,000,000 can equip an operating theatre your loved ones, please consider (OR) with specialized eye surgery equipment including Surrey Hospital and to help prevent blindness due to retinal disease which is the leading cause of blindness in Canada.

Outpatient Centre Foundation in Currently, over 1,600 patients per year undergo your Will to give the gift of health retinal surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital and and healing for future generations. the Jim Pattison Centre.

those whose Will is already up to date, but who wish to also include a gift to support Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, having your lawyer or notary draft a one-page codicil could accomplish the same thing.

Sample of Will wording clauses to share with your lawyer or notary: You can specify a percentage of your estate (called a ‘residue gift’): “I give to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation, 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2, all (or ______ %) of the residue of my estate.”

You can specify a specified dollar amount or specific asset such as real estate: “I give to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation, 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2, the sum of $______ (or asset ________).”

Designating your gift for a specific purpose: You may wish to direct the use of your gift to a particular program or area within the hospital. To ensure your gift can be used as intended, it is important to have your lawyer/notary call us at 604-585-5509 to confirm the designation description.

Our legal name is: Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation 13750 96th Avenue Surrey BC V3V 1Z2 Charitable Registration # 89126 8740 RR0001

What your Legacy can do Whether your estate is large or small, you can help us to ensure exceptional care for individuals and families throughout the Fraser Valley region for years to come.

$25,000 can fund equipment like a special

$75,000 can help our tiniest premature

How to include a gift in your Last Will and Testament to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation

‘child-size’ cardiac defibrillator for our Pediatric

newborns have a fighting chance to live by

People from all walks of life —parents, grandparents, couples, single people—have

ER where roughly 35,000 children from around

funding a new high-tech incubator. Each year

honoured Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation with an estate legacy gift. Some did this as a way of

the region come for emergency treatment

over 500 fragile babies from all over the province,

saying ‘thanks’ for medical care they or a family member received at our hospital or outpatient centre. Others

each year. For children with congenital heart

some arriving by helicopter, receive care at Surrey

simply recognized the important role they could play in ensuring top-notch health care for their community.

conditions, every second counts in an emergency.

Memorial in BC’s largest single-room Neonatal

$50,000 can support patients of all ages who require specialized physiotherapy to help them walk again. Whether for young children who have lost the ability to walk because of chemotherapy, or for adult patients who have had a brain injury or stroke, this therapy literally helps up to 1,000 people get back on their feet again each year.

Intensive Care Unit with 48 beds.

$100,000 can help provide quick answers and

We are asking you to join them and include a gift in your Last Will and Testament to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation. Your legacy will save and improve lives.

Writing or changing your Last Will and Testament is easy and straightforward. Whether you are writing a Will

peace of mind to approximately 600 women per

for the first time or updating your Will, it is a good idea that you use the services of a lawyer or notary.

month at BC’s busiest Breast Health Clinic, in the

This is a perfect opportunity to include your estate gift to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation. For

Jim Pattison Centre, by funding equipment like a portable ultrasound for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. The majority of patients receive diagnosis in one week, and with rapid results, people can move forward with their lives.

After you have remembered $1,000,000 can equip an operating theatre your loved ones, please consider (OR) with specialized eye surgery equipment including Surrey Hospital and to help prevent blindness due to retinal disease which is the leading cause of blindness in Canada.

Outpatient Centre Foundation in Currently, over 1,600 patients per year undergo your Will to give the gift of health retinal surgery at Surrey Memorial Hospital and and healing for future generations. the Jim Pattison Centre.

those whose Will is already up to date, but who wish to also include a gift to support Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, having your lawyer or notary draft a one-page codicil could accomplish the same thing.

Sample of Will wording clauses to share with your lawyer or notary: You can specify a percentage of your estate (called a ‘residue gift’): “I give to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation, 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2, all (or ______ %) of the residue of my estate.”

You can specify a specified dollar amount or specific asset such as real estate: “I give to Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation, 13750 96th Avenue, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2, the sum of $______ (or asset ________).”

Designating your gift for a specific purpose: You may wish to direct the use of your gift to a particular program or area within the hospital. To ensure your gift can be used as intended, it is important to have your lawyer/notary call us at 604-585-5509 to confirm the designation description.

Our legal name is: Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation

13750 96th Avenue

Surrey BC V3V 1Z2

Charitable Registration # 89126 8740 RR0001

Another quick and easy way to make a future legacy gift Another quick and simple way to include a future gift to support health care in the Fraser Valley is to designate Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation as a beneficiary on your Life Insurance, RRSP, RRIF or TFSA plans. This can be as simple as filling in a one-page form and may result in significant tax savings.

We would be happy to speak with you should you wish more information about these options.

Our commitments to you 1. We recognize that a legacy gift is your decision and you need to make it in your own time.

2. We respect your privacy.

3. We will use every gift carefully and cost effectively so that it has the greatest impact.

4. It is your decision to let us know if you’ve left a gift in your Will, or another kind of legacy gift. We’d love to hear from you and thank you – but you don’t need to tell us.

5. If you decide to notify us of a legacy gift, you can choose how we communicate with you about it in the future.

6. We will give you the opportunity to be connected to the work we do, and hear about the impacts legacy gifts are having for our community.

7. At any time in the future, you have the absolute right to change your mind about a gift in your Will to Surrey Hospital and Outpatient Centre Foundation.

8. We will honour whatever gift you leave, and treat it with sensitivity and respect.

We’d love to hear from you if you have questions or if you make a legacy commitment Contact: Yolanda Bouwman at yolanda.bouwman@fraserhealth.ca or 604-585-5509 Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation 13750 - 96th Ave. Surrey, B.C. V3V 1Z2 T: 604-588-3371 F: 604-585-5550 www.championsforcare.com Charitable Business Number: 89126 8740 RR0001