Bequest
|
Remember Sydney Legacy In Your Will
|
|
|
A bequest to Sydney Legacy will ensure that your personal legacy will endure for the benefit of the families of deceased veterans throughout the Sydney metropolitan area as well as many NSW country areas.
As an organisation which receives very little financial support from the Government, Legacy’s future capacity to look after its extended family lies in the hands of generous and concerned individuals.
We hope that you will regard yourself among this special group of people by making a bequest to help us honour our promise to care for the families of deceased veterans.
|
|  | |
|
|
|
Wording your bequest...As a guide, Sydney Legacy recommends the following wording:
| ‘I give to SYDNEY LEGACY of 47 York St, Sydney (ACN 000 048 868) ____________ (state your bequest here) for its general purposes or (state your specific purpose).’
| | Type of bequest... |
| | Adrienne Buttner contacted us recently to inform us that she had left a bequest in her Will. She shared with us her passion for Sydney Legacy.
“I have supported Legacy for about 25 years and always buy my Christmas cards, diaries, and calendars from Legacy and for many years I used to sell Legacy badges in September. My heart goes out to the widows and children who have had to cope after the death of their husbands or fathers. From personal experience, I know how difficult this can be. |
|
|
|
|
We encourage you to consider which type of bequest from the following list is most appropriate for you and to discuss the options with your solicitor.
| - A specific dollar amount.
- Specific assets (such as real estate, shares, life insurance policies/annuities).
- The residue of your estate - what is left of your estate after your family have been provided for.
- A percentage of the residue of your estate.
|
|
| | “I first came to know Legacy in 1960 after my father, a WW11 veteran, died. Mum faced many difficulties in those early years after his death and couldn’t afford to give us children many luxuries. This was when Legacy stepped in and I was taken under their wing as a Junior Legatee.
| | “I remember with much fondness the many days I spent with Legacy going on Pittwater Cruises, to Camps and even farm holidays at people’s homes in Northern NSW where I learnt all about farm animals and farm life. |
|
|
|
|
Would you like to know more?
| 
|
If you would like more information about making a bequest or if you would like to obtain our Wills and Bequest booklet `Sydney Legacy ... Your Legacy' contact our bequest officer on 9248 9012 or email |
| | I also attended the regular after-school meetings at Legacy House where we danced and sung with much gaiety. I can still bring to mind the face of dear Legatee Holroyd who cared for me and took me home from these meetings. I was indeed privileged - because of Legacy.
“I have been fortunate to have a loving husband of 31 years. He is a proud VietNam Veteran - an added reason for my supporting Legacy. We never had the opportunity to have children and it is comforting to know that my bequest will help someone’s child or family just as my mother and I were helped all those years ago.
Unfortunately, war doesn’t go away and war always leaves suffering and heartache. Hopefully my bequest will make suffering and heartache for some parent or child a little easier to cope with and keep the Legacy flame burning.” |
|
|
|
|
|
|
