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Message from the Chief Executive
As one of Victoria’s largest palliative care services Calvary Health Care Bethlehem provides quality hospital care, community nursing, and day centre care to people with a life limiting illness for which there is no cure, for people living in Melbourne’s Bayside suburbs.
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem relies on the generosity of patients, individual donors, community groups and corporate supporters to supplement government funding. Donations and sponsorships ensures that the hospital has the ability to carry out vital capital improvements that will benefit patient care and provide comfort when it is most needed.
Improvements may include:
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purchase and/or replacement of medical equipment
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refurbishment of patient accommodation areas
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expansion of clinical programs
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expansion of Palliative and Neurological day centre programs
There are many ways you can support of Calvary Health Care Bethlehem through donations, sponsorships, In Memoriam Donations, legacies and bequests.
You can help support the important of Calvary Health Care Bethlehem by using our internet donation form.
Click here to view / download a donation form (Word 26 kB)
Donations Letter
Donation options are as follows:
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For credit card donations either call 03 9596 2853 or print the form above and either fax it to 03 9596 3576 or post it to the address below.
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For cheques and/or money orders you should print this form and post it to the same address:
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, Community Relations and Fundraising
476 Kooyong Road
CAULFIELD VIC 3162
Gifts of $2.00 or more are tax deductible.
Bequests
By supporting Calvary Health Care Bethlehem in your Will you will be helping improve palliative and neurological services in your community and provide a legacy that will have a positive and lasting impact on many patients and their loved ones well into the future.
Click here to view / download a Bethlehem Appeal Brochure
(PDF file 486 kB)
Various Bequests
Your solicitor or trustee company can give you more information, but there are three major types of bequests.
A Specific Bequest is a gift of particular articles of property, such as houses or land, shares, cars, furniture, jewellery, books, etc. given to a particular person or organisation.
A General Bequest is usually a sum of money or percentage of the value of your estate given to persons or organisations.
A Residual Bequest is what is remaining of your estate after the specific and general bequests have been distributed. For example, you may leave residual bequests to your family, friends, or an organisation such as a registered charity. In your Will you can nominate how you want it to be divided.
Leaving a Bequest to a Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Service
When preparing your Will, your immediate family should always be the first ones you consider when dividing up your estate.
However, you may also like to consider a bequest to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, enabling us to improve and expand upon the health services we provide to either palliative or neurological patients.
For some people, giving through their estate is the only time they will be able to give a significant gift to an organisation that has helped them.
The following is some suggested wording, should you wish to support one of our health care facilities.
If you wish to leave a share of your estate or your entire estate
“I ................................... bequeath to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Ltd, in the State of Victoria (insert the share you wish to leave, e.g. “25 per cent of my estate” or “whole of my estate”), free of all duties for which the written acknowledgment of the Chief Executive Officer shall be sufficient discharge.
If Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Ltd ceases to exist, this legacy shall not fail but my executors shall pay it to the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary which I consider most nearly fulfils the object I intend to benefit.
If you wish to leave a specific sum of money
Insert “the sum of “ (being the amount you wish to leave.)
If you wish to leave a specific bequest
Insert the address of the property, details of shares, life insurance policies, bank accounts or other assets.
If you wish to leave a remaining (residual) amount.
After specific bequests are written, insert “the residue of my estate” or the percentage e.g. “50% of the residue of my estate”.
If you wish to leave an alternative gift
Sometimes a nominated beneficiary may predecease the person for whom the will is written, or be unwilling to accept the specific bequest. In this instance, it is possible to redirect the bequest to another beneficiary. To make an alternative gift simply precede the above general wording with the following clause:
“Should any or one of my beneficiaries predecease me or be unable or unwilling to accept my bequest, I give that portion to (insert 'Calvary Health Care Bethlehem'. If you wish to leave a bequest for a specific purpose - e.g. care and treatment of neurological patients).
Insert the words “to be used for the purposes of” (state the purpose, of the service to benefit - e.g. “to be used for the purposes of acquiring medical equipment for the treatment and care of patients of the Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Neurology Unit”).
More Information
Further information about how best to leave a lasting legacy in your Will to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem can be found in our bequest brochure “Being for Others”. For your free copy of this booklet and a “Wills” kit or to discuss the options further please telephone Karen Silcock at 03 9595 3220 or email DirMission@bethlehem.org.au.
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem welcomes the support of the business community.
There are many ways that this support has been realised, including:
Donating money towards the purchase of specific items of medical equipment to clinical areas in need. Donations of $2 or more to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem are tax deductible.
Active participation in fundraising and public relations events and promotions designed to raise funds for a specific purpose such as Griefline or pain management, building works, equipment purchases etc. This type of support often includes a cash donation pledge as well as offering your organisation’s expertise in marketing and promotional initiatives.
Some organisations have "adopted" a Calvary Health Care Bethlehem service, by encouraging their staff to consider regular and small deductions from their pay, which are then transferred electronically to our banking account. These employee contributions are tax deductible. Matching their employees’ commitment Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, companies will often match (dollar for dollar), the level of support provided by their staff.
Businesses that may not be in the position to provide a cash gift, often demonstrate their support by donating some of their products or services. This may be the provision of a raffle prize, the provision of food and/or other consumables which might otherwise be an operational or event management expense to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, or by providing their technical and professional skills free of charge (i.e. printing, marketing and legal advice).
Local businesses and community groups sometimes choose to run a company function or social event (e.g. golf day, BBQ, Dinner Dance or Trivia Night in support of a Calvary Health Care Bethlehem service). Proceeds from such occasions are then passed onto the Unit or service of their choosing.
A few organisations have provided their employees with both the time and encouragement to volunteer their talents in support of Calvary Health Care Bethlehem. We have a very active volunteer program assisting with such things as patient transport, carer support, coffee shop and gift shop services, fundraising etc. for more information about our Volunteer Services.
If you or your company are interested in discussing ways you might be able to help Calvary Health Care Bethlehem, please contact us at DirMission@bethlehem.org.au.
Many families find comfort in making a gift to Calvary Health Care Bethlehem in lieu of flowers, in recognition of the medical care and attention provided to a loved one who has recently died.
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem is grateful for these gifts, which allow us to purchase much needed equipment that will bring comfort to our patients.
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem has In-Memoriam donation envelopes that can be given to families and their chosen funeral director on request.
These envelopes are usually made available at the funeral and will be obtained on request by the Funeral Director.
The money collected at the funeral is forwarded to the Calvary Health Care Bethlehem by either the family or the Funeral Director.
Money is also received via the post from family and friends who have received an envelope at the funeral service and decided to make a donation at a later date.
To receive a supply of In-Memoriam donation envelopes, please phone the Director of Mission on (03) 9595 3220 or collect a supply from our reception desk.
Click here to view / download an In-Memoriam form (Word 27 kB)
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Contact
Karen Silcock
Phone 03 9595 3220
Email DirMission@bethlehem.org.au
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