Legacy4Kids
Legacy4Kids Society
Membership in the Legacy4Kids Society
Membership in the Legacy4Kids
Society signals special generosity and a nonbinding pledge to make CHD
a beneficiary of your estate. Please remember Children’s Home of Detroit
with a bequest.
Here are a few suggested ways that you may join the Legacy4Kids Society:
- A simple bequest to CHD (see wording
below)
- Naming CHD as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, or a
percentage of the policy
- Making CHD a beneficiary of a qualified individual retirement plan (IRA), or a percentage of the plan
- Including
CHD as a trust beneficiary
- Supporting CHD with a donation of real estate, stocks, art or other tangible goods
Your Estate Plan
If you have already named Children's Home of Detroit in your estate plan,
and if you agree to make this known to CHD, we wish to recognize your generosity
by extending a membership to you in our Legacy4Kids
Society.
The substantial gifts of past donors, often accomplished through estate planning, have been important in sustaining CHD's mission to children and families since 1836. Thanks to these gifts, CHD has an endowment fund that helps buffer our services and programs against a volatile Michigan economy and often-fickle third-party funding environment.
Unrestricted Bequest
The simplest way to remember a charity as part of your estate plan is
an unrestricted bequest. Suggested wording to leave money to the Children's
Home of Detroit:
"I give, devise and bequeath the sum of $________ (or, _______percent (_____%) of my net estate, as finally determined for estate tax purposes) to Children's Home of Detroit, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization located in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, to be used in furtherance of its charitable purposes."
To discuss planned giving opportunities please contact Lisa Mower Gandelot by phone at 313-886-0800, extension 120 or by email at lgandelot@childrenshomeofdetroit.org.
Gifts from the Heart: Stories of Giving
Click on a name below to read a Legacy4Kids Society Member's story of giving.
Ann Cooper
Lisa Mower Gandelot
Margie Reeves Garbarino
Dorothy "Dosie" Mooney
Jane Kay Nugent
Giving
Gifts from the Heart
Ann Cooper
Ann Cooper has been a volunteer since she was a teenager. She began her volunteer career as a Junior member of Tau Beta, a local philanthropic organization for women. Through the years she has volunteered for numerous non-profit organizations.
Ann has served as a trustee faithfully since 1974 when she was first asked to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Children's Home of Detroit. She has worked with the organization tirelessly volunteering wherever needed, chairing committees, and serving as the Board President from 1980-1982.
Ann believes that CHD needs the support of all to keep it the best child care institution in the state now and in the future. "With CHD's more than 170 years of continuous service to children and families, it is vital to maintain this excellence. One can be a part of that through planned giving, something that I am personally doing," she volunteered. She has chosen to leave a bequest to CHD and to her other favorite charities. "I feel good knowing that I am helping a worthy organization that has such a rich history."
Ann's years of volunteerism have made her keenly aware of the importance of planned giving to the continuity of charitable organizations. Thank you, Ann, for caring about the children and families CHD serves now and the ones we will serve in the future.
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Giving
Gifts from the Heart
Lisa Mower Gandelot, Director of Development
Lisa is no stranger to the Children's Home of Detroit. As a teenager, she donated her Madame Alexander Doll Collection to the then Protestant Children's Home (now known as Children's Home of Detroit) for the girls and volunteered at the Foundation for Exceptional Children while a student at Grosse Pointe High School (now Grosse Pointe South). Little did she know at the time, what an important part Children's Home of Detroit would play in her life.
Following graduation from college, Lisa began teaching fourth grade in the Grosse Pointe Public School System. In 1969, she married Jon B. Gandelot. She left teaching in 1972 to become a mother. In 1977, Lisa was asked to join the Board of Trustees of the Children's Home of Detroit. She eagerly accepted and spent the next 23 years as a trustee, serving tirelessly in countless capacities, including President from 1992-1994.
Her devotion to the Children's Home of Detroit, her enthusiasm for its programs and her strong belief in its mission, led her down a new path when she joined the CHD staff as Director of Development in early 2000. She has found it to be a most rewarding experience. “The staff is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and families," she said.
As Director of Development, she began a planned giving program for CHD. She feels strongly in encouraging people of all ages and means to consider a legacy gift. "CHD has been serving children and families since 1836, a year before Michigan became a state. We have been blessed by forebears who thought about the future needs of children served by CHD."
"Children's Home of Detroit has enriched my life in so many ways. I want to support CHD after I am gone. I am pleased to have already given a life insurance policy to CHD. After all, children are our most precious resource... we must cherish them and help them," she recently stated.
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Giving Gifts
from the Heart
Margie Reeves Garbarino
Margie Reeves Garbarino is the fifth generation of her family to be involved with the Children's Home of Detroit. She grew up with CHD being an important part of her family life - it's in her blood! Her great, great grandmother, Mrs. Edward Kanter, served on the board as well as her great grandmother, Mrs. Henry Kanter. Their husbands served as financial advisors to the Home. Her grandmother, Mrs. Charles A. Kanter, was President of the Board of Trustees in 1950. Her mother, Elizabeth "Libby" Kanter Reeves, joined the Board in 1946, serving until her death in 2000. There were a couple of years when Libby lived in Midland, Michigan - but she never missed a CHD Board meeting - happily driving downstate to serve her beloved CHD. Margie joined the CHD Board in 1967. She has served on every committee and devoted countless hours to special projects. There may be no other non-profit organization around that has had the same family actively involved in it for about 150 years!
"I have made a future commitment from my IRA stock account to the Children's Home of Detroit for the long term financial health and growth of this excellent organization. “
"Children's Home has been such an important part of my life. It is gratifying to me that my deceased husband, Bob, not only supported my involvement at Children's Home of Detroit, but also took an active role – he, too, loved CHD," Margie explained. "It makes me happy to know that our legacy will live on long after we are gone." Thank you, Margie and Bob, for making a difference in the lives of the children we serve now - and for years to come.
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Giving Gifts from
the Heart
Dorthy Walton Mooney
Dorothy "Dosie" Mooney is an extraordinary woman who is dedicated to making our corner of the world a better place by serving on countless boards and volunteering for organizations that impact the lives of children and families.
Dosie was elected as a CHD trustee in 1964 and served as president of the Board of Trustees from 1976-1978. During her more than 44 years of service to CHD, she has willingly chaired or served on all committees.
Dosie believes strongly in the value of planned giving, saying "I view planned giving as an important investment in the future. Planned giving can also have tax benefits and provide income during the donor's lifetime. It is a hard concept for many people to understand, but it is so critical to the future of organizations. Quality estate planning can help make planned giving understandable."
Her estate planning includes a bequest to CHD and other charities that are meaningful to her. We are all beneficiaries of her efforts.
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Giving Gifts from
the Heart
Jane Kay Nugent
Jane Kay Nugent has devoted her adult life to philanthropic causes and cares passionately about many issues, especially children, women's issues, education and health care. When asked about how she became interested in philanthropy, Jane states simply that, "my employer, Detroit Edison, fostered employee involvement in the community - whether nonprofit, private/civic or governmental sector. Detroit Edison was a good corporate citizen and set an excellent example for its employees." Jane worked for Detroit Edison until her retirement as Vice President in Administration.
For years, Jane had passed the CHD's Grosse Pointe Woods Campus but knew little about it. Following her retirement, CHD approached Jane to chair its Capital Campaign. They knew her superior leadership skills would be vital to the success of the campaign. When she discovered more about CHD, its history and its excellent services for children and families, she readily agreed. One of her personal goals was "to make this treasure known to the community and beyond." She felt it was "one of the best-kept secrets in town," and has been impressed with the work of CHD's dedicated staff, trustees and volunteers. Jane has been a devoted friend of and donor to CHD, serving in many different leadership roles for the Board of Trustees, including President from 1996-1998.
Jane feels strongly that the financial needs of Children's Home of Detroit need to be supported now and in the future. Because Jane is such a strong advocate of philanthropy, she has made a future gift to Children's Home of Detroit in the form of an unrestricted bequest to help ensure the future financial viability of the organization. She encourages others to make a planned gift to CHD. "Making a difference in the lives of children and families today and in the future gives me great satisfaction," said Jane. "It is my privilege to support this outstanding community resource."