Hospice Angels are special St. Joseph Healthcare donors help support the patients and families of hospice. Often, they are those who have benefited from Angels who supported them and are seeking a way to give back.
Hospice Angels
How your donation helps:
BRINGING JOY TO PATIENTS
Every patient has a life story. Your gift can honor this story with a personalized gift that will bring a patient joy in their final days. We’ve given customized birdhouses to bird watchers and shipped in a favorite childhood food from a patient’s home country.
SUPPORTING HOSPICE FAMILIES
Your gift can help make caring for a loved one easier with a gift of a grab bar for a shower, a nonslip mat, a removable shower head or other durable medical equipment.
BEREAVEMENT RECOGNITION
Some patients and families are with us for a very short time but still are in our hearts. Your gift will recognize their loss with flowers or a loss basket.
Online
Giving online is a secure and easy way to make a gift. We accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express. You can make a one-time gift or a recurring gift (monthly). Click here to give online.
To give by mail, please send your donation to: St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation, PO Box 1638, Bangor, ME 04402-1638. Cash and checks are accepted. Please make checks payable to St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation and include a note that your gift is for the Hospice program.
Phone
Please call (207) 907-1740. to make your donation over the phone using your credit card between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time
Ways to Give
Tribute gifts, a special and personal way to remember a loved one or to honor an employee, are always accepted and received with gratitude.
Some families choose to give donations to St. Joseph Hospice in lieu of flowers. Please direct donations to our online giving page or St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation, PO Box 1638, Bangor, ME 04402-1638.
If you are interested in naming opportunities, please contact Brad Coffey, Foundation President, at 207.907.1740 or Brad_Coffey@covenanthealth.net
If your donation exceeds $1,000, your loved one’s name will be added to our Memorial Wall near the hospital elevators.
Many employers match their employees’ charitable giving. Please ask your Human Resource department for the appropriate matching gift form to increase the impact of your contribution. Make a gift >
One sentence in your will can make a lifetime of difference. Please use this sample language as a framework for shaping your bequest with your advisors. “I give and bequeath to St. Joseph Healthcare located at 106 Congress Street, Bangor, ME 04402 ___ percent; OR the sum of $______ from my estate; OR all the rest, residue or remainder of my estate. This gift may be used in support of the Hospice program.”
We would be delighted to help you create a bequest for a purpose close to your heart. Please contact J. Bradford Coffey, Esq. at 207-907-3199 or brad_coffey@covenanthealth.net so that we can discuss how your bequest has the impact you wish. When you make a bequest, you will join the Felician Society
For many of us, the most significant gifts we’ll ever make are those given at the end of our lives. There are many charitable options to choose from, depending on your goals. Whether gift of life insurance, charitable gift annuity, or charitable trust, we are honored to help you meet your personal and philanthropic goals. Contact J. Bradford Coffey at 207.907.3199 or brad_coffey@covenanthealth.net for more information. When you make a planned gift, you will join the Felician Society
A gift of appreciated stock may offer you the opportunity to provide a more generous gift than an outright gift of cash and is a fantastic way to support patient care. When you donate appreciated stock you have owned for more than one year, you can enjoy greater tax savings from giving such property than if you were to donate an equal amount in cash. To receive such benefits, you must transfer the securities to St. Joseph Healthcare rather than selling them and then donating the proceeds. Instructions for giving stock >
Giving through your donor-advised fund is easy! We’d love to say thank you for your gift; please include your contact information with your gift.
Donors aged 70 ½ and older can make a gift of all or part of their annual required minimum distribution (up to $100,000). This allows you to meet your minimum distribution requirements and reduces your income by the amount donated. This form of giving is also another way you may be able to make a greater impact on the lives of those who will benefit from your generosity!!
For the first time in more than six years, the American Council on Gift Annuities has increased its suggested rates. St. Joseph Healthcare is now offering these new, higher rates.
Here’s an example of a CGA: 75-year-old couple John and Sue would like to diversify their estate plan, as well as give back to their community. They establish a $100,000 charitable gift annuity to St. Joseph Healthcare. At a rate of 5.5%, they are guaranteed a $5,500 payment each year, for the remainder of their lives. After John and Sue both pass away the remaining amount will be used to support St. Joseph Healthcare’s vital work.
The typical charitable gift annuity donor:
- Is 65+ years old
- Would like additional income
- Likes the idea of a fixed lifetime payment
- Has assets that generate little income, such as interest or dividends
- Has assets with a low tax cost basis
Contact Brad Coffey at (207) 907-1740 or brad_coffey@covenanthealth.net for more information.
Unencumbered real estate that is readily salable in the marketplace can be a wonderful gift. Upon notification of a potential gift of real estate, we will work with you to evaluate the making/accepting of the gift and approach that are in the best interest of you and St. Joseph Healthcare.