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By making a planned gift, you can help make a lasting impact on the future of St. Charles Health System and the health of our community while achieving your own financial objectives. There are several ways to give that will benefit St. Charles, as well as you and your family by reducing income taxes, avoiding capital-gains tax, increasing income or providing payments for life. Options for planned giving include:
- Bequest: Include a gift in your will or living trust or name St. Charles Foundation as a beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy.
- Charitable remainder trust: Establish a trust that will make payments to you or those you name, and St. Charles receives the remainder.
- Gift annuity: Transfer cash, securities or other assets in exchange for a tax benefit and fixed annual payments to you and/or a beneficiary for life, after which the remainder of the funds will be retained by St. Charles Foundation.
- Assets: Donate assets, such as real estate to St. Charles Foundation, and gain financial benefits. For example, you can donate your house, continue to live in it and receive a tax break.
- Appreciated stocks and securities: Donate appreciated stock and securities to St. Charles Foundation to earn a charitable income tax deduction that can generate greater income while reducing or even eliminating capital gains tax.
St. Charles Foundation Tax ID# 94-3076293
The most common way people remember St. Charles Health System in a will or living trust is through a charitable bequest. You do not have to rewrite your current documents; instead simply add an amendment, called a codicil, to your will or living trust. Your bequest is entirely under your control during life and becomes irrevocable only at death.
Suggested language to review with your attorney
"I give, devise and bequeath to St. Charles Foundation (tax I.D.94-3076293), located in Bend, Oregon, the sum of _______________dollars ($__________) (or state a percentage of your estate, or describe real or personal property, including location.) for the benefit of its general purposes (or specify a particular area you wish to support)."
Questions
St. Charles Foundation staff are available to provide guidance and gift planning assistance. For more information, please contact Michelle Solley, Philanthropy Officer, 541-508-8785 or mdsolley@stcharleshealthcare.org.
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St. Charles Health System and the teams at our Family Birthing Centers in Bend and Madras help Central Oregonians begin or grow their families in a soothing and joyful environment. St. Charles offers the region’s only designated Pediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Bend hospital along with outpatient pediatric rehabilitation. We also offer complete OB/GYN services at the Center for Women's Health in Redmond and several family care clinics throughout Central Oregon.
You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact Women and Children's Services. For more information, please contact the St. Charles Foundation office at 541-706-6996.
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The St. Charles Heart and Lung Center is proud to offer cardiovascular care that rivals the best programs in the nation. Our program provides comprehensive, patient-focused care from leaders in cardiac disease detection, diagnosis, treatment, intervention, rehabilitation and clinical research. In addition to national accolades for our program, St. Charles Bend has the lowest mortality rate for heart attack patients of all hospitals in the state of Oregon.
About Children's Heart Fund
St. Charles Foundation's Children's Heart Fund is dedicated to improving the lives of children living with congenital heart disease throughout Central Oregon.
You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact Heart and Lung Services. For more information, please contact Michelle Solley, Philanthropy Officer 541-508-8785 or mdsolley@stcharleshealthcare.org.
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The St. Charles Cancer Center brings together leading research, technology and personalized guidance to deliver the highest quality patient care — both physically and emotionally. Our compassionate medical staff helps, heals and supports patients on the winding road through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The St. Charles Cancer Center’s five-year survival rates for breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer are among the top five percent nationally. We are leading the fight against cancer with our state-of-the-art treatments and programs, innovative clinical trials and personal interaction.
You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact Cancer Services. For more information, please contact the St. Charles Foundation office at 541-706-6996.
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When you are struggling with an advanced illness, you need answers, relief, expertise and support. The St. Charles Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program and our hospice services in Prineville and Madras are designed to help patients and their families maximize physical, emotional and spiritual quality of life and ensure their wishes for their health care are honored.
You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact the Advanced Illness Management program. For more information, please contact the St. Charles Foundation office at 541-706-6996.
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You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact areas of greatest need. For more information, please contact the St. Charles Foundation office at 541-706-6996.
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We welcome you to direct your donation toward the health care issue or program that is most important to you. The St. Charles Foundation supports initiatives in the following areas:
Highest Need
St. Charles is a non-profit health system that provides care to all regardless of their ability to pay for services. Donations made to the area of highest need fund priority projects that support the ongoing mission of improving the quality of life for our patients and their families and meeting the urgent health care needs of our community. You can make a difference. We encourage you to discover how you can impact areas of greatest need.
Advanced Illness Management
When you are struggling with an advanced illness, you need answers, relief, expertise and support. The St. Charles Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program and our hospice services in Prineville and Madras are designed to help patients and their families maximize physical, emotional and spiritual quality of life and ensure their wishes for their health care are honored.
Cancer Services
The St. Charles Cancer Center brings together leading research, technology and personalized guidance to deliver the highest quality patient care — both physically and emotionally. Our compassionate medical staff helps, heals and supports patients on the winding road through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. The St. Charles Cancer Center’s five-year survival rates for breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancer are among the top five percent nationally. We are leading the fight against cancer with our state-of-the-art treatments and programs, innovative clinical trials and personal interaction.
Heart Services
The St. Charles Heart and Lung Center is proud to offer cardiovascular care that rivals the best programs in the nation. Our program provides comprehensive, patient-focused care from leaders in cardiac disease detection, diagnosis, treatment, intervention, rehabilitation and clinical research. In addition to national accolades for our program, St. Charles Bend has the lowest mortality rate for heart attack patients of all hospitals in the state of Oregon.
Women and Children's Services
St. Charles Health System and the teams at our Family Birthing Centers in Bend and Madras help Central Oregonians begin or grow their families in a soothing and joyful environment. St. Charles offers the region’s only designated Pediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Bend hospital along with outpatient pediatric rehabilitation. We also offer complete OB/GYN services at the Center for Women's Health in Redmond and several family care clinics throughout Central Oregon.
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Healing Gardens
St. Charles believes emotional and spiritual support is an important part of a patient’s journey. Our healing gardens at St. Charles Bend, Redmond and Madras and St. Charles Family Care in La Pine provide peaceful spaces where patients and their families can use the power of nature to nurture the heart and soul.
You can dedicate gifts in honor of individuals, families, organizations or an exceptional caregiver. You may also personalize them with a special sentiment or words of encouragement. When you own a piece of a healing garden, your generosity and the appreciation of a loved one will be honored in perpetuity.
Buy your commemorative brick or river rock today
Help us pave the way to better care in Central Oregon. Join us on the path to filling our garden sanctuaries of healing at St. Charles Bend, Redmond and Madras and St. Charles Family Care in La Pine with love and appreciation by buying your commemorative garden brick or river rock today.
Your brick or rock serves as a constant reminder of how you have helped enrich the lives of St. Charles patients.
Gift options for the healing garden:
| 4x8 brick | $250 |
| 4x8 brick with clip art | $500 |
| 8x8 brick | $1,000 |
| River Rock | $2,500 |
Reserve your gift by contacting Foundation Coordinator – Cindy Fields at 541-706-6996 or cdfields@stcharleshealthcare.org.
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More than a gift
Your donation to St. Charles Foundation is more than just a gift to the hospital facilities, equipment, programs and services we fund. Each contribution — no matter how big or small — brings us closer to achieving St. Charles' vision of "Creating America's healthiest community, together."
There are many ways to give to the St. Charles Foundation. The option that is best for you depends upon your individual goals and interests.
- Make a one-time or recurring donation online, by mail or by phone.
- Give directly to a specific program or, with a donation of at least $25,000, establish a named endowment to fund the health issue or initiative you care about most.
- Explore planned giving options that support St. Charles, while providing you and your family with financial and tax benefits.
However you choose to give, your donation is essential to our work at the St. Charles Foundation and our support of St. Charles Health System in providing better health, better care and better value for patients and their families in Central Oregon.