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How To Make A Donation To The Alzheimer’s Society

Donations In Memory Of Loved One

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Make a donation in memory of a loved one, friend, or colleague who has passed away:

Do you wish to invite your family and friends to make a donation to the Alzheimer Society of Montreal in memory of someone who has passed away? We invite you to include the following message in the funeral announcement: In lieu of flowers, the family invites you to make a donation to the Alzheimer Society of Montreal.In case of continued strike action by Canada Post, you can make an In Memoriam donation by phone or online.PDF Form

Donations In Honour Of Loved One

Highlight a special event or pay tribute to a special person.

You can make a donation in honour of a birthday, wedding, anniversary, and a number of other special occasions celebrated by someone close to you. In case of continued strike action by Canada Post, you can make an In Honorarium donation by phone or online.PDF Form

How Your Donation Helps

Your donations enable us to research into care and cure, provide support and training, and campaign for the rights of people living with dementia.

Last year, your gifts helped over 200,000 people who were affected by dementia, but we need to increase this to ensure that no one has to face dementia alone. Find out more about how your money helps people affected by dementia.

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Check Out More Unique Ways To Give

You can choose from several other unique ways to give to the Alzheimer Society. You can: buy a Forget Me Not necklace or keepsake for yourself or to give as a gift donate a vehicle and get a tax receipt donate through ChangeIt®.

for more information on these interesting alternative ways to give!

The Society hosts a variety of fundraising events throughout the year. The revenue supports the important work we do.

For Every Pound We Spend 88p Goes Directly Towards Improving The Lives Of People Affected By Dementia

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Thanks to generous people like you, last year we answered 45,000 calls to our Dementia Connect support line, trained 2.8 million Dementia Friends, and invested £37 million into research, just to name a few of the incredible things that your kind gifts help to fund.

Your support ensures that we can offer help to those who need it most whilst looking for a cure and trying to create a more dementia friendly society.

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Make A Gift Of Publicly Traded Securities

Includes gifts of stocks, bonds, mutual fund units and shares.

Benefits to donors:

  • Subject to generous tax incentives
  • No capital gains tax on gifts of publicly-traded securities to public charities
  • One of the most tax effective ways to make a donation

If a person donates a stock originally purchased for $300 that has grown to a fair market value of $1,000 and transfers ownership to the Alzheimer Society, he or she will receive a tax receipt for $1,000 from the Alzheimer Society and will not have to pay tax on the gain.

charitable donation of securities form.

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