3 Simple Steps to Get Started
- Contact us at mslegacy@mscanada.ca to discuss your goals and ask questions
- Discuss and execute your plan with your professional advisors (lawyer, accountant, financial advisors)
- Discuss your legacy plans and estate goals with your family
By adding MS Canada in your will, you can be a part of some of the most promising MS research in the world. Already, gifts in wills have driven extraordinary progress.
With your legacy gift, you’ll continue to support a network of talented Canadian researchers as they collaborate across the country and around the world to share knowledge, advance discovery and find life-changing treatments.
Your gift will turn help turn new discoveries into real therapies, ready to benefit Canadians living with MS as quickly as possible.
Hear From Our Donors
“I was diagnosed with MS a month before I turned 41. When the neurologist confirmed it was MS, I didn’t know what that meant. The first thing I did was open the phone book and call MS Canada for answers.
They sent me a wealth of brochures (there was no internet then!), and I signed up for a newly diagnosed information session. It was led by two women who were at different stages of their MS. Even today I still remember things I learned in that course. The information, the connection, the support... MS Canada was there for me from the moment I was diagnosed.
When I was first diagnosed, there was only one drug therapy available. Now, there are many more therapies available for those living with relapsing-remitting MS. I think we’ll see even more treatments in my lifetime. Whatever I can do to move that ahead, I’m happy to help.
It feels good to leave a gift in my will to MS Canada. They have heart and I believe in them. They use the funds in the best interest of people with MS, like me. Whether it’s funding research, programs, services, education, or advocacy, it all goes to improving the quality of life for people living with MS, and I’m all for that.”
– Marie
"I’ve always been my little brother’s protector. So when Ian was diagnosed with MS, I felt incredibly powerless, knowing there was nothing I could do.
I tried my best to be there for him as his disease progressed. You can imagine my shock when, eight years later, I found out that I had MS too.
When neurologists saw my MRI, they were pretty sure I’d had it for about 15 years with no symptoms. Again, I felt that powerlessness — but this time, I went to MS Canada and started learning everything I could.
I want a cure for MS, and the way to get that is to put more money towards research."
- Coriann
“After talking about it with my sons, I decided to remember MS Canada in my will. My hope is that my gift will help them be there for folks who really need help. And I was delighted to learn I can leave a much bigger gift in my will than I could ever give during my lifetime.”
-Linda
What Are Gifts in a Will?
They are a specific clause written into your will to provide a specific dollar amount from your estate to a person or a charity. These gifts can also be provided as a percentage of your estate remaining after all final expenses, liabilities, income taxes and any specific bequests are paid by the estate.
There are many ways to leave your own legacy with a gift to MS Canada in your will. Here are the two most common types of gifts we receive to help in your decision-making.
- RESIDUAL GIFT
After all your loved ones have been provided for and your debts have been paid, you give a percentage of your remaining estate to MS Canada. - FIXED GIFT
You choose to remember MS Canada with a specific dollar amount.
The choice to leave a gift in your will is an extremely personal one. We encourage you to consult your financial advisors, lawyers, and loved ones as you consider a gift — and of course, we will be there every step of the way for support.
Common Questions About Leaving a Gift in Your Will
Let us know how we can help you. For individual donors or Professional Advisors who have questions or require information for adding a gift in a will, please contact us at mslegacy@mscanada.ca or 1-800-268-7582.
