HWS Capital Campaign :: Supporting the Campaign : Planned Gifts

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Supporting the Campaign with a Planned Gift

For those alumni, alumnae, parents and friends who are supporting the Campaign for the Colleges with an “outright gift” of cash or stock, you may also decide to enhance your gift by joining the Wheeler Society.

Recent HWS Example:
Karen Ilacqua Reuscher ’88 - Planned Gift

Karen Ilacqua Reuscher ’88 has made a multi-year cash commitment to the Campaign for the Colleges. In additions, se had named the colleges as a percentage beneficiary of her retirement plan. Karen is providing for both the current Campaign and the long term needs of the Colleges.

“Including the Colleges in my retirement plan is a simple but important way for me to give back to my alma mater that also allows me to provide for my family,” said Ilacqua.

Planned gift such as charitable gift annuities, pooled income funds, real estate or documented bequests, will count towards the goals of the Campaign for the Colleges, at full face value of the gift, if the donor is 70 years or older.

Recent HWS Example:
Helen '53 and Ruth '52 Collings - Planned Gift

Helen ’53 and Ruth ’52 Collings documented their bequest intentions to create the Herbert S. and Florence G Collings Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund. Their generous planned gift will provide financial assistance to William Smith students for generation to come while supporting the Campaign for the Colleges and the William Smith Centennial Campaign.