Make a gift using our secure website donation form by clicking here!

Call us toll free at 1 (800) 220-0110 or locally at 1 (508) 222-0118 to make a gift over the phone using your credit card.

Make checks payable to Community VNA and send us your gift by mail to:

Gifts of cash are always the easiest and most popular. Making a donation of cash is as simple as writing a check or authorizing a charge on your credit card. From your standpoint, your contribution is no fuss, no bother, and is put to work immediately by Community VNA.

It’s easy to make a donation to Community VNA while earning yourself a valuable tax deduction! If you have an unwanted vehicle, but don’t want the hassle of having to sell it, consider donating it to Community VNA. If interested, please call our toll-free vehicle donation number 1 (855) 500-RIDE or you can complete your vehicle donation online by clicking here! Your vehicle does not have to be in running condition, and we accept just about any motorized vehicle, including:

• Cars
• Trucks
• Motorcycles
• RVs & Campers
• Boats
• Farm Equipment
• Horse Trailers

Stocks or bonds that have increased in value are among the most popular non-cash assets used for charitable giving. Making a gift of securities (which you have held at least one year) offers you the chance to help us while realizing important benefits for yourself. Please contact us directly for delivery instructions that will allow your gift to be transferred directly to our broker account, maximizing the tax benefits for you. Contact Jeffrey LaValley, Community Relations and Fund Development Manager, by phone at 1 (800) 220-0110 or by email at development@communityvna.com.

Some companies match their employees’ personal contributions to qualified charities such as Community VNA. Please check with your employer to see if your company has a matching gifts program. If so, your gift may be doubled or tripled simply by completing a form available from your employer (usually through your Human Resources office) and submitting it to us with your gift. Ask your employer or your spouse’s employer about their matching gift programs.

Consider a gift in your will to Community VNA that will extend the good you do beyond your lifetime. Bequests are the most common type of planned gift and the simplest for you to make. Bequests are also extremely important to Community VNA. We rely on bequests to ensure that in the future we can continue to give free care services to the needy, acquire new technology, and create new programs our patients will need.

With a bequest in your will, you can leave a legacy for the future that will cost you nothing right now. Instead, when your gift is received, it will be invested to produce permanent endowment income for the future care-giving needs of Community VNA, and for generations to come – forever. It’s a powerful choice. And it’s not difficult to put in place. The first step is making your wishes and intentions known to your lawyer, who will add a bequest to your will, per your directions.

Sample Bequest Wording:

• “I ___(your name)__ of ( your town, state, zip___) give, devise and bequeath to Community Visiting Nurse Agency, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) agency, now of 10 Emory St., Attleboro, MA, 02703, the following for its unrestricted use and purpose, or for the following purpose stated here _________________;

Then specify the gift, such as:

• A specific amount (such as $1,000 or $20,000, or $50,000, etc.)
• A percentage of a estate (such as 1% or 5% or 50%, etc.)
• A percentage of the residual of a estate after all other bequests (to children, grandchildren, etc.) have been fulfilled (such as 10% or 50% or 100% of residual)
• The description of the property to be donated (such as a 2010 Honda Accord, or X shares of XYZ stock)

Thanks to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the charitable IRA rollover has been extended for 2013. Eligible donors (age 70 & older) can make a gift directly from their retirement funds to an eligible charity like Community VNA, and avoid taxes on the withdrawal of those funds. Contact Jeffrey LaValley, Community Relations and Fund Development Manager, by phone at 1 (800) 220-0110 or by email at development@communityvna.com.

Consider leaving Community VNA a donation of your IRA or retirement plan funds by naming us a beneficiary. Most retirement plans, including 401(k)s and IRAs, are income tax–deferred which means that income tax is due once the funds are distributed; either to you in life, or upon your death, to your heirs. Because taxes are due, retirement funds are among the most costly assets to leave to loved ones because the income taxes on retirement assets you leave to your loved ones can be as high as 35 percent.

However, retirement assets make ideal gifts to tax-exempt charitable organizations such as Community VNA. Donating your retirement assets to a charity upon your death generates no income taxes. Community VNA is a tax-exempt charity and eligible to receive the full amount of your gift with no taxes. You can designate other, non-taxable assets to your loved ones.

To name or change a beneficiary, simply contact the administrator of the IRA or retirement plan for a change of beneficiary form. If you would like to name Community VNA as beneficiary, simply decide what percentage of the plan’s value (0–100 %) you would like us to receive and name us, along with the stated percentage, on the beneficiary form. Then return the form to the administrator of your plan.

Please be sure to seek professional legal or financial advice before deciding who will get what assets in your estate plan, in order to ensure you are designating gifts in the most beneficial way.

You can make a donation using a Charitable Gift Annuity and, in turn, receive a fixed annuity payment each year for life. The older you are when you donate, the higher the interest rate your annuity pays you. Contact Jeffrey LaValley, Community Relations & Fund Development Manager, by phone at 1 (800) 220-0110 or by email at development@communityvna.com.

Volunteering your time is a wonderful way to benefit the important work of Community VNA. We have volunteer roles for those who would like direct contact with hospice patients and families, as well as options for those wishing to help in other ways, such as with clerical assistance or special event support or helping at our Adult Day Health Centers. Learn more about volunteering by clicking here!

For even more details on volunteering for Community VNA, plus the dates of upcoming Hospice Volunteer training classes, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator toll free at 1 (800) 220-0110 or locally at 1 (508) 222-0118, or by e-mail at volunteer@communityvna.com.

Gifts in memory of, or in honor of someone special are a meaningful way to express how much friends and family mean to us. Your gift helps us to continue a legacy of caring for the community into the future.

We will inform the honoree or the next of kin of your tribute gift, although we do not mention the gift amount. Your gift can be made for general support of our agency’s caring work, or directed to a specific program or purpose.

When you respond to our annual appeal mailings, remember that your donations help sustain our mission of care by supporting and underwriting the true costs of providing comprehensive, high quality care for all patients in need.