LEAVE A GIFT IN YOUR WILL
Planning for the future with EveryWill
We’ve partnered with EveryWill to help make writing a Will a little easier. EveryWill offers a free online Will-writing service, and The Hearing House is one of a range of charitable partners working with the service.
Making a Will is an important way to look after the people and things that matter to you. It’s also an opportunity to consider the causes you care about and the difference you’d like to make in the future.
If you choose to leave a gift to The Hearing House in your Will, your generosity can help us continue supporting children, adults and whānau for generations to come. There is no obligation to include a charitable gift when using EveryWill.
There are other options available for leaving a gift to The Hearing House in your Will. We recommend you discuss this decision with your loved ones. You may then wish to consult your solicitor, trustee company, or the public trustee regarding how you go about it —and we always recommend you do so.
Once you have made your decision, please contact us and we can discuss with you how and if you would like to be acknowledged, and what you would like your gift to be used for.
Please let us know if you would like to visit The Hearing House to learn more about the programmes and services that we provide, and the work that we do in supporting our kiritaki, their whanau and our wider community.
Please email our CEO Dr Claire Green directly on claire@hearinghouse.co.nz or call us on 09 579 2333.
Doing Good
“I’m not wealthy or anything,” says Ngongotaha’s Mary Staal. Despite her protestations, Mary has been a wonderful donor to The Hearing House for many years and plans to continue that support after she dies.
Mary has decided to leave a bequest to The Hearing House in her will and is open about it as she wants to encourage more people to think about doing the same.
Mary and her late husband Jan – both originally from Holland – were always very involved in voluntary work, she says. “He always said this country has been good to us and we have to give back.”
Jan died 15 years ago and in recent years Mary has become passionate about two charities – The Hearing House and Wingspan, a Rotorua charity dedicated to breeding and caring for native birds of prey. Every week sees Mary volunteering at Wingspan, looking after “my birds” and she has also made a provision for Wingspan in her will.
Mary learned about The Hearing House in an article in the New Zealand Herald and was particularly struck by its work with deaf children because Jan, a bomber pilot in World War II, had a hearing loss as does her son.
“Between a husband and a son with hearing problems – and I, myself, have tinnitus at the moment, I thought that’s a good cause to give to.”
She came up for a visit and would volunteer at The Hearing House if she lived in Auckland because she says she loves the children and the atmosphere.
Jan and Mary travelled extensively while he was alive and she says she could spend her money on a big trip on the QE2 ship “but I don’t want to do that,” she says. “The idea is to give something after me.” She recommends being open about your plans to avoid any problems with family members or others who are surprised at a charitable donation in your will.
“I maintain you should make a bequest while you are still completely with it, to an organisation or trust that you have personal and strong feelings for. And of course tell the family in no uncertain terms that this is what you truly want. Of course it is better to do it properly through your lawyer and not one of these do-it-yourself kits or on the net!”
Mary says she is very relaxed about what she has decided: “I get great peace of mind knowing it is going to a cause that I felt passionately about while I was alive and after.”
If you would like more information on remembering The Hearing House in your will, please contact us. We can discuss with you how you would like to be acknowledged, and what you would like your gift to be used for.
Please email reception@hearinghouse.co.nz or call us on 09 579 2333.