Elwin and Terry's Donor Story

[Title card: Elwin and Terry's Story: The Donor Experience]

[Bottom third left: Terry & Elwin, Past Potentate & Donors

Terry:

You have to find where you want your money to go and send it in that direction.

Elwin:

We've been very, very fortunate over these 60 years. We have worked hard, but we have done it all on our own. We haven't inherited anything. And as our net worth increased a little bit, we were talking to our stockbroker and we kept saying, "Well, we were going to give to the Shrine Hospital upon our death."

And he pointed out that it might be a good idea to consider making some gifts along the way. So, that's what really triggered the idea. And then being an accountant and looking into it, we saw the real benefits that we could glean from that.

So if we give $10,000 to the Shrine Hospital, we get a 50% credit against our income tax, and we get 8% return. 70% of that is tax-free. So that allows us to help the Shrine Hospital. And in the meantime, it gives us income.

Terry:

Our grandniece would've had to have surgery after surgery after surgery. And because what Shriners had developed, she didn't have to go through that.

Elwin:

That's very gratifying when you can see that you're helping somebody and you're helping the family indirectly.

Terry:

The Shrine hospitals are so caring in the way they treat the children.

Elwin:

I don't think you can put a value on it. They're just so special.

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