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WAYS OF GIVING
Thank
you for making a gift to MARE. Your tax-deductible donation
will support our recruitment efforts to find a permanent,
loving adoptive family for every child waiting for adoption
in Massachusetts foster care. Your help will bring a brighter
future to these children and teens who only want “a
permanent place to call HOME.”
 You
can make a gift in any of the following ways:
Give
online now
Use your credit card or debit card to donate now using our
secure donation form.
Give
by mail
Write a check made payable to MARE and send it to:
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE)
45 Franklin Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02110-1301
Give
by phone
Use your credit card to donate over the phone. Call MARE at
617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or 1-800-882-1176 between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and we will be glad to assist you.
Give
a gift in memory or in honor of an individual
No matter how you decide to give to MARE, you can make your
gift in honor or in memory of someone special. A card will
be sent from MARE to the recipient. If you mail in your donation,
please include a note with the NAME of the person you are
recognizing, whether the gift is IN HONOR or IN MEMORY of
that person, and the NAME & COMPLETE ADDRESS of the person
who should receive the card that tells them of your donation
in their honor (or memory). We will also send you a letter
of thanks, confirming the donation, and to whom the card was
sent, for your tax records.
If you
make the donation on line, please provide the same information
in the “Reason” box - please include “In
honor (or in memory) of the NAME of the person you are recognizing,
and “send card to NAME & COMPLETE ADDRESS”
of the person who should receive the card that tells them
of your donation in their honor (or memory).
Matching
Gift Program
If your company has a matching gift program, you can increase
the size of your gift to MARE! Check with your Human Resource
Department to learn more about the matching gift program available
to you.
For other
ways to give to MARE, please see the Car
Donation Program and Volunteer
Opportunies.
WISH
LIST
You can
also donate products, merchandise, gift cards or services
that can help support MARE’s work to find permanent
families for children in foster care. Here’s a list
of just some of the items we could use:
- LCD
PowerPoint projector (to connect to laptop)
- Laptop
- Blank
writeable DVDs
- DVD
burner/player
- Parking
space in Downtown Boston
 PLANNED
GIFTS
Planned
giving is increasingly becoming popular as a means to transfer
wealth to a charitable organization and to heirs. Planned
gifts to MARE can generate lifelong income, convert low yielding
assets into a higher income stream, reduce or eliminate capital
gains and estate taxes and obtain significant income tax deductions
for the donor.
MARE can
offer a variety of life-income arrangements, including:
- Appreciated
securities
- Bequests
- Charitable
Gift Annuities
- Charitable
Remainder Trusts
Donors
often find that a combination of planned gifts produces the
best results. We are happy to meet with you and your financial
advisors to design the most advantageous ways of giving for
you.
For more
information, please contact MARE at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678)
or 1-800-882-1176.
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