Donations We Need

Donations from the community allow the Verde Valley Senior Center to successfully and compassionately provide our meals on wheels program, serve lunch Monday through Friday here at the cente and provide the funds for our center operations. In short, we need your donations to effectively do what we do!

The Verde Valley Senior Center has been fulfilling this need for years with our five-day a week community lunches and our meals on wheels food programs. None of these services are possible without your generous and compassionate support.

Donations can be given to in a variety of ways. We have the tax credit program, general donations, participation in our yearly fund raisers, and planned giving programs. You may simply click on the donate button on this page or send us a check to support our overall programs and services.

What is a Planned Gift?

A planned gift is a gift given by an individual who shares a portion of their assets or estate. Your estate is a combination of assets including money, real estate, stocks, bonds, art, automobiles, life insurance...anything owned by you that has monetary value.

A bequest is a gift made through a will. The four most common bequests are:

• Cash
  
• A percentage of an estate
  
• Residuary bequests (the value of an estate after all other beneficiaries have been provided for)
  
• Appreciated assets including stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.

By making the Verde Valley Senior Center the beneficiary of your planned gift or bequest, you allow your resources to continue to work for you during your lifetime and help the Verde Valley Senior Center continue to do its work of enhancing the lives of Verde Valley residents. You can give your planned gift while you are still alive or plan that it be given after your passing.

Your commitment to the Verde Valley Senior Center includes the possibilities of planned giving through:

• Charitable contributions
  
• Wills and bequests
  
• Life insurance policies
  
• Appreciated Securities
  
• Real estate holdings
  
• Life insurance gifts
• Appreciated Securities are gifts including stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. By transferring ownership of appreciated securities, donors are able to claim a charitable income tax deduction for its current full market value, but avoid incurring capital gains taxes that would be owed if the stock were sold.
  
• Life Insurance. You can name the Verde Valley Senior Center the beneficiary of all or part of the value of your life insurance policy.
  

Therefore, there are many ways to provide funding for the Verde Valley Senior Center.

• You can donate money for general operations
  
• You can donate money for a specific program like Meals on Wheels
  
• You can give to our small but growing endowment fund
  
• You can donate through the Arizona State Charitable Tax Credit program

If you are interested in learning more about planned giving and want to help the Verde Valley Senior Center continue to do its work to enhance the lives for Verde Valley residents, give us a call today.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Staff, we thank you for your continued support of the Verde Valley Senior Center. Without the caring actions of our donors and volunteers, we would not be able to fulfill our mission of enhancing the lives of residents of the greater Verde Valley community through our food programs, outstanding exercise and educational activities and compassionate supportive services.

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