Momentum Waikato Update - A Wills Month podcast!
Published on 20 September, 2024
What is Wills Month in September all about? Why is a bequest in your Will a great way to leave a legacy for your community or favourite charity? What is Momentum Waikato trying to achieve?
The answers to these questions and more await you in the Wills Month edition of the Connect with Community Waikato podcast, a 30-minute interview with our Bequest Ambassador Ken Williamson and Communications Manager Mark Servian, recorded at FreeFM by Holly Snape.
Why leave a bequest with Momentum Waikato?
Local Impact
With a gift in your Will, you can give to your family AND your community. All donations made provide enduring, reliable support to local charities.
Effortless Giving
It's as simple as getting in touch with us, and we will help you to add Momentum Waikato to your Will. The rest is up to us.
Professionally Managed
All of your funds under management with us are professionally managed with robust governance by volunteer Trustees. Economies of scale lead to better investment returns.
Lasting Legacy
Leave a legacy that will give to the causes you care about in perpetuity and continue to transform lives for generations after you’ve given.
FREE online Will-writing tool with Momentum Waikato
A reminder that this Wills Month, Momentum Waikato has launched its own FREE online service that makes Will-making easier all year round.
The network of community foundations across the country have together teamed up with Gathered Here, New Zealand’s top-rated end-of-life services website, to each offer our own branded online Will-writing tool - and if your affairs are simple, it won’t cost you a cent.
CREATE YOUR FREE ONLINE WILL TODAY
A bequest story
Leaving a bequest in their Wills towards the future of the Waikato is an important priority for a couple looking to give back to the region they love to call home.
The donors, who have asked not to be named, were keen to explain why they chose Momentum Waikato, the region’s Community Foundation, to realise their aspirations.
Why have you made bequests in your Wills to Momentum Waikato’s regional endowment fund?
“We are a committed and loyal Waikato family who have spent our lives enjoying what our region has to offer.
“Momentum Waikato provides us with a ‘voice’ in the realisation of community projects and a way of making our modest dollars join together with others to deliver a collective impact.
“We see our local Community Foundation as the ideal vehicle for supporting developments that celebrate our region's unique identity and add to the infrastructure that enhances life here.
“The bequest in our Wills is a simple way of locking in our intent today. At our ages - early 50s - we decided that committing now was an obvious thing to do. Why not?!
“It makes us part of the Momentum Waikato family and gives us a vested interest in what is happening in the region. We aim to support the endowment with cash contributions in the future, if our financial position allows that, but for now the Will bequest gets us started.
“We feel absolutely enthused to be part of something that's larger than us, that will last beyond our time here, delivering joy to future generations.”
