The following suggestions offer basic language you can use to establish a bequest to the Brattleboro Retreat:
- “I give the sum of $ _____ [or _____ percent] of my estate to the Brattleboro Retreat.”
- “I give all [or _____ percent] of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to the Brattleboro Retreat.”
Your bequest can be designated for a specific purpose such as:
- an endowment
- a named fund
We encourage you (or your attorney) to discuss your wishes with representatives of the Brattleboro Retreat’s Office of Development to ensure that your intentions can be fulfilled and will match the Retreat’s short- and long-term objectives.
If you have already included the Brattleboro Retreat in your estate plans, please let us know so we can include your intentions in our records and makes sure they are carried out in a timely and accurate way.
For more information about the Brattleboro Retreat’s Planned Giving Program, please contact our Office of Development at 802-258-6898. You can also write to us at:
Brattleboro Retreat
Office of Development
22 Anna Marsh Lane
P.O. Box 803
Brattleboro, VT 05302
Or, send us an email at development@brattlebororetreat.org.
