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The
Wells Society: Remembering Our Beginnings
In
1888, New Brunswick community leader and volunteer Grace Tileston
Wells provided the funds to build and furnish the hospital’s
first building on Somerset Street. She did so to honor her late husband
John Wells.
In
1916, Mrs. Wells said, "I built the little hospital as a cottage
hospital, as it was all the town required. It has done good work.
Now, a larger hospital is needed…" With that statement,
Mrs. Wells agreed to have the hospital renamed Middlesex General Hospital
to accommodate the growing area surrounding New Brunswick. Today,
what started as a "little hospital" is now one of the nation’s
leading academic heath centers: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
To honor Grace Tileston Wells, whose generosity and forethought contributed
so importantly to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital of today,
The Wells Society has been established. This program recognizes and
pays tribute to those individuals who have made and planned gifts—investments
in the future of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. You are
invited to become a member of The Wells Society. By becoming a member,
you join with others who recognize the important role of the Hospital
to the future health of our community, people who support the Hospital’s
four-fold mission of excellence in patient care, outreach to the communities
we serve, research into the causes and cures of medical problems and
education of the next generation of caregivers.
WHY
A PLANNED GIFT TO ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL?
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It is the key to ensuring a strong and promising future for healthcare
delivery in the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital tradition.
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It may have important economic advantages for you and your heirs.
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It may enable you to make a much larger gift than you ever dreamed
possible, thus providing you and your family with great personal satisfaction.
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It may be a very effective tax planning strategy. Planned gifts can
be structured to help you save income and your estate may avoid being
substantially reduced by capital gains, estate and gift taxes.
• The income from certain life-income plans—our Pooled Income Fund
or Charitable Gift Annuity program, for example—may help you
to transform low-yielding investments into a new source of income
for yourself and/or other family members.
There
are many ways to consider supporting the future of Robert Wood Johnson
University Hospital. These include:
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A Bequest in Your Will
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The Pooled Income Fund
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Charitable Gift Annuities
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Charitable Remainder Trusts
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Charitable Lead Trusts
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A Gift of Real Estate
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A Gift of Life Insurance
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A Gift from Your Retirement Plan
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Financial Planning and Recordkeeping
The Wells Society exists to encourage charitable gifts that provide
the greatest benefit to you, to your family and finally, to Robert
Wood Johnson University Hospital. As a member, you will be invited
to the annual luncheon for the Society and be invited to participate
in the many activities planned for this very special group of donors.
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For
further information on The Wells Society, or to learn more about the
methods for planning a gift, we invite you to contact The RWJ University
Hospital Foundation.
10 Plum Street, Suite 910,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732 937-8750
Fax - 732 418-8379
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